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Decolonial Approaches to Trans Resilience: Queer and Fugitive Pathways

Björkdahl, Amanda LU (2025) GNVM03 20251
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
This thesis aims to critique and move beyond dominant discourses of resilience within LGBTQ+ and trans research. Drawing from decolonial critiques of resilience and trans scholarship, the thesis engages with queer phenomenology and Black radical thought to propose an alternative theoretical framework of fugitive resilience. Grounded in empirical research with trans individuals in a Swedish context, the study explores how this framework may surface resilience practices that are made invisible by dominant frameworks. The results show that participants engage in everyday refusals through rejecting biological binary gender discourses, strategic invisibility, and opacity to public institutions. They also practice fugitivity by cultivating trans... (More)
This thesis aims to critique and move beyond dominant discourses of resilience within LGBTQ+ and trans research. Drawing from decolonial critiques of resilience and trans scholarship, the thesis engages with queer phenomenology and Black radical thought to propose an alternative theoretical framework of fugitive resilience. Grounded in empirical research with trans individuals in a Swedish context, the study explores how this framework may surface resilience practices that are made invisible by dominant frameworks. The results show that participants engage in everyday refusals through rejecting biological binary gender discourses, strategic invisibility, and opacity to public institutions. They also practice fugitivity by cultivating trans epistemologies and communities that support life outside of normative institutions, as well as actively negotiating perceptions. Furthermore, imagination emerged as a resource for resilience, as participants engaged with temporal reorientations, multiple worlds, and spiritual practices. (Less)
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author
Björkdahl, Amanda LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVM03 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
decolonizing resilience, queer theory, fugitivity, trans studies, Black radical thought, resiliens, queerteori, transstudier
language
English
id
9211943
date added to LUP
2025-09-09 08:50:06
date last changed
2025-09-09 08:50:06
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  abstract     = {{This thesis aims to critique and move beyond dominant discourses of resilience within LGBTQ+ and trans research. Drawing from decolonial critiques of resilience and trans scholarship, the thesis engages with queer phenomenology and Black radical thought to propose an alternative theoretical framework of fugitive resilience. Grounded in empirical research with trans individuals in a Swedish context, the study explores how this framework may surface resilience practices that are made invisible by dominant frameworks. The results show that participants engage in everyday refusals through rejecting biological binary gender discourses, strategic invisibility, and opacity to public institutions. They also practice fugitivity by cultivating trans epistemologies and communities that support life outside of normative institutions, as well as actively negotiating perceptions. Furthermore, imagination emerged as a resource for resilience, as participants engaged with temporal reorientations, multiple worlds, and spiritual practices.}},
  author       = {{Björkdahl, Amanda}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Decolonial Approaches to Trans Resilience: Queer and Fugitive Pathways}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}