The Performative Power of Queer Assembly

The Performative Power of Queer Assembly

This paper addresses some relations between the spatial politics of queer assemblies in spaces of protest and the constitution of collective political subjects. It does so by exploring the spatial politics of queer activism within the global Occupy movements, in the light of Judith Butler’s work on...

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Main Author: Pablo Pérez Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2020-12-01
Series:Krisis
Subjects:
heterotopia
protest space
public assembly
queer activism
constitutive exclusions
Online Access:https://krisis.eu/article/view/36972
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spelling doaj-9a4aaa203944425a930cdf245a58aa172021-08-24T12:07:55ZengUniversity of Groningen PressKrisis1875-71032020-12-0140116517910.21827/krisis.40.1.3697226637The Performative Power of Queer AssemblyPablo Pérez Navarro0Center for Social Sciences (CES) of the University of CoimbraThis paper addresses some relations between the spatial politics of queer assemblies in spaces of protest and the constitution of collective political subjects. It does so by exploring the spatial politics of queer activism within the global Occupy movements, in the light of Judith Butler’s work on the performative power of assembly and the ambivalences of the Foucauldian concept of heterotopia. Specific challenges faced by queer activists in various encampments will be addressed in order to expose some tensions between the constitutive exclusions inherent to the constitution of spaces of protest and the processes of coalition building needed to effectively overcome those very constitutive exclusions.https://krisis.eu/article/view/36972heterotopiaprotest spacepublic assemblyqueer activismconstitutive exclusions
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heterotopia
protest space
public assembly
queer activism
constitutive exclusions
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title The Performative Power of Queer Assembly
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description This paper addresses some relations between the spatial politics of queer assemblies in spaces of protest and the constitution of collective political subjects. It does so by exploring the spatial politics of queer activism within the global Occupy movements, in the light of Judith Butler’s work on the performative power of assembly and the ambivalences of the Foucauldian concept of heterotopia. Specific challenges faced by queer activists in various encampments will be addressed in order to expose some tensions between the constitutive exclusions inherent to the constitution of spaces of protest and the processes of coalition building needed to effectively overcome those very constitutive exclusions.
topic heterotopia
protest space
public assembly
queer activism
constitutive exclusions
url https://krisis.eu/article/view/36972
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