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Paul Beatriz Preciado - ¿La muerte de la clínica?

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The discussion delves into living in the neoliberal condition and the evolution of the clinic in modern society, questioning its existence and exploring resistance movements. The presentation highlights the transformation of subjectivity, challenges traditional notions of truth and subjectivity, and emphasizes the production of dissident life beyond clinic or market practices.

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Beatriz Preciado questions the existence of the clinic and examines the impact of its disappearance on modern society, proposing a reevaluation of truth verification mechanisms in the neoliberal era.
The first industrialization of sexuality, rooted in colonial expansion and 17th-century biopolitics, has led to the normalization of bodies, marginalizing deviant individuals and creating a living sex machine that dictates sexual identity truths.
Activist movements like those focused on AIDS have challenged traditional clinical and pharmaceutical industries, demanding access to scientific knowledge, production of generics, and participation in decision-making processes, marking significant epistemological shifts and redefining notions of disability and work.

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What is the focus of the discussion?
The discussion focuses on living in the neoliberal condition and the evolution of the clinic in modern society.
Who is Beatriz Preciado?
Beatriz Preciado is introduced as a philosopher and director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona.
What is the concept of anti-pharmaceutical pornographic movements?
Beatriz introduces the concept of anti-pharmaceutical pornographic movements as a form of resistance.
How are bodies categorized in the clinical taxonomy of the 19th century?
The clinical taxonomy of the 19th century categorized bodies based on pathologies like tuberculosis, epilepsy, and syphilis.
What is the significance of the neurodiversity movement?
Amanda Bax is a prominent figure in the neurodiversity movement, advocating for alternative forms of political activism and action.

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"Neoliberal Truth: Clinic, Resistance, Subjectivity Evolution"

Reina Sofía Museum apologizes for time changes due to hosting educational programs and participating in events.
Beatriz Preciado is introduced as a philosopher and director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona.
The discussion focuses on living in the neoliberal condition and the evolution of the clinic in modern society.
Beatriz questions if the clinic has died and explores the implications of its disappearance.
The talk delves into Michel Foucault's hypotheses on subjectivity and the production of subjectivity in modernity.
Beatriz proposes a shift in understanding the verification apparatus for truth in the neoliberal condition.
The discussion highlights resistance movements against disciplinary institutions like the clinic.
The presentation explores the transformation of subjectivity in the neoliberal era and the role of verification apparatuses.
Beatriz introduces the concept of anti-pharmaceutical pornographic movements as a form of resistance.
The talk aims to challenge traditional notions of truth and subjectivity in the contemporary context.

22:40

Industrialization of Sexuality: Biopolitics and Normalization Apparatuses

The speaker discusses the concept of the first industrialization of sexuality, which involves performative standardization and reproduction of a visual political aesthetic of sexual difference.
Two processes of industrialization of sexuality are mentioned, with the first occurring during colonial expansion and later in the 17th century as biopolitics, governing free bodies.
The body is viewed as a biopolitical capsule, influenced by normalization apparatuses that produce it, leading to difficulties in resistance and political subversion.
The aesthetic of sexual difference complicates the notion of freely articulating sexuality, linking it to the production of the national body and reproduction control.
Heterosexuality is highlighted as a political regime, not just a sexual practice, leading to the marginalization of deviant bodies like homosexuals, masturbators, migrants, and colonized individuals.
The first industrialization of sexuality results in the creation of a living semiotic sex machine, producing truths about one's sexual identity and leading to identification with normalization apparatuses.
Disability and deficiency are discussed as culturally and historically constructed notions, emerging as effects of disciplinary apparatuses and biopolitical techniques.
The disabled body is viewed as unproductive and unable to fit into the productive chain, leading to a shift from statistical averages to biopolitical norms, categorizing deviations as abnormal.
Movements like somatoplasm revolutions challenge biopolitical criteria and discourses defining bodies as normal or pathological, aiming to depathologize bodies like the homosexual body.
The origin of the word "feminism" is traced back to a French tuberculosis specialist in 1871, who used it to describe the feminization of tuberculous men, highlighting the cultural construction of disease and the erasure of subaltern knowledge.

43:30

"Evolution of Feminism and Gender Identity"

Feminism in the 19th century was associated with tuberculous men who, due to physical conditions, could develop breasts or lose their beards, leading to a process of feminization.
Alexander Dumas Jr. introduced the term "feminist clinic" to refer to effeminate tubercular patients advocating for women's rights.
Effeminate men who defended women's rights were initially labeled as feminists, later becoming associated with the suffragette movement.
The clinical taxonomy of the 19th century categorized bodies based on pathologies like tuberculosis, epilepsy, and syphilis.
The feminist and homosexual movements historically excluded certain groups like lesbians, migrant women, and non-white women, leading to identity segmentations.
The text highlights a crucial historical moment where identity struggles could lead to further body segmentation and government practices.
The invention of gender post-World War II was not by feminists but by medical institutions to manage intersex babies, challenging the binary concept of sex.
Medical discourse acknowledges a multiplicity of genetic and morphological variations beyond sexual difference, yet societal norms redirect focus to sexual difference for social governance.
Chemical and endocrinological techniques post-1960 separated heterosexuality from reproduction, transforming sexual bodies into consumers rather than producers.
The expansion of pharmacological and assisted reproduction techniques shifts reproductive processes away from traditional state or scientific verification to market-driven verification.

01:02:49

Individuals invent and manage government apparatuses

The forms of government, body techniques, and verification devices have been collectively invented and managed by individuals.
Subjects and objects of government simultaneously, individuals must decide how to utilize the government apparatuses they have created.
The traditional image of the clinic and its disciplinary archipelagos have shifted to work in articulation and conflict with new governance practices and techniques.
AIDS is considered the first disease of the neoliberal condition, constructed as a pandemic through collective organization and government techniques.
AIDS is a syndrome, not a disease, detected through the Elisa test, defining serological status rather than a normal or pathological body condition.
AIDS emerged in the 1980s during a societal shift from exchange to consumption, representing immaterial post-Fordism.
Subaltern figures affected by AIDS include gay individuals, hemophiliacs, Haitians, heroin addicts, and sex workers, redefining the notion of disability and work.
AIDS activists challenged the clinical and pharmaceutical industries, demanding access to scientific knowledge, production of generics, and the trafficking of medicines.
Activist coalitions like ACAP marked an epistemological shift, rejecting the patient role and demanding involvement in decision-making processes and scientific knowledge production.
Sick activists challenged scientific protocols, demanding access to effective treatments and modifying verification apparatuses by opening pills collectively.

01:21:19

Challenging perceptions of autism and communication

Autistic individuals lack linguistic capacity, hindering their ability to engage in social communication and cognitive production.
The autistic person's self-stimulating movements can impede social interactions.
Autistic individuals struggle to establish eye contact for social interaction, affecting their ability to engage in communicative exchanges.
The autistic subject is viewed as a disabled cognitive producer, isolated, and lacking emotional connections.
Philosophers like Peter Singer advocate for recognizing autistic individuals as non-human, sparking conflict and criticism.
Amanda Bax, an American autistic activist born in 1980, challenges the medical system's approach to autism and the Disability industries.
The North American medical system invests significant amounts, ranging from 1 to 7 million dollars, in training autistic individuals for integration into productive processes.
Amanda Bax is a prominent figure in the neurodiversity movement, advocating for alternative forms of political activism and action.
Amanda Bax utilizes a semi-technical machine for vocalization, promoting her unique way of perceiving and decoding the world.
Amanda Bax's video "In My Language" challenges traditional perceptions of communication and interaction, advocating for the recognition of diverse forms of thinking and interaction.

01:43:03

"Reinventing Dissident Life: Artistic Strategies for Change"

The need to invent practices for production and reproduction of dissident life beyond those proposed by the clinic or the neoliberal market is emphasized.
Collective strategies for the production of dissident sexuality are highlighted as a task of the political, seen as an artistic practice.
The museum is viewed as a space for reinventing production practices and creating processes of subjectivation.
The idea of preventing the homoparental family from relying on assisted reproduction processes is discussed.
The historical perspective on the perception of homosexual bodies as sterile and the political implications of assisted reproduction are challenged.
The importance of education in creating children with a different mentality for social change is emphasized.

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