Next APSE talk on Thursday, 25th January 2024, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in HS 3A, 3. OG, NIG:
The speaker is Professor Stella Villarmea (Complutense University of Madrid & University of Oxford). She will be speaking about:
"Birthing: Vindicating a Visceral Body Philosophically"
Abstract:
Birth matters matter — and they matter philosophically too. I work on philosophy of birth, that is, I use the tools of philosophy to analyse representations and practices around childbirth. My thesis is that to reorient philosophical conversation toward birth and, specifically, to the origin of our lives in the female body, produces a radical shift. Once we take that turn, many of the tales about our origin truly become 'old-tales'. Are we already imagining a new genealogy, a new logos for genos? Can we philosophically (and medically/obstetrically) represent and vindicate this new genealogy?
