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GSWS Braithwaite presenting Dr. Sami Schalk
Location
Boswell Hall (formerly Morton Hall), Room 220100 Ukrop Way
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
- Open to the public
“Studying Pleasure Spaces for Multiply Marginalized People.” This talk will provide an initial overview of Dr. Schalk’s newest research project on the practice of pleasure activism. This project has involved interviews, participation observation and praxis to understand how and why pleasure spaces for multiply marginalized people are created as well as the impact of these spaces on participants. This work-in-progress talk will provide an overview of the project and discuss preliminary findings.
Dr. Sami Schalk (she/her) is an associate professor of Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction (Duke 2018) and Black Disability Politics (Duke 2022). Dr. Schalk’s academic work focuses on race, disability, and gender in contemporary American literature and culture. She also writes for mainstream outlets, including a monthly column called “Pleasure Practices” in TONE Madison. Dr. Schalk identifies as a fat, Black, queer, disabled femme and a pleasure activist.
Sponsored by: GSWS, the Boswell Initiative, AFST, AMST, Sociology, English