Vicki Kirby

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Vicki Kirby (born 1950) [1] is an Australian anthropologist and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. [2]

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Life

Kirby received her BA (Hon) from Sydney University and her PhD from the University of California at Santa Cruz. [3] In addition to numerous visiting professorships and research visits she has taught and researched in many countries, including an appointment as Erasmus Mundus professor at the University of Utrecht. [3]

She is a founding member of the Digital Semiotics Encyclopedia Advisory Board. [3] She is also a member of the International Editorial Advisory Board of the Borderlands Journal. [3]

Work

Kirby's research explores the opposites: nature / culture, body / mind, body / technology, humanities / natural sciences [4] and their deconstruction. Kirby pursues these oppositions in terms of social and political conflicts and their effects. She sees the separation of mind and body as the basis for a number of political problems, such as climate change and gender-specific oppression. [5] Kirby's research is significantly influenced by the work of Jacques Derrida.

Her work is archived by Brown University as it was considered critical to feminist theory. [3]

Judith Butler: Live Theory

Kirby's 2006 publication, Judith Butler: Live Theory, [6] introduces the work of feminist theorist Judith Butler. In it, Kirby examines Butler's contributions to gender theory and offers new perspectives on Butler's work, particularly on sexuality, identity, politics, language and power. She also explores Butler's work in relation to other theorists, including Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Simone de Beauvoir and Monique Wittig. [6]

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Monographs

Essays (selection)

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References

  1. "VIAF: Vicki Kirby". viaf.org. Retrieved 18 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Emeritus Professor Vicki Kirby". research.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Emeritus Professor Vicki Kirby". UNSW Sites. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. Kirby, Vicki (2008), "Subject to natural law: a meditation on the 'two cultures' problem. [Paper in: Thematic articles: Science. Kirby, Vicki (ed.).]", Australian Feminist Studies, 23 (55): 5–17, doi:10.1080/08164640701827162, ISSN   0816-4649, S2CID   143260498
  5. Daniel McLoughlin (2019). "Interview with Vicki Kirby". Theory, Culture & Society. 36 (7–8): 261–271. doi:10.1177/0263276419868288. ISSN   0263-2764. S2CID   203093591 . Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. 1 2 Vicki Kirby (2006). Judith Butler: Live Theory. Bloomsbury Publishing. doi:10.5040/9781472545688. ISBN   978-0-8264-6292-3. OL   8168652M. Wikidata   Q108595853.