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João Florêncio is Professor of Gender Studies at Linköping University's Tema Genus, focusing on queer cultures through interdisciplinary lenses of media studies, cultural studies, and medical humanities. His research examines how bodies, sexualities, and media technologies interact in shaping ethical, political, and affective frameworks.
- Established new research area in 'Sexmedia och sexkulturer'
- Co-founder of NordSex network
- Editorial Board member at Sexualities journal
Research explores queer corporeality, public sex spaces, chemsex practices, and the cultural dimensions of contagion/immunity narratives. Key themes include:
- Queer pedagogies through pornography
- Cruising as creative spatial practice
- Technological mediation of intimacy
His 2025 book Crossings: Creative Ecologies of Cruising (with Liz Rosenfeld) analyzes queer spatial-temporal practices. Earlier work includes Bareback Porn, Porous Masculinities, Queer Futures (2020), which interrogates risk ethics in HIV-era pornography.
Recent publications span:
- Far-right sexual imaginaries
- Viral masculinities
- Pharmaceutical self-technologies
- Queer pandemic responses
