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140161 VO+UE VM1 - VM7 - Sexuality and Human Rights (2014W)

Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Mittwoch 15.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 22.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 29.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 05.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 12.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 19.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 26.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 03.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 10.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 17.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 07.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 14.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 21.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Mittwoch 28.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

In December 2010, the Secretary-General of the United Nations made a momentous speech in New York where he called for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality and outlined the continuing violence, prejudice and discrimination faced by lesbians and gay men in an international context. He stated that 'as men and women of conscience, we reject discrimination in general, and in particular discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.' This tutorial course explores the relationship between sexual orientation and human rights in a global context by looking at both past and present realities. Taking a comparative and historical approach, we will consider cultural, moral and political attitudes towards homosexuality and the paradoxes and contradictions that have emerged in these debates. We pay particular attention to cultural specificity and consider the rich traditions of same-sex intimacy outside Europe despite often erroneous representations of homosexuality as a ‘Western lifestyle’.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

1. Written Tutorial Paper: 70%
2. Verbal Class presentation: 20%
3. Class Participation and Engagement: 10%

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Students will be able to analyse the relationship between homosexuality and human rights in a global context which:
• favours an interdisciplinary approach to globalisation research drawn from anthropology, economics, history, sociology, political theory, cultural studies, and the natural sciences
• favours a comparative approach to knowledge production (both diachronic and geographic)
• considers constructivist approaches to historical and social categories where essentialist notions are questioned
• attempts to question Eurocentric notions in favour of those that also consider non-Western perspectives and knowledge systems

Prüfungsstoff

This tutorial course uses written, oral and visual methods of analysis.

Literatur


Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

VM4, VM5

Letzte Änderung: Mo 27.07.2026 11:02