Recent News
2019 promises to be a year of change.
In February, my co-authored article on rope bondage, rhizomes, and affect, with abstract available in English, Spanish and (somewhat mangled) Portuguese, was published in Corpo-Grafias (Revista Corpo-grafías, Estudios críticos de y desde los cuerpos). Read "Rope Bondage and Affective Embodiments: A rhizomatic analysis" here. (Citation: Ordean, I. & Pennington, H. (2019, enero-diciembre). Rope Bondage and Affective Embodiments: A rhizomatic analysis. Revista Corpo-grafías: Estudios críticos de y desde los cuerpos, 6(6), 64-77 / ISSN 2390-0288.)
As of March, I had received nine offers of admission to undertake my proposed PhD in Performance Studies, focusing on BDSM and affective embodiments. In April, after a very difficult selection process, I elected to begin my doctorate in the fall at The University of California Santa Barbara. In May I traveled to the Netherlands for two weeks to undertake field research, and in June I will returned to Hong Kong and Taiwan to network with members of the BDSM community.
In July I will travel to Shanghai, China, to present research at the International Federation of Theatre Research's 2019 Conference on Theatre, Performance, and Urbanism. I am pleased that IFTR has awarded me a bursary to help with the cost of my travel and conference registration expenses.
In addition, I continue to gather contacts in order to put together a research network for kink and BDSM scholars. If this is you, do reach out using the Contact page!
To see news from 2018 and earlier, visit my Archive section.
Stay tuned for new developments.
In February, my co-authored article on rope bondage, rhizomes, and affect, with abstract available in English, Spanish and (somewhat mangled) Portuguese, was published in Corpo-Grafias (Revista Corpo-grafías, Estudios críticos de y desde los cuerpos). Read "Rope Bondage and Affective Embodiments: A rhizomatic analysis" here. (Citation: Ordean, I. & Pennington, H. (2019, enero-diciembre). Rope Bondage and Affective Embodiments: A rhizomatic analysis. Revista Corpo-grafías: Estudios críticos de y desde los cuerpos, 6(6), 64-77 / ISSN 2390-0288.)
As of March, I had received nine offers of admission to undertake my proposed PhD in Performance Studies, focusing on BDSM and affective embodiments. In April, after a very difficult selection process, I elected to begin my doctorate in the fall at The University of California Santa Barbara. In May I traveled to the Netherlands for two weeks to undertake field research, and in June I will returned to Hong Kong and Taiwan to network with members of the BDSM community.
In July I will travel to Shanghai, China, to present research at the International Federation of Theatre Research's 2019 Conference on Theatre, Performance, and Urbanism. I am pleased that IFTR has awarded me a bursary to help with the cost of my travel and conference registration expenses.
In addition, I continue to gather contacts in order to put together a research network for kink and BDSM scholars. If this is you, do reach out using the Contact page!
To see news from 2018 and earlier, visit my Archive section.
Stay tuned for new developments.
