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SUMMARY: Dragging the University
DESCRIPTION: Ever wanted to go to a queer party at 12pm on a Monday? Now’s 
 your chance! Join the students of CSIS 500 as we dream and scheme our way t
 o queer worldmaking here in the belly of the institutional beast. Our exper
 iment is to create a space to experience what a queer and trans of […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Ever wanted to go to a queer party at 12pm
  on a Monday? Now’s your chance!</p><p>Join the students of CSIS 500 as we 
 dream and scheme our way to queer worldmaking here in the belly of the inst
 itutional beast. Our experiment is to create a space to experience what a q
 ueer and trans of color-centered university might look and feel like. Come 
 as your most authentic self or most inauthentically creative persona\, and 
 be ready to participate in some riveting activities as we repurpose spaces 
 of learning for our own ends.</p><p>As queer theorist José Esteban Muñoz fa
 mously says\, “We must [glamorously] dream and enact new and better pleasur
 es\, other ways of being in the world\, and ultimately new worlds.”</p><p>T
 ogether\, we explore what these may look like in the university. We will ha
 ve drag performances\, crafting supplies\, dance music\, and social activit
 ies such as speed friending and open mics. Allies welcome!</p><p> </p><p>[b
 uttons][button link_text="RSVP for Location" link_url="https://partiful.com
 /e/RbEltiFHWV8Yp7KDn83f"][/buttons]</p><hr /><div class="x_elementToProof">
 <strong>URKA</strong> (@urka.verse) is an emerging drag artist and queer sc
 holar known for hosting the rip-off competition URKA’s Drag Race for any la
 y people (that’s you!) who want to try drag. They are a mixed Chinese bisex
 ual icon who serves chaos and humor (and large pots of pasta) on a near-dai
 ly basis. A San Francisco-born\, globally raised kxng who thrives in the wa
 ter\, URKA is excited to make a 💦 BIG 💦WET 💦 SPLASH 💦 in their Vancouver de
 but.<br /></div></p><div class="x_elementToProof"></div><div class="x_eleme
 ntToProof"><strong>Haifa Fi Fufu</strong> was formed underneath a crescent 
 moon nearly 1400 years ago by the creative spirit of a night-long performan
 ce of vibrant colors and epic poetry by the gender-bending singer Tuways. S
 he's a djinn of drag who's usually summoned by the ritual burning of orient
 alist media. This April 7th\, though\, she'll be performing alongside URKA 
 as they participate in the grand experiment of queer and trans of color wor
 ldmaking within the university\, no rituals required! Although\, why not bu
 rn a copy of Dune if you've got it?</p></div><div class="x_elementToProof">
 </div><div class="x_elementToProof"><strong>CSIS 500</strong> is a course b
 y Prof JP Catungal about queer and trans of color creativity and worldmakin
 g. Some critical questions we ask include: What can practices of queer and 
 trans of color creativity tell us about the present moment and how we have 
 arrived here? How do they orient us towards more socially just\, more abund
 ant and more capacious futures? This event is part of a collective assignme
 nt from the students of the class.</p></div><div class="x_elementToProof"><
 /div><div class="x_elementToProof">We would like to acknowledge this event 
 is hosted on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territory of the Mus
 queam people.</div><p><img class="size-medium wp-image-29682 aligncenter" s
 rc="https://grsj.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2025/03/Draggi
 ng-the-University-300x184.png" alt="" width="300" height="184" /></p><div><
 /div><p>   </p>
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