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REpresentations and REorientations. REviving queer cultural history in the Nordic countries II 
Convenors:
Tone Hellesund (University of Bergen)
Íris Ellenberger (University of Iceland)
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Chair:
Íris Ellenberger (University of Iceland)
Format:
Panel
Stream:
INTERSECTIONALITIES
:
Room H-202
Sessions:
Tuesday 14 June, -
Time zone: Europe/London

Short Abstract:

The panel invites explorations of queerness and queer lives in past and contemporary cultures.

Long Abstract:

The ordinary lives of people transgressing norms of genders and sexuality have yet to be extensively explored in Nordic ethnology and folklore studies. We know far too little of the practices around same sex sexualities and gender-transgressions, and we know far too little about the potential cultural importance of such practices in different contexts. These different contexts might be defined by for example time, place, gender, class, and ethnicity.

Currently many archival institutions and museums are eager to mend the historical exclusion of queer history. But which empirical studies do we have, and which sources can offer us knowledge? What do we know about queer lives in the rural districts as well as in the cities, of queer domesticity and intimacy as well as of queer activism, about the mundane and everyday as well as about scandals and court cases? What can queer history tell us about the changing dynamics of societal norms and expectations, change and stability, processes of exclusion as well as of inclusion through the ages?

The panel welcome all projects working on queer history and queer lives in the Nordic countries. What can traditional material such as folk tales, annals and chronicles tell us? What methods and sources are used in studies of contemporary queer lives and cultural conceptions? The panel will bring together scholars studying archival sources with people doing contemporary fieldwork to discern themes and manifestations that repeat themselves through the years or discover if and how reorientations take place.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Tuesday 14 June, 2022, -
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