BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250809T063600EDT-3949e8ZHkR@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250809T103600Z DESCRIPTION:Sites Queer is an international\, interdisciplinary three-day c onference exploring the multiple ways in which LGBTQ+ spaces and identitie s get reconfigured\, performed and contested through the technologies and spatial politics of diverse ethnic cultures. We welcome submissions from a ll cultural backgrounds\, and are particularly interested in inviting rese arch projects rooted in Latin American\, Asian\, Aboriginal and African cu ltures.\n\nHosted at the School of Architecture at the University of Puert o Rico Río Piedras\, Sites Queer will be a space to discuss\, foreground a nd analyze divergent queer histories\, narratives and spatial practices. S ubsequently\, playing off the word 'site' as a physical locale as well as a digital space\, the conference will problematize the ways the Internet\, digital technologies\, mobile apps and social networks are informing\, ch anging\, shaping or contesting queerness for ethnic minorities at urban an d rural levels.\n\nIMPACTS Project partner Chloe Georas is presenting on t he dilemmas and tensions posed by sexually explicit and anti-surveillance resistance art in the context of debates on feminist/gender studies\, visu al culture\, rape culture\, postcolonialism\, and new technologies. The pr esentation is titled\, 'Coloniality\, rape culture\, and technology: From sexual explicitness to invisibility in resistance art.'\n\nIMPACTS researc h assistant and PhD student Christopher Dietzel is presenting results from his doctoral studies at the Sites Queer conference. Chris' presentation i s titled\, 'Non-consensual sexual conduct on queer dating apps: Examining the tensions experienced by diverse men who have sex with men.' \n\nClick here for more information about the conference. \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190209 SUMMARY:Sites Queer Conference URL:/definetheline/channels/event/sites-queer-conferen ce-291355 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR