Video presentation by Sergio Rigoletto (click on the link to start the video)
This position paper critically engages with the formulation “New Queer South” that gives the title to a recent special issue of gender/sexuality/Italy. It proposes to think about the queer south as a speculative geography in contradistinction to the dominant imaginary of the nation and the necropolitical border regime of Fortress Europe. Focusing on the Mediterranean beach as a spectral archive, the paper explores the hauntings and the potentialities lingering across its sediments.
The video presentation is also accessible here: Southern Speculations on the Mediterranean Beach