Résumés
Abstract
This article investigates queer enchantment as a valuable pathway into greater intimacy with entangled human and more-than-human worlds of vibrancy so threatened at this time. The landscape of contemporary research on enchantment, though rich and vast, is missing a queer theorisation, and a weaving with queer lived-experience. Some contemporary research perpetuates harmful colonial binary modes of thought along cis-heteropatriarchal lines, which serve to exclude and reproduce hierarchical and oppressive organisations of worlds. Framed within adrienne maree brown’s 2019 call to pleasure activism - which asks that we include and centre the pleasure of those most marginalised by systems of harm - this research investigates enchantment as a possible life-affirming pathway of (re)connection and enhanced responsibility.
Through a decolonial, collaborative, participatory research methodology, this paper centres the stories of twelve queer-identifying participants in the UK and Ireland, seeking to ground theoretical exploration in lived empirical worlds. Centring a range of voices, the paper seeks to address exclusionary definitions of enchantment and co-create formulations that amplify the most meaningful potentials of an enchantment queered – its fundamental multitudes of difference, its affinity for questioning and complexity, its practicing humility and fluidity in the unknown, and its disruption of destructive norms – in service of cultivating new ways of living together in times of multiple intersecting crises.
Keywords:
- queer geographies,
- enchantment,
- pleasure activism,
- decolonial research,
- queer studies
Résumé
Cet article explore l’enchantement queer comme une voie vers une plus grande intimité avec des mondes humains et plus qu’humains enchevêtrés, si menacés à cette époque. Le paysage de la recherche contemporaine sur l’enchantement, bien que riche et vaste, manque d’une théorisation queer et d’un tissage d’expériences vécues queer. Alors que l’activisme pour le plaisir nécessite de se concentrer sur le plaisir des plus marginalisés dans nos sociétés, certaines recherches contemporaines perpétuent des modes de pensée binaires coloniaux néfastes selon des lignes cis-hétéropatriarcales, qui servent à exclure et à reproduire des organisations hiérarchiques des mondes. Grâce à une méthodologie de participation à la recherche décoloniale, le processus collaboratif au coeur de cet article centre les histoires de douze participants s'identifiant queer au Royaume-Uni et en Irlande, cherchant à ancrer l'exploration théorique dans des mondes empiriques réels. Cet article cherche à aborder les définitions d'exclusion et à co-créer des formulations qui amplifient le potentiel le plus significatif de l'enchantement queer : dans ses multitudes fondamentales de différences, sa pratique de l'humilité et de la fluidité dans l'inconnu et la perturbation des normes destructrices, au service de la culture de nouvelles façons de vivre ensemble en période de multiples crises qui se croisent.
Resumen
Este artículo explora el encanto queer como un camino valioso hacia una mayor intimidad con mundos de vitalidad humanos y más que humanos enredados, tan amenazados en este momento. Al panorama de la investigación contemporánea sobre el encantamiento, aunque rico y vasto, le falta una teorización queer y un tejido con una experiencia vivida queer. Si bien el activismo por el placer necesita centrarse en el placer de los más marginados de nuestras sociedades, algunas investigaciones contemporáneas perpetúan modos de pensamiento binarios coloniales dañinos a lo largo de líneas cis-heteropatriarcales, que sirven para excluir y reproducir organizaciones jerárquicas de mundos. A través de una metodología de participación en la investigación decolonial, este proceso colaborativo centra las historias de doce participantes que se identifican como queer en el Reino Unido e Irlanda, buscando fundamentar la exploración teórica en mundos empíricos reales. Centrándose en una variedad de voces, este artículo busca abordar definiciones excluyentes y co-crear formulaciones que amplifiquen el potencial más significativo del encanto queer: en sus multitudes fundamentales de diferencias, su práctica de la humildad y la fluidez en lo desconocido y la ruptura de normas destructivas, al servicio de cultivar nuevas formas de vivir juntos en tiempos de múltiples crisis que se cruzan.
Riassunto
Questo articolo esplora l’incanto queer come un percorso prezioso verso una maggiore intimità con i mondi umani e più che umani di vitalità così minacciati in questo momento. Il panorama della ricerca contemporanea sull’incanto, sebbene ricco e vasto, manca di una teorizzazione queer e di un intreccio con l’esperienza vissuta queer. Mentre l’attivismo del piacere richiede di concentrarsi sul piacere di coloro che sono più emarginati nelle nostre società, alcune ricerche contemporanee perpetuano modalità di pensiero binarie coloniali dannose lungo linee cis-eteropatriarcali, che servono a escludere e riprodurre organizzazioni gerarchiche dei mondi. Attraverso una metodologia di partecipazione alla ricerca decoloniale, questo processo collaborativo centra le storie di dodici partecipanti che si identificano come queer nel Regno Unito e in Irlanda, cercando di radicare l'esplorazione teorica in mondi empirici realmente vissuti. Centratura di una serie di voci, questo articolo cerca di affrontare definizioni esclusive e co-creare formulazioni che amplificano il potenziale più significativo dell'incanto queer: nella sua fondamentale moltitudine di differenze, nella sua pratica di umiltà e fluidità nell'ignoto e nella rottura di norme distruttive, al servizio della coltivazione di nuovi modi di vivere insieme in tempi di molteplici crisi che si intersecano.
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