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New episode: Access Intimacy in Academic Spaces (with guest Katya Vrtis)
Nicolas welcomes Dr. Katya Vrtis back to the podcast. They turn their practice of crip theorizing-in-process to Mia Mingus’ concept of access intimacy and the possibilities it offers as a way of thinking about and practicing accessibility in higher education. Key questions include: What is access intimacy, and what interventions might it make where higher ed’s…
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Two-Part Episode: Making Monsters
Pedagogy in Process host Nicolas Shannon Savard is joined by Dr. Katya Vrtis and Kairos Looney to unpack the contemporary wave of anti-trans politics. And to talk about monsters. Bringing together performance studies with queer-/crip and critical race theories, the conversation serves as a space to theorize collaboratively, to process, to strategize modes of resistance.
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Podcast Episode: Making Space for Self-Authorship through Audio Description
One of my favorite things about working on Gender Euphoria, the Podcast, is getting to be in conversation with brilliant queer and gender nonconforming artists, activists, and educators. This time around I had the chance to bring together two people who I have had the privilege to learn from and introduce them to one another.…
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Podcast Episode: Consent, Collaboration, and Queer Access Intimacy
Just released the latest episode of Gender Euphoria, the Podcast with HowlRound Theatre Commons! Making Space: Consent, Collaboration, and Queer Access Intimacy With Guests J.C. Pankratz and Emmett Podgorski This episode is a series of reflective conversations with playwright J.C. Pankratz and actor Emmett Podgorski on our production process for JC’s new play Seahorse. The…
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Director’s Talk. Exploring Queer-Trans Intimacy, Disability Aesthetics, and Community Care in JC Pankratz’s Seahorse
In this director’s talk, CWRU Humanities in Leadership Learning Series postdoctoral scholar Nicolas Shannon Savard describes how feminist performance practice, queer theory, disability aesthetics and principles of community-engaged art making informed their approach to the design and the collaborative process in this spring’s production of Seahorse. The talk offers behind-the-scenes insight into how the cast and…