Francis Rose Hartline
About
france rose hartline (he/him) is an artist and activist for queer, gender diverse and disability rights. Originally from the US, he moved to Norway in 2013, where he completed an MFA in Fine Art (2015) and PhD in Gender Studies (2020) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim Norway. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Gender Studies (2024) at Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, Japan. Since 2022, france has been involved in disability rights activism by leading NTNU’s INCLUDE, a network for disabled university staff, which is the first of its kind in Norway. Currently, france resides in Trondheim, Norway, and is working with Arts-Based Research as an advocate for gender diverse joy-making through paper crafting.
Research
Since 2004, I have been involved in social science and artistic research. The topics of gender, sexuality, culture and disability have been of particular interest. My work has spanned many contexts (US, South Africa, Lesotho, India, Sweden, Japan and Norway), with a focus on how cultural values shape understandings of difference and belonging. Currently, I am working mostly within disability rights and inclusion, as well as on artistic methods of teaching and learning.
Publications
García Zarranz, L. & hartline, f.r. (2024). ‘Paradox and trans literature’. In Vakoch, D.A. & Sharpe, S. (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Trans Literature, Routledge. ISBN 9781032431550
hartline, f.r. (2023). ‘How does Trans Studies fit the knowledge regime of Mode 2 type of research?’ In C. Åsberg, E. Just, M. Udén, V. Weetzel (Eds.), Voices from Gender Studies: Negotiating the Terms of Academic Production, Epistemology, and the Logics and Contents of Identity, Routledge. ISBN 9781032415864
hartline, f.r. & Ishimaru, K. (2022). ‘A comparative analysis of trans and gender diverse experiences in Japan and Norway.’ Same but different? Comparative perspectives on gender equality and diversity in Japan and Norway. NJ_BREGED Anthology, Routledge. ISBN 9781032027968
hartline, f.r. (2022). ‘On being trans in Norway: Negotiating Belonging Through and Within the (Cis)Gender Imaginary’. In Blidon, M. and Brunn, S. (Eds.) Handbook of the Changing World LGBTQ Map (Vol. 1), Springer: 465-480. ISBN 978-3031037917.
hartline, f.r. (2020). The (Trans)Gender Equality Paradox: Challenging Norway’s 2016 Law on Gender Recognition. (Doctoral dissertation). Trondheim: Norwegian University of Science and Technology. ISBN 978-82-326-4440-7
hartline, f.r. (2020). ‘Exploring the (cis)gender imaginary in the Nordic Region’. Ochanomizu University, Journal of Gender Studies 1(23).
hartline, f.r. (2020). ‘Assessing Norway’s Gender Recognition Act of 2016: Analysing personal experiences of legal gender change’. International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law, 1(1): 192-217.
hartline, f.r. (2020). Queering representation: Reflecting on reflexivity in my doctoral research. DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity & Gender Studies 7(1), 54-69.
hartline, f.r. (2020). ‘Who’s the human of “human rights”? Tracing trans subjectivities through legal gender recognition in Norway. Tidskriften Astra – Samhälle, kultur, feminism, 102: 31-33.
hartline, f.r. (2019). Examining trans narratives in the wake of Norway’s gender recognition law. a/b: Auto/Biography Studies, 34(1): 67-87.
hartline, f.r. (2018). (Trans)gender outlaws? A critical analysis of Norway’s 2016 gender self-determination law. Tijdschrift Voor Genderstudies 21(4): 361–380.
[Hartline] Rose, F. (2015). ‘[the space in between]: The power of contemporary art to reimagine gender’. In S. Panayotov and A. Koncul (Eds.), Proceedings from the Summer School for Sexualities, Cultures and Politics 2014, Belgrade: IPAK Center, 2015.
Hartline, F. (2013). The emergence of male homosexuality and homophobia in modern-day Maseru, Lesotho. (MPhil Dissertation). University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Knowledge Transfer
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Academic lectureGarcia Zarranz, Libe; Hartline, France Rose. (2022) “Trans and Cis Feminisms: Alliances, Ruptures, and Paradoxes”. 6th European Geographies of Sexualities Conference (EGSC) Embodied Geographies of Differences: Trans* Spaces, Identities and Solidarities , Online Roundtable 2022-09-14 - 2022-09-16