The Promise of Identity - Maps of Identification

The landscape of different sexual identities is vast and more and more white spots on the maps are discovered, created, and surveyed.

Although it became easier to travel between different areas on that globe, one operation remains unthinkable: Not to identify with a certain sexuality seems as rare and problematic as being nationless.

In a sense, entering an area of a specific sexual identity demands from us the enunciation of a promise. To identify, after all, can be seen as an orientation in a certain direction or to submit to certain rules of that identity.

Is there a way to identify without a promise? How would that look like and ‘where’ would that be?

This is not necessarily a workshop but an exploration. After establishing a toolkit of the identity surveyor, we will go together on a journey to find out if there can be a land that does not require a promise of entrance. In other words, we will draw a map of sexual identities.

Program: After a brief introduction of ideas, Barkas takes a large, empty map and together we will draw a world map of sexual identities with the aim of abolishing borders. The aim is to facilitate a lively discussion at the intersection of queer phenomenology, politics, heterotopology, poetry, and geometry.

This event is part of the “About: Sexual Identities” Conference and can be purchased as a single ticket or be part of the day ticket or full conference ticket.

Event Details

Date & Time: April 25th, 6 -7.30 pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: exploratory workshop

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to bring: –

Class recording: Yes. The participants will not be recorded.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de