Archives - The Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:20:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Slipping Into the Shadows: Boxing, Affect and Healing Justice – book chapter by Professor Dan Irving /iis/2024/slipping-into-the-shadows-dan-irving/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slipping-into-the-shadows-dan-irving Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:18:54 +0000 /iis/?p=7516 This chapter offers an autotheoretical account of my experiences as a trans man training for my first amateur bout – one that has yet to come but borne out of a never-ending fight. My chapter is in conversation with autobiography (McBee, 2018), journalistic (Oates, 2006) and ethnographical scholarship addressing the intricacies of pugilistic violence as a response to systemic gender, racial, sexual and economic oppression (Beauchez, 2017; Rutter, 2007).

Boxing draws fighters from marginalized communities. As a trans man, I have fought intense ‘negative’ feelings most of my life – emotions culminating into rage. I joined an amateur boxing club in Ottawa after trying to instigate a street altercation with a stranger. Feeling out of control, I sought refuge with others who also believe fighting solves problems.

Professor Irving is a faculty member in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University.

Ìý(2023), “Slipping Into the Shadows: Boxing, Affect and Healing Justice”, Ìý²¹²Ô»å Ìý(·¡»å.) Trans Athletes’ ResistanceÌý(Emerald Studies in Sport and Gender), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 59-69.

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