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    InTRODUCTION Find Your Way hu dos t ean to be ointated? This book bein with he qustion ortiton, oho tithat we come nd our way world hat suites new haps depending which way we en we ow where we uc when we ten thi wy that wy, then eae ostatd. We lave ov trings. We know what to do to gett this place oto dha place. Te inte tho tobe rrnedtowad cern objects those that elp ws tofind oe way These ar the ojos we eagize, tht when we face chem We wich wey we ae fcng. They migh be lands o oe aia ‘sign tha ie ws a anchoring pins They gather onthe grounds and they rete 4 ground upon which we can ghee, Aad yet bjs gather i tere renting deen grounds, What dlferenc does it make "what se noite ova Myintresin hs boa question orientation tated hy an interest inthe recs queion of senul rentason. What dace nan fr sexuality to belived orientate What dierence does emake "wt" or"who" we tre oretated toward in the very dition of ou ese? If xenon i roar of how we reside in space, shen sna vienation might aso bea rte of residence; how weinhait paces ar well "who" or what we inhabit spcewth feral acer geographers ave shown shove paces seuazed (Bell and Valentin Bing 198; Bell 000, Ie fore ground the concept of oreo,” then we can ether thi emanation of spc, a well he spaiy f seal desire, What woul it mean or queer studies fe weet pve the question ofthe ointation of ena ‘reno os nphenomenloial queion? Tn this book take up the cone of retain a wy of puting queer seus n coe dilgse with phevomevlogy. flow the concep of "xi coh si pads nding ope ora new may nn sb he yf ei eer ‘he Pre nh tk Ir an appch howto he ope hgh ening wa aj ts ech hae tn the ty hao Sich prc nome by my eae phenoneiloy owghine- pope henomengeanl nde ‘ope ut ue henenlgy might er yh la be ope Starpoint ak Wy art heme oe Feri enlist cnalin de eye that coon aap se aan a nd gee Huisonetved rn of iablings dy or lt Edun Huse x hing nL) Pheeslg can erase ue Sulsinotr tenga te prune ie pecs en Sony often Sane of ao tet tonsa te lef pss on Sing esd vr Tara pheno bo np he cnet of enn ed seth Tematen ww ei credo T ah anne te ccf ing si Tomy ins es Cao ai Enon eo fenton ca el ‘edits her ml fetta ng “Sra ward ts Soe el ee el ef neg bruh imi femaial nenonliyoherth se sonic we as yaw amen et wor words morons ae etd to wha wc into contac wth they move bs toma” and “away” fom such objects. So we might fear an obj ht "proaches us. The sproach sna simply bout he ava ofan object i show we um toward dha objet The eng fears reted oma ht object whl ita apprehnds he object ina cetin wa. a being aname ‘The ining of hs apprehension mates Fara jet to make his impe son is dependent on ps stoi, which sufi a impressions onthe skin Arte same me, emations shape what ots do inthe preset of how they removed bythe objet they approach. Te atibuin of sing rowan ject (el aa case you ar earome) ves he subject away fom ‘he object creating distance dhrough he rgitsing of proximity as thre Emotions ime sch fective Forme of ()tentatin, e snjs that toi are move by the orientations they ave ate, he oienmtons we fave oan other spe the contours of pace by afetng elation of x imity and isance Dene bos. even wha i ep at i tance mus sil be proximate enough frist make reve a impression, "Ths pin canbe made qutesiply:orenasons inva deen ways restering the proximity of bjs and thes. Orientations shape nt only wwe inhabit pce but how we apreend his wor of shared inka tance, eellas“who”or"wha”wedirectr energy and attention tard. A «queer henomensogy,prups, might tary editstng ou attention to ‘rad ferent object, hve hate “es rioate”oreven those that devi ‘Me orare deviant Andyct, wou not tht quer phenomendlgy would Siaply be a mater of genetng que akjees, A gucer phenomenology ‘night ts to phenomenology hy aking nr oly about he concep of en ‘aon in phecomeosigy, bt ala about the orenaion 2f phenomenology This bok thus eonsiders ow abject dha appesein phenomenological wit- ingfncion are tation devices” we srt with Huss ist lume of an, ornate then we start wih the wring ble The able appease oul ay scans he blithe eet genet the boy ofthe pilot "That the weting ale appears and not another kind of ble, might ee something about the “venation of phenomenology, even of loopy inal. "Afra ts ot surprising ha plop fall of bles? Tables ar, afr, “what philosophy ewe ups they ae in roe ofthe philoso here imagine as a horizotal sic “intended” fi writing The table Fgh even tke the chape of this intaton ee ehapter). Ax Ann Banfi teres in et wonder book Tbe Pho TbleHbes and cha shins tenet to had othe sedentary pilosopher who comes to ocupy chats of iloopy, are the furniture of hi om oF one oom which there ‘woh isobered” (200: 69) Tables ate "neato had alongwith chi at “he fui tat secre the very place” af pilosphy. The use of ables shows us the very oetaton of pilsophy in par by showing ws what i imate othe body ofthe pilonpher, what the philosopher comes fev contact “with How the ble appear: might be a mate ofthe dient ‘rematons that pion kes ova he bjs hat it comes into cone ‘act with? Een is ot aren tha the object on which wing happens pain writing we might abo pent how sash wring tn isback on the tale. So ten when tubes appa, thy oly sem to do soa background eau ofa landscape, ich sll oman eter al gimpsed bees. As suggest in chaps hi legation ofthe tbe oth background isin in Hise workeven though he tun it to the bjt: Despite how the le _manertofen disappear Fem view, a bjt from” which think ane tomar which we det oa terion, In his bk, Ling the ble the font” of the writing i prt show how “what” we tink “om is an retaton device By binging what seid othe ns, weight queer Phenomenology creating new slp edn fr he angle of he ting in the “what that appear. To que phenomenalogy is oor a frente tthe onset of aeration ise. ‘To quce phenomenlogs abot ofr aque: phenomenology Ince words, que doesnot havea elton fexerioty otha with which comes Jor contc. A queer penomenaogy might find what x quer within pe omenolgy and ue that queers to makes rather ifrent pis After al, phenomenalogy fll quer moments moments of sre tion that Marice Mereu-Poey ser inva only “he nllecual eric of dint but he vi enperiene of giddne ga aie, which fs the awareness of or conigeny, andthe har with which es us (a201: 296). Phenomensey of Penton gies an count of hw thet ‘vents ane overcome a boss bacon eriented But if we ty with ach ‘moments then we igh achee a deen ore ova! thea ich ‘omentsnaybe the source of itty ar well gine, Wesighteren find Jjoyand extemet inthe hoo, Inofering 2 qucerphenomenalogy,amindebedothe wrkof eins, ‘Hc and nts schol who hve engaged eet and erly ith the phenomenological tation, This nclaes frit pomp of he Boxy sch as Sunda Bary (190), Marion Young (e, 2009, Roslyn Dipros (on, 2003), Joh Butera) and Gail Wes (99; the ear ‘werk women phenomeologits such as Eh ti sand Simone de Bear (ign ecent wok on quer phenomenolgy (Fryer 200) and henomenaogiss of race achat Frantz Fanon (8), Lewis R Gordon (089) and Lind Akon) ‘Through the corps ofthis wok hae letra ot oly to tink shou how phenomenology night univer ema speci bcily deing, bat lo what follows “etn” fm ash criti the senso what hit ‘sigue alloys so shink ands do, Femi, queer ander ace pio ‘hers have shown us ow ail dience are the les of ow bodies Inka paces with ober ad they hive emphasized ee iatercorpoe = pec fly dling, am ho ndbeed to enersins of fens writes ‘tho have asked so thik the "pons at which we stand and who are Called fora police loctin ara formafsinated dling (onde Rich ‘9 lays Clg), ando he black eins writes who ave staged the mpowsbeuskof hinkingthough how ace, genet and sexity inert line tat fos and neta dere pins (Lorde 98 24°25 ‘Brewers, Sth 99) Myke ist bul ypon this work by recon ting the "oientated” mature fsck tandpoi. Phenomenology isnt the only mater sedi fomalating qucer mde ofecemations ination to gue states, fini theory, peta race ‘hear this bok lo draws on Mats ac peyshoanlss int concern with howaject and bodies asin oettons in ary hw they "oie tense By wing ovo sete simaltaneooh—quceing nomena ony and moving quer theory toward phenomenology—the book ais 10 show how bodies ae gender sexual and aed how they extend into pace aan extension hat diferentes betwen Me and ight” “Fon”| {an "bhin,"“vp" and down," elas"ea and i” Whats ofee in ‘other wor mol of how boi Become oriented by how they ake up Hie and space, ’My sim snc to presi what farm qe pheranenaogy shoul ake, sith encounter item take the form of ibook. AReral both queer ‘rues and phenomenology invalve dives intelectaad pola histories ‘arcana be wld a objets tht oul then be giea tthe thet My task ntead isto work rom he cons of"oreeatinsathas been eabo- ated within some phenomenal texts nd tore tat concept the sito a encoun. So what happens fe sta fom his pin? Staring Points Tn oste to become orientated, you might uppote that we sus experi enc diorentation. When we te oretted, we might ao even notice hat ‘neat oioated we ight no even ikon” about his pont. When we experience soentation, we might potceorntaton ar sonething wed othe. After a concepts often reveal hans thing thin with when thy fil oe tani into being or ain. Tin this mode of lsovemtin that one might bogn so wonder: What ds it mean tobe twientated? How do we ent know ot fl where me are or even where we ae song, by ining curler up with thefts of the grounds we inhabit, he sky ha suzound as, the nai ines ha ut chro map? How do we know which way tour o each ur deinaton? Teisby undeeranding how we Become acetate in moments of di retton that we might earn what meas to be aint inthe et place. Kann his casi say "What Doe e Mean to Orient One in “Though” (7865, cit n Casey sr, Begins precisely wid his pine He ses the example of walking Hindlded nto an unfnieram. You da nowhere yooarorbow where you arate othe cont oft 0, ‘soho woul you find your way azound the room? How woul yo find your vy to the dor so you cn eave the rom? Kane aga hut wo Bsune ‘etatd in thi stuation depeads on knowing the ditfeence between the left and righ se of the boy, Sach erence nits tr shows thet ‘intone no so much abou the rain between age hat extend it space(s the tltan between the chai and the able) thes, oventaton

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