Staying with the Trouble” in Ontopolitical Research on Drugs
Keynote presentation delivered at the 2023 Contemporary Drug Problems Conference, Paris
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11056890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fraser (0000-0003-1018-5865, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-16 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Drug Problems (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-4509 • E-ISSN: 2163-1808 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00914509231220685 |
| OpenAlex | W4390893303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
Trouble seems to be characteristic of contemporary politics and life. From the environment to the pandemic, crises of political credibility around the world, conflict on social media and the drama of so-called “cancel culture”, avoiding or settling trouble seems more unimaginable than ever. Yet, as the theme of this conference makes clear, trouble is not always negative, especially when posed in verb form. To trouble preconceptions, orthodoxies or alienating norms can be productive, exciting and transformative. This is as much the case in research as in any other area of life. Troubling our founding assumptions, our research questions, our theories and methods is the way we move forward, even if it is not always easy or immediately rewarding. In this keynote presentation I will reflect on my own engagements with forms of scholarly trouble, drawing on the work of Donna Haraway in her book Staying with the trouble (2018) to identify key ways in which we as researchers may “embrace trouble” in useful and productive ways. Thinking through some central propositions articulated by Haraway in her engagement with other scholars, such as the importance of storytelling, the value of grieving, and the uses of response-ability, I will offer a range of examples drawn from my own work in critical drug studies and ontopolitical research to highlight the promises and pitfalls of trouble. In doing so, I aim to acknowledge the opportunities I have enjoyed over the years to be part of the innovative and courageous field of critical drug studies, of which the Contemporary Drug Problems conference is also an important part
Aesthetics · Credibility · Drama · Epistemology · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics) · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Storytelling · Theme (computing) · Transformative learning · Value (mathematics) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychedelics and Drug Studies
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Monstrous substance
Examining social identity transition from a relational perspective
Drug law is a multispecies concern
Special Issue and Sixth Contemporary Drug Problems Conference—Embracing Trouble
Beyond “Pressure”
Why We Can't Have Our Facts Back
Doing ontopolitically-oriented research
Exhausted practical sovereignty and lateral agency
What kind of world can what kind of we world? Staying with Donna Haraway’s Staying with the Trouble
Power, Technology and the Phenomenology of Conventions
Primate Visions
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women
The Mushroom at the End of the World
| Citations per year | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |