Queering school, queers in school: An introduction
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Summary, in English
Queer studies of education and research with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) kids, tightly connected to anti-homophobia, anti-transphobia and norm-critical activism, have become a growing field with a range of theoretical and political positions and methodological approaches. One of the key contentions within this field is what researchers and activists mean by “queer” in the context of education: is it a focus on queer/ed subjectivities? Is it about using queer theories to critique forms and norms of education in a given sociopolitical context? Who is queer/ed in schools? Is the language of homophobia and transphobia the best or even correct way to describe and analyse normative educational settings and frameworks?
In this issue of Confero, we highlight both ethnographic investigations of queer and queered kids in school and critical views of school’s policy making and normative frameworks. Queer education research is a rapidly growing area of study. Where researchers and activists insist on the entanglements between not least sexual, gendered and racialised structural formations, we also insist on our expectation that principal values in schools meet the increasing challenges from queer activism and research.
In this issue of Confero, we highlight both ethnographic investigations of queer and queered kids in school and critical views of school’s policy making and normative frameworks. Queer education research is a rapidly growing area of study. Where researchers and activists insist on the entanglements between not least sexual, gendered and racialised structural formations, we also insist on our expectation that principal values in schools meet the increasing challenges from queer activism and research.
Department/s
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Publication/Series
Confero - Essays on Education, Philosophy and Politics
Volume
1
Issue
2
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Linköping University Electronic Press
Topic
- Gender Studies
Keywords
- school
- education
- queer
- normcritical
- feminist
Status
Published
Project
- Homophobic Motivated Violence as Experience of Children growing up with Homosexual Parents in the Context of School
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2001-4562