CITACE:
PITOŇÁK, M. (2022). A Decade of Prague Pride: Mapping Origins, Seeking Meanings, Understanding Effects. In: Blidon, M., Brunn, S.D. (eds) Mapping LGBTQ Spaces and Places. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03792-4_25
ABSTRAKT:
A group of enthusiastic activists organized Prague Pride for the first time in September 2011. However, as other capitals across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) had organized similar events more than a decade earlier, Prague was one of the last in the region to host such an event. I build on a decade-long participatory study and in-depth interviews with key activists to answer and problematize two of my initial questions. First, I map the origins of Prague Pride and put them in the context of local, national, and international activism in order to explicate the reasons for the relative “delay” between Prague Pride and similar events organized in capital cities abroad. Using Kulpa and Mizielińska’s concept of geotemporalities, I show that a specific context of the conditions and factors influencing the Czech case has in fact played a crucial role. I argue that a question of belatedness is misleading, and it cannot be interpreted within existing frameworks and foreign discourses, which are often overly universalizing and lack the necessary sensitivity for understanding developments in other(ed) regions. Second, after navigating the dichotomy of Western celebratory carnivals and Eastern political demonstrations, I show that Prague Pride cannot be simply categorized as either and in fact is an original mixture of multiple discourses and conditions that have made it a successful annual festival. Finally, I reconsider the meanings of “Pride” from organizers’ perspectives and demonstrate a possible common – affective – ground for approaching their potential effects on the everyday lives of sexually and gender diverse people.
Odkaz:
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-03792-4_25