growing affinity is my in-progress MA Research thesis within the Individualized MA program at Concordia University. It’s intended to explore the intersection of transgender health, fetishization, and material culture through the lens of trans-corpomaterialism and feminist science studies. By using bio-media design and critical material practices, this research seeks to examine how the materiality of transgender bodies/experiences are fetishized and become embedded within cultural and societal norms. Through interviews, ethnographic narratives, and artistic experimentation, this research-creation will investigate how material cultures can be used to tangibly translate embodied transfeminine experiences into critical spaces of expression, providing vital spaces for questioning relationships between lived experiences of violence and critical bio materiality.

Supported by

Canadian Graduate Scholarship Master’s Award (SSHRC). CA 2023

Concordia University Graduate Award CA 2023