Synopsis:
In this reading, Scott Morgensen is exploring the ways in which queer interventions are more and more necessary in various fields of study to look beyond what is, and imagine a different political future. In using queer studies, he is creating a dialogue about how this form of inquiry, especially queer ethnography, can be used in developing a critical diagnostic of power. He also establishes to need for closer practice of theory and method, as such there can be more insightful critiques of increasingly complex systems and structures. Finally, he makes the connection in shifting from identity sexual politics to a queer, decolonizing politics that forces settler sexual minorities to address their complicity.
Rationale:
In choosing this article I wanted to pick something that was relatively short, but also gives ample context for the topic at hand. Scott Morgensen’s use of queer studies entering American studies as an example of the shifting critiques that can be handled by queer interventions. This brings in larger questions about the structural inequities that allow for the flourishing of modernist violence. The use of queer politics should be a greater concern for allies and activists in decolonizing movements as they can help attend to the heterosexist assumptions implicit in all nation-states. As well, queer decolonizing politics incisively cut across various intersections of race, class, ethnicity, and ability to show us where we are lacking in our solidarity. This can be transformed into radical relational politics.
URL/Link: http://tinyurl.com/yyx8t9q8
Keywords: Scott Morgensen, queer politics, decolonization
Author: Steven
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