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International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Economy & Society

Radical Spotlights seminar on 'Desire, Sexuality, and the Economy'; July 7, 16.00-17.30 CET.

Radical Spotlights seminars are a collaboration of the Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA) in the AAA and the Network Anthropology of Economy in the EASA. The series spotlights critical research in economic anthropology across the globe twice a year. 

The upcoming virtual seminar on Desire, Sexuality, and the Economy, will take place on July 7, 16.00-17.30 Central European Time, on Zoom. Desire and sexuality are integral to economic and political life, from intimate spheres to social reproduction. Queer and trans anthropologies challenge economic anthropology with perspectives that explore the interplay between desire, sexuality, and economic systems. This Radical Spotlight seminar explores what economic and queer anthropology have to offer to one another.

Examining social reproduction through a non-cis-heteronormative lens reveals biases in understanding how desire and sexuality interact with capitalism and other economic and political structures. Scholars "queering" economic life investigate how livelihoods give rise to or hinder the expression of desires and identities, and how kinship and households can be sites of both violence and solidarity.

New approaches that queer capitalism illuminate the erotic dimensions of economic structures. They shed new light on the enabling, controlling, and exploiting of sexual and gendered expression. This raises questions about the interplay between sexuality, racialization, and ideas of supremacy, as well as the value-generating potential of queer economies. The coexistence of queer capitalism with widespread violence against queer and trans people raises questions about capitalism and individual freedom.

Speakers

Vaibhav Saria

Assistant Professor Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University

The Traffic in Trans Women: Hijras, Kinship, and Liberalism

Margot Weiss

Associate Professor of American Studies and Anthropology, Wesleyan University

Desire/Capitalism and Other Queer Provocations

Valentini Sampethai

PhD Candidate, Social Anthropology, Panteion University

Desire, Difference, and Extraction: The Production of Value in the Greek Sex Industry and in Sex Work Research

Organizers

Andreas Streinzer, University of Vienna, and Erik Bähre, Leiden University.

For the Zoom link and further details, visit https://easaonline.org/event/desire-sexuality-and-the-economy/

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