{"id":379,"date":"2016-10-19T20:37:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T18:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/das-dokumentarische.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/?page_id=379"},"modified":"2021-01-13T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T09:46:11","slug":"sarah-horn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/das-dokumentarische.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/kollegiat_innen\/sarah-horn\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Horn, M.A."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Title of the Dissertation<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Testo-Techniques. Queer Temporalities and Self-Documentation in trans Vlogs<\/p>\n

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Project Description
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Many trans people document their gender transition via video blogs (vlogs) on YouTube. A strikingly large number of these videos by Female-to-Male (FtM) vloggers refer to the date when they got their first dose of the hormone testosterone. Titled, for example, \u201c12 weeks on T\u201d or \u201c6 months on testosterone\u201d, these videos are recorded to provide an update on emotional and, especially, bodily changes that have occurred since the beginning of the hormone therapy. Expected effects \u2013 like the growth of facial hair, increase of muscle mass, change of body shape \u2013 are emphasized, in order to present and, at the same time, certify the body as male.<\/p>\n

In popular discourses testosterone appears to be a ‘magical’ hormone that transforms the body according to certain scripts – mainly concerning rejuvenation, masculinization, procreation. In and with the trans vlogs we find that the hormone does not automatically deliver on these promises as it regularly engenders only some or unforeseen effects. The projects aims to rethink the entanglement of testosterone and vlog and the role of this agencement in the process of gender transition. The process itself is heavily institutionalized and relies on various pathologizing and paternalistic modes of medical, legal and therapeutical documentation. Whereas trans vlogs have been described as self-determined opposition to these protocols, we cannot uphold this perspective with regard to the uncertainties that are inherent to the hormon therapy and the vlogging. Therefore, self-documentation here is not understood as self-determination alongside a teleological progression from one gender (identity) to another. Rather, the project aims to analyze the queer temporality of testosterone and vlog and its impact on the continuous becoming of the gendered self.<\/p>\n

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Scholarly Career
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