240016 SE VM3 / VM7 - Sexual orientations, identities, relationship models, and the western view
240016 SE VM3 / VM7 - Sexual orientations, identities, relationship models, and the western view (2024S)
7.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Tu 19.03. 15:00-16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 20.02.2024 09:00 to Fr 01.03.2024 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday 05.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 19.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 09.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 16.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 23.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 30.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 07.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 14.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 21.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 28.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 04.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 11.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 18.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Tuesday 25.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 7, Kolingasse 14-16, OG01
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The following assignments are to be fulfilled:
• Assignment 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: Minor written assignments (individual work) containing about 2 pages each, based on relevant texts (5 – 25 pages) provided by the lecturer: 49 points.• Assignment 8: Seminar work / concept (group work à 3 persons) of a self-picked topic containing around 20 to 35 pages including literature: 31 points.• Presentation of the seminar work / concept, and preparing a discussion with the audience (Group work à 3 students): 20 points.
The use of so-called “artificial intelligence” (ChatGTP for example) is not permitted, unless explicitly required for on specific assignment.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Requirements:• Attendance according to the rules of the directorate (75%)• The workload is based on the ECTS-points of the seminar (7 ECTS 175 overall hours about 10-12 hours a week, attendance included)
Scale of points/grading:100-89%: 1 / 88-76%: 2 / 75-64%: 3 / 63-51%: 4 / 50-0%: 5
Examination topics
No exam planned (seminar work).
Reading list
Anders, S. M. v. (2015). Beyond Sexual Orientation: Integrating Gender/Sex and Diverse Sexualities via Sexual Configurations Theory. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44(5), 1177 - 1213. doi:10.1007/s10508-015-0490-8
Butler, J. (2004). Undoing gender. New York, NY Routledge.
Eder, F. X. (2015). Popular Sexual Cultures in Western Europe (1930s to the Present). In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2 ed., pp. 533-539). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
European Sociologist Association (2023). Call for papers. Making a difference: the hope and promise of sexuality studies, conference 24th and 25th September 2023.
Klesse, C. (2014). Polyamory: Intimate practice, identity or sexual orientation? Sexualities, 17(1/2), 81 - 99 doi:10.1177/1363460713511096
Macdonald, K. (1995). The Establishment and Maintenance of Socially Imposed Monogamy in Western Europe. Politics and the Life Sciences, 14(1), 3-23.
Ossmann, S. F. (2020). Introducing the new kid on the block: Polyamory. In Z. Davy, A. C. Santos, C. Bertone, R. Thoreson, & S. Wieringa (Eds.), Handbook of Global Sexualities (Vol. 1, pp. 363-385). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Sigusch, V. (2001). Lean sexuality: On cultural transformations of sexuality and gender in recent decades. Sexuality and Culture, 5(2), 23-56. doi:10.1007/s12119-001-1017-0
Sprott, R. A., & Benoit Hadcock, B. (2018). Bisexuality, pansexuality, queer identity, and kink identity. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 33(1-2), 214-232. doi:10.1080/14681994.2017.1347616
UNFPA, WHO, & ZBgA. (2020). Comprehensive Sexuality Education – Factsheet Series. Retrieved from escrh.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CSE-factsheet-series.pdf
Pallotta-Chiarolli, M. (2011). You’re Too Queer for the Straights and Now Too Queer for the Gays! Journal of Bisexuality, 11(4), 566-570. doi:10.1080/15299716.2011.620872
Veaux, F. (2017). An update to the Map of Non-Monogamy. Retrieved from blog.franklinveaux.com/2017/12/an-update-to-the-map-of-non-monogamy/
WHO. (2019). ICD-11. International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision. In. Geneve: World Health Institution.
Association in the course directory
VM3; VM7
Aim of the course:At the end of the semester, the students should be capable of• Knowledge of supranational (WHO, UN, etc.); national (Austrian Government, ministries ect.); and activist (Amnesty International, QWien, etc.) definitions of sexual identities and orientations.• Relate to the westernness of those concepts and its current critiques.• Knowledge of western as well as non-western concepts of gender.• Knowlegde of the historical development of the wider topic, including knowledge of the ICD-10 and ICD-11 catalogue.• Engaging in current debates on gender, sex, identities, sexual orientations, and related relationship models that don’t fall in an according category, based on up-to-date scientific discussions.
Goals/content:According to the World Health organization, applied then by the European Commission into European law, as well as most national governments, being lesbian, gay or bisexual is a sexual orientation; while trans identity is an identity - hence the acronym “LGBT”, of which members have legal minority rights, at least in the majority of Western countries.The most comprehensive activist acronym currently used is “LGBTTIQQ2SAA+”, standing for “lesbian-gay-bisexual-transsexual-transidentity-intersex-queer-questioning-2spirit-asexual-alies-plus”, extending the western categorization in only one aspect by a native interpretation of gender. Also, for all kind of “alternative” relationship forms (usually found by the acronym CNM, so consensual non-monogamy), it is the western idea of monogamy from which alternatives are derivated.Why is that so? Where are the according origins, the historical roots? Who sets the legal, who sets the social norms? Was the so-called sexual revolution also a female empowerment movement; and how much feminism is in today’s alternative relationship models? Can a liberated approach towards sexual orientation and identity lead to a fairer world for all? Is it monogamy we have to fight for equal rights, or is there something else big coming up? These and further questions will be discussed in the seminar, and ideally answered at least in some aspects by the end of the semester within the framework of a seminar paper.
Methods:Seminar lectures / discussion in class / Group discussions / Group work / presentations / technical realisation via the web-platform “Moodle”.
Implementation:The first half of the semester is dedicated to reading relevant texts, followed by discussion (based on individual small assignments) in class. The second half of the semester is dedicated to specific topics that students in group of 3 pick themselves on bases of their interest. Those topics will be developed by a small seminar work (theory-based only, no empiric survey), and presented and discussed in class.