Natalie Kouri-Towe
Biographic Data
| ID | 5081877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalie Kouri-Towe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalie |
| FAMILY NAME | Kouri-Towe |
| SIGNATURE | KOURI-TOWE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-2225-377X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Queer Palestinian Solidarity Work: Coalition, Encampments, and Affective Activisms
We sat down with Deborah Cowen and Natalie Kouri-Towe to talk about their long-standing involvement with queer/Palestine liberation and solidarity work. We were interested in the connections between Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) and the Palestinian solidarity encampments/anti-genocide actions happening across university campuses. Below is a portion of this conversation, edited for continuity and clarity. We are deeply appreciative to b…
Solidarity at a Time of Risk: Vulnerability and the Turn to Mutual Aid
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of mutual aid was rapidly taken up as an ideal model for solidarity. This paper examines why mutual aid may have found such popularity in this moment by examining the affective underpinnings of risk, vulnerability and the imperative to care. Rather than celebrate the turn to mutual aid as the best path towards justice, however, the paper suggests that we think strategically about the model…
National (in)security and the shifting affective fields of terror in the case of Omar Khadr
Omar Khadr, the Canadian teen accused of war crimes in Afghanistan in 2002, was the only minor held in Guantanamo Bay until his repatriation to Canada in 2012. Throughout his 13 years in U.S. detention and Canadian prison, Khadr remained a highly debated and contentious figure in the Canadian public, depicted as both a victim and villain through the circulation of his dual image as an adolescent boy alongside his photograph as a bearded adult. Al…
Risk, Desire and Adaptation: The Paradox of Queer Solidarity and the Political Possibility of Death Under Neoliberalism and Homonationalism
In 2015, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid Toronto (QuAIA Toronto) announced that it was retiring. This article examines the challenges of queer solidarity through a reflection on the dynamics between desire, attachment and adaptation in political activism. Tracing the origins and sites of contestation over QuAIA Toronto's participation in the Toronto Pride parade, I ask: what does it mean for a group to fashion its own end? Throughout, I interrog…
Textured Activism: Affect Theory and Transformational Politics in Transnational Queer Palestine-Solidarity Activism
How do we conceptualize social and political transformation? What possibilities arise for our political imaginings when we examine the approaches and orientations of activist practice in the everyday? Using queer and affect theory, I examine dualistic thinking in social movement practices to propose a model for thinking about the ethics of solidarity in practice. I consider this model of solidarity though the texture of activism and by examining …
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Textured Activism: Affect Theory and Transformational Politics in Transnational Queer Palestine-Solidarity Activism
How do we conceptualize social and political transformation? What possibilities arise for our political imaginings when we examine the approaches and orientations of activist practice in the everyday? Using queer and affect theory, I examine dualistic thinking in social movement practices to propose a model for thinking about the ethics of solidarity in practice. I consider this model of solidarity though the texture of activism and by examining …
Risk, Desire and Adaptation: The Paradox of Queer Solidarity and the Political Possibility of Death Under Neoliberalism and Homonationalism
In 2015, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid Toronto (QuAIA Toronto) announced that it was retiring. This article examines the challenges of queer solidarity through a reflection on the dynamics between desire, attachment and adaptation in political activism. Tracing the origins and sites of contestation over QuAIA Toronto's participation in the Toronto Pride parade, I ask: what does it mean for a group to fashion its own end? Throughout, I interrog…
National (in)security and the shifting affective fields of terror in the case of Omar Khadr
Omar Khadr, the Canadian teen accused of war crimes in Afghanistan in 2002, was the only minor held in Guantanamo Bay until his repatriation to Canada in 2012. Throughout his 13 years in U.S. detention and Canadian prison, Khadr remained a highly debated and contentious figure in the Canadian public, depicted as both a victim and villain through the circulation of his dual image as an adolescent boy alongside his photograph as a bearded adult. Al…
Solidarity at a Time of Risk: Vulnerability and the Turn to Mutual Aid
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of mutual aid was rapidly taken up as an ideal model for solidarity. This paper examines why mutual aid may have found such popularity in this moment by examining the affective underpinnings of risk, vulnerability and the imperative to care. Rather than celebrate the turn to mutual aid as the best path towards justice, however, the paper suggests that we think strategically about the model…
Queer Palestinian Solidarity Work: Coalition, Encampments, and Affective Activisms
We sat down with Deborah Cowen and Natalie Kouri-Towe to talk about their long-standing involvement with queer/Palestine liberation and solidarity work. We were interested in the connections between Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) and the Palestinian solidarity encampments/anti-genocide actions happening across university campuses. Below is a portion of this conversation, edited for continuity and clarity. We are deeply appreciative to b…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Solidarity (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Queer (3 works) · History (2 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (2 works)