Tris Hedges

Tris Hedges

PhD fellow

I am a PhD Fellow employed within the 'Who are We' research group. My research typically finds itself at the intersections of phenomenology, social ontology, and feminist philosophy. I am particularly interested in discussions surrounding discrimination, normalisation, gender, sexuality, and group identity.

 

- I am currently on a visiting fellowship at Tilburg University for the whole of Spring 2024, you can contact me at t.j.hedges@tilburguniversity.edu - 

 

Current research

My project is (tentatively) titled Us and Them: Alienation and Normalisation in Intergroup Relations. In this project, I investigate different forms of group identity, the constitutive significance of the 'Them' or the 'Third' for we-experiences, and I explore how power relations modulate, motivate, and obscure the ways in which we identify with/against each other. Within the scope of the research group, I aim to investigate first-person plural experiences which result from identity categories, intergroup relations, and antagonistic encounters.

 

Besides my PhD project I work on a phenomenological account of discrimination from the perspective of the discriminator. I argue that a Husserlian account of normality can help uncover the (proto-)normative and (affective-)intentional structures underlying various acts of discrimination. In addition to this, I am currently working on a paper which aims to provide a phenomenological account of affective self-doubt in relation to (queer) desire. I hope at some point to incorporate both of these research interests into my PhD project by examining both how assumptions of intersubjective normality inform group-based discrimination, and the role of sexuality in identifying with/against others.

 

If you'd like to hear more about my work, gain access to a draft, or collaborate, please don't hesitate to reach out to me.

 

 

Teaching

Fall 2023

Lecture/Seminar in Applied Phenomenology (BA Course)                   

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Fall 2022

Seminar in Ethics and Meta-ethics (BA Course)

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Lecture/Seminar in Applied Phenomenology (BA Course)                   

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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