Theorizing at Rowan: Chris Jingchao Ma, "The Habit of Sensing: The Social Context of Gendered Bodily Sensatons"

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The Department of Philosophy and World Religions is pleased to announce the next event in our Theorizing at Rowan lecture series for Fall 2022.

On Wednesday, November 2, at 5 pm. Professor Chris Jingchao Ma (Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Villanova University), will present a talk entitled “The Habit of Sensing: The Social Context of Gendered Bodily Sensations.” The event will be held in a hybrid format, in person in Business Hall 103 and online via Zoom.

Prof Ma has provided the following abstract for her presentation: “We often assume that there is nothing more private and natural than bodily sensations. I challenge the naturalness of bodily sensations and argue that bodily sensations are socially contextualized. We not only get habituated to certain bodily sensations, but also cultivate habits of sensing - habits of paying attention. The “naturalness” of (cisgender) bodies are not the natural result of bodily biology, but a privileged pattern of sensing, among many other possibilities of gendered bodies.”

This event is co-sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Upcoming Talks (all events at 5 pm in Business 103)

November 16, Walter Gershon (Critical Foundations of Education, Rowan), Educational Sound Studies: Scales and Modes, Neoliberalism as Eugenics, and Critical Possibilities for the Sonic.”

Series Info:

Theorizing at Rowan is a series of public, work in progress lectures covering topics of interest to scholars in philosophy, religion studies, and other related disciplines. The goal of the series is to promote scholarly exchange involving the Department of Philosophy and World Religions, the University, and beyond. Speakers will include members of the department as well as faculty from other departments at Rowan and from other institutions.

All Theorizing at Rowan events are free and open to the public.

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