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As part of our explorations of the links between reproduction, extractivism, and the environment, ReproSoc held a group viewing of 'Maxima' at 1 pm on Friday 11th June (London), followed by a live Zoom Q&A session with the Director, Claudia Sparrow, at 2:30 pm (London).

A discussion between Pascha Bueno-Hansen, Vanesa Giraldo Gärtner & Tatiana Sanchez Parra, chaired by Dr Julieta Chaparro-Buitrago, ReproSoc. Panel description: This exciting panel discussion had reproduction and sexuality at its center to understand how they have animated recent political debates and transitions (Briggs, 2017) in Latin America. Looking at the pre-post conflict state (Theidon 2007) in Colombia and Peru, the participants in this round table reflected on the conflicting implications of reproduction and sexuality in transitional justice, the functioning of the law, and violence.

It had been clear throughout my 15 years as a queer parent that genetics is less a fact of biology and more a state-driven project for constructing (worthy) citizens through and productive of acceptable family forms. And yet the role and power of the border and its regulatory systems in constructing and maintaining (hetero) normative families had become painfully clear. Here, I bring the optic of structural intimacies to consider transnational LGBTQ kinship, considering how the border becomes a literal and figurative space for the re/production of (heterosexual, bio-genetic) family forms.

As part of the Cambridge Festival this online symposium focused on ways of working with the archive of Bob Edwards (IVF pioneer), and ways of working evidenced in the archive.