Event location
Seminars will take place at Seminar Room 218, FHH (Frederik Holsts hus), 12:15-13:30.
Zoom link for those wishing to attend online.
Abstract
I am currently using theories of body politics and “celebrity”-feminism to uncover the social, political, financial, gendered, individual and health care powers that are in play in regards to male and female intimate cosmetic surgery.
In this presentation, I will talk through a draft of an article. Feedback, reflections and questions are very much welcome!
Bio
Ingvild is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Health and Society, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo. She has written a master's degree on female genital mutilation/cutting with fieldwork in Somaliland/Somalia in 2011/2012. She finished her doctorate in “health and society” in 2020. The doctorate focused on female circumcision/genital mutilation among Kurdish men and women in Norway, and circumcision of boys became a central focus during data collection. Knowledge from the master's and doctoral work is the basis for her postdoctoral research project on six different genital cutting practices: Girl circumcision, boy circumcision, intersex infants, intimate surgery, gender confirming surgery, and cutting/piercing for aesthetics or as part of erotic activity. Ingvild has also been the co-editor of a themed issue on circumcision on girls and boys with central, international researchers in the field. The editorial was reproduced in its entirety in America's legal blog, The Volokh Conspiracy.