Iain Morland
| Iain Morland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Music technologist |
| Known for | Intersex author |
| Website | www |
Iain Morland (born 1978) is a British music technologist and author. He formerly lectured in cultural criticism at Cardiff University. His writings focus on issues of gender and sexuality, medical ethics, and science. In 2005, Times Higher Education described Morland as a leading academic in the field of sex research. He has edited an edition of the journal GLQ, and co-authored Fuckology, a critical analysis of the writings and practices of John Money. With Lih-Mei Liao, Morland co-founded in 2002 Critical Sexology, a continuing interdisciplinary seminar series on gender and sexuality. His audio work includes audio editing, sound design and programming.
Morland was born with an intersex condition and subjected to numerous surgeries in childhood. Much of his writing focuses on the impact of those interventions, in explorations of the ethics of medical intervention, but also the ethics of touch, "desire's reach" and the relationship between intersex experiences and queer theory. He has a doctorate and formerly lectured in cultural criticism and gender studies at Cardiff University in the UK.
Selected published works as author include:
"‘The Glans Opens Like a Book’: Writing and Reading the Intersexed Body" (2004). Morland talks of surgeries on infants with intersex genitalia as being a "crisis of signification" and readability.
"II. Intimate Violations: Intersex and the Ethics of Bodily Integrity" (2008). Morland argues that intersex management through surgical interventions is an intimate violation caused by lack of sensitivity to the modification of intersex bodies.
"Between Critique and Reform: Ways of Reading the Intersex Controversy" in the book Critical Intersex, edited by Morgan Holmes, in 2009. This essay aimed to analyse activist and clinician narratives about the medical management of intersex, questioning "the ethical self-evidence of the transition from intersex medicine's critique to its reform". The book has been described as "the "go to source" for a contemporary, international representation of intersex studies," making "contributions that are precise, plainly written and very illuminating... the detail is fascinating and somewhat unnerving... beautifully clear and compassionate" (Contemporary Sociology), and "an important collection" (Suzanne Kessler, State University of New York).
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