Hydrous Bodies, Fluid Domains: Thinking Gender beyond the Human

HadžiMuhamedović, Safet; Heathcote, Gina

Abstract

How might water matter in accounts of human and non-human relations? Drawing in material from the ontological turn in anthropology, including complex encounters with the ocean, glaciers and rivers, alongside indigenous and legal non-human subjectivities this paper explores liquid encounters as the means to re-imagine beyond the human without the binaries of gender / heteronormativity. Through interdisciplinary dialogue we search out spaces for new contributions to researching, encountering and understanding non-human possibilities and the potential for alternative global organising / approaches that start with water. How might water matter in accounts of human and non-human relations? Drawing in material from the ontological turn in anthropology, including complex encounters with the ocean, glaciers and rivers, alongside indigenous and legal non-human subjectivities this paper explores liquid encounters as the means to re-imagine beyond the human without the binaries of gender / heteronormativity. Through interdisciplinary dialogue we search out spaces for new contributions to researching, encountering and understanding non-human possibilities and the potential for alternative global organising / approaches that start with water.

Citation

HadžiMuhamedović, S., & Heathcote, G. (2020, March). Hydrous Bodies, Fluid Domains: Thinking Gender beyond the Human. Paper presented at 61st Annual ISA Convention (Panel: Feminism and Materialism in Internaonal Relations), Honolulu, Hawaii

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 61st Annual ISA Convention (Panel: Feminism and Materialism in Internaonal Relations)
• Start Date: Mar 25, 2020
• End Date: Mar 28, 2020
• Acceptance Date: Jun 10, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 30, 2019
• Keywords: water, fluid, bodies, gender, nonhumans, oceans, rivers, glaciers, beyond binaries
• Related Public URLs: http://web.isanet.org/Web/Conferences/Honolulu2020-s/Honolulu%202020%20-%20Full%20Program.pdf
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference