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Conference Programme

1st Global Conference
Kink
An Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference

Saturday 9th March 2019 – Sunday 10th March 2019
Prague, Czech Republic


FINAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME


Saturday 9th March 2019
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome and Opening Words: Kristine Seitz, Project Leader

09:30 – 10:30 Session 1: Workshop: Sexuality, Technology, and Geography

LGBT Youth Finding Love, Support and Community Using GPS Assisted Technology
Jessie Andre

10:30 – 11:00 Tea/Coffee

11:00 – 12.30 Session 2: Kink Spaces
Chair: Jessie Andre

Kink Between the Covers
Teresa Cutler-Broyles

Creating Spaces, Maintaining Places for Male on Male Kink
Nick Mulé

Fat Fetishism, Feederism, and (Non-)Exploitation Cinema
Kylo-Patrick R. Hart

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

14:00 – 15.00 Session 3: Workshop: Teaching Kink

Getting Kinky with It: Increasing Comfort and Finding Trans–‐communal Applications of BDSM
Noelle Summers

15:00 – 16:00 Session 4: Teaching Kink, Continued
Chair: Teresa Cutler-Broyles

Healing the Image: A Conceptual Investigation of the Healing Narrative in Cultural Representations of BDSM
Susanne Schotanus

Putting Porn in Its Place: The Good, the Bad and the Orgasms
Alisha Fisher

16.00 – 16:30 Tea/Coffee

16:30 – 17.30 Session 5: Presentation Prague’s Kinky History

Prague’s Kinky History
Lucie Drdová

17.30 – 18.00 Cross Session Issues and End of Day Consolidation

18.00 Wine and Drinks Reception

 

Sunday 10th March 2019

09:00 – 10:00 Session 6: Workshop: Kink Narratives

Work Hard, Play Harder: A Discussion With Sex Therapists about Boundaries, Sex- Positivity & Shame
Colby Agostinelli & Melissa Dessereau

10:00 – 10:30 Session 7: Kink Narratives, Continued
Chair: Nicj Mulé

Ooh, Shiny: From Cat Woman and Missus Peel to the Latex Submissive and the Leather-Clad Dom
Jeremy Vaughan

10:30 – 11:00 Tea/Coffee

11:00 – 12:00 Session 8: Panel: Kink Histories

Kinking Histories, Practices and Wellbeing: A Panel on Kinking Perspectives and Temporal Parameters in the UK
Gemma Commane, Lesley Gabriel, Annalise Weckesser, Keeley Abbott

12:00 – 13:00 Session 9: Workshop: Sexuality, Technology, and Gender

Genital and Sexual Prosthetics. Curse or Emancipatory Potential?
Myriam Raboldt

13.00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Session 10: Sex Work, Pornography, and Technology
Chair: Nick Mulé

On a Few Trends in the Live Cam Market: From Globalization to Diversification and Authenticity
Jérémie Garrigues

The Mansion of Unearthly Delights – A Kink-based Storytelling Game
Andreas Schneider

15:00 – 15:30 Tea/Coffee

15:30 – 16:30 Session 11: Kink Histories
Chair: Jérémie Garrigues

Kiss the Rod: Love and Porn in the Time of Sexology
Lorraine Rumson

The Pakistani Sexual Landscape: An Oxymoron
Erum Khan Ghazi

16:30 – 17:30 Session 12: Workshop: Connection/Disconnection

The Impact of Social Media on Individuals and Relationships
Kristine Seitz

17:30 – 17:45 Cross Session Issues, End of Day Consolidation

17:45 – 18:00 Where Now? What Next? Closing Remarks, Photographs, Goodbyes