Achtung! Das Lehrangebot ist noch nicht vollständig und wird bis Semesterbeginn laufend ergänzt.
240527 SE MM3 Sexuality, relationships, identities: Western norms and global perspectives (2025S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Labels
Participation at first session is obligatory!The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
An/Abmeldung
Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Sa 01.02.2025 00:01 bis Mo 24.02.2025 23:59
- Abmeldung bis Mo 17.03.2025 23:59
Details
max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
# First lecture (4th of March) is compulsory attendance to ensure the spot in the course.
# We will start every lecture at 9:45 sharp; the seminar room is open from 9:30 onwards.- N Dienstag 04.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 11.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 18.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 25.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 01.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 08.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 29.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 06.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 13.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 20.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 27.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 03.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 10.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 17.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Dienstag 24.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
# Realisation:
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.# Assessment:
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 (10 – 30 pages) provided by the lecturer: 49%
• Assignment 8: Seminar work / concept (group work à 3 persons) of a self-picked topic containing around 10 to 15 pages including literature: 31%
• Presentation of the seminar work / concept, and preparing a discussion with the audience (Group work à 3 students): 20%# Requirements:
• Attendance according to the rules of the directorate (75%)
• The workload is based on the ECTS-points of the seminar (8 ECTS --> 200 overall hoursa --> about 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# The use of so-called "AI" is - according to University rules - permitted unless demaded for one of the assignments. Assignments that have been handed that have been created by AI without notice must be graded "X" (equivalent to Grade 5).
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.# Assessment:
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 (10 – 30 pages) provided by the lecturer: 49%
• Assignment 8: Seminar work / concept (group work à 3 persons) of a self-picked topic containing around 10 to 15 pages including literature: 31%
• Presentation of the seminar work / concept, and preparing a discussion with the audience (Group work à 3 students): 20%# Requirements:
• Attendance according to the rules of the directorate (75%)
• The workload is based on the ECTS-points of the seminar (8 ECTS --> 200 overall hoursa --> about 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# The use of so-called "AI" is - according to University rules - permitted unless demaded for one of the assignments. Assignments that have been handed that have been created by AI without notice must be graded "X" (equivalent to Grade 5).
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
See above.
Prüfungsstoff
See above.
Literatur
Provided in the first lecture.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Fr 10.01.2025 08:26
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.
• Distinguish what the law says vs. what activists’ demand vs. what individuals claim for themselves.
• Knowlegde of the historical development of the wider topic, including knowledge of the ICD-10/11 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.
• Distinguish between legal norms and social acceptance.# Content:
The monogamous heterosexual relationship is between a woman and a man (still) the norm, nevertheless if we look at the European continent, further so-called “Western” countries, or beyond. Yet this norm weakens in all kind of directions:
• Sexuality is not standardized and non-discussable anymore; intimate practices as all variations of the BDSM-acronym became more mainstream. In addition, the WHO does not classify them as perversion any more, as long as they are based on consent.
• Relationship models are undergoing a massive change; from LAT-concepts via new kinship models to all forms of consensual non-monogamy – everything seems to be possible.
• Gender incongruence and the according reassignment surgery moved from the edge very much into the middle of societal discussion. Everyone seems to have an option and a share in say, starting from famous British authors, ending at the International Olympic committee.
• The discourses are usually discussed from a Western, democratic, human-rights based understanding of what is right or wrong. But where are the countries of the South? How does EU ideas mismatch with EU reality, and how different is reality in countries where homosexual humans face death penalty? What is legal? Since when? Why does it matter, if so at all? And what could be “the next big thing”? Or in short: Where are we, and where are we going?# Methods:
Lecture / discussion in class / Group discussions / Group work / presentations / technical realisation via the web-platform “Moodle”.