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

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie

Continuous assessment of course work

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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 Sa 20.09.2014 10:00 to We 01.10.2014 09:00
Registration is open from We 01.10.2014 15:01 to Th 02.10.2014 16:00
Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 12:00

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Adrian Carton

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

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

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

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’.

Assessment and permitted materials

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

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

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

Examination topics

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

Reading list

Association in the course directory

VM4, VM5

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