Becoming a free dandelion

Ximena Arguello Calle

No 679, ISS Working Papers - General Series from International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague

Abstract: This _cuir_ paper narrates the stories of six _cuir_ bodies in the Andean Ecuador, who co-_cuired_ art and cyberspace, during the _cuir_ times of Covid-19. This paper moves away from mainstream forms of knowledge production. It presents instead a _cuir_ way to do research in which we become _copensantes_ (cothinkers). This term represents our decision of collectively reflect, feel, experiment and be rebellious. Based on the stories we shared in our co-created online safe place, and through the queer ecology (QE) framework, this paper contributes to disrupt the culture/nature divide and its resulting natural/unnatural distinction used to justify the rejection and violence against _cuirs_ in Ecuador. I situate this discussion by unpacking the construction of femininities and masculinities in this context, the ways they are abscribed on _cuir_ bodies and their implications. Finally, I explore the personal and political dimension of _cuir_ art, that by travelling across the cyberspace, are depicted in this paper generating contagion through new cuirnaturecultures. In this paper, we generate noise and motivate the reader to rethink with us the possibilities of going beyond the binary of masculinity/feminity; to reflect with us about the right of _cuir_ lives to exist; and to embody with us a _cuir_ meaning of freedom

Keywords: Cuir; online safe place; copensantes; art; cuirnatureculture; Covid-19 times; Ecuador (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 66
Date: 2021-04-30
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://repub.eur.nl/pub/135497/wp-679.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ems:euriss:135497

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ISS Working Papers - General Series from International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by RePub ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).