240143 SE VM4 / VM7 - Queer activism versus LGBTIQ+ hostile politics and discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa (2024W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Fr 20.09.2024 10:00 to We 02.10.2024 09:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 10.10. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- N Thursday 17.10. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 24.10. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 31.10. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 07.11. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 14.11. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 21.11. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 28.11. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 05.12. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 12.12. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 09.01. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 16.01. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 23.01. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
- Thursday 30.01. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
- Preparatory reading of texts with short, written assignments
- Attendance is mandatory, active participation in the discussion
- Written exposé for seminar paper on a self-chosen topic
- Oral presentation on the topic of the seminar paper
- Seminar paper of ca. 6,000 words (ca. 15 pages) or ca. 8,000-10-000 words (20-25 pages) for team papers
- Attendance is mandatory, active participation in the discussion
- Written exposé for seminar paper on a self-chosen topic
- Oral presentation on the topic of the seminar paper
- Seminar paper of ca. 6,000 words (ca. 15 pages) or ca. 8,000-10-000 words (20-25 pages) for team papers
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive assessment, all partial performances must be completed and a seminar paper must be submitted. Accepted languages for written assignments and the seminar paper are German, English and French. English language skills are required.
Examination topics
Students are required to read the required readings for each unit and to independently research literature on their chosen topic.
Reading list
Abbas, Hakima, und Sokari Ekine, Hrsg. 2013. Queer African Reader. Nairobi: Pambazuka Press.
Epprecht, Marc. 2013. Sexuality and Social Justice in Africa: Rethinking Homophobia and Forging Resistance, “Introduction”. London: Zed Books, 1-35.
Klinken, Adriaan S. van. 2021. Kenyan, Christian, Queer: Religion, LGBT Activism, and Arts of Resistance in Africa. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press.
Klinken, Adriaan S. van, und Ezra Chitando, Hrsg. 2016. Public Religion and the Politics of Homosexuality in Africa. London: Routledge.
Macharia, Keguro. 2016. „On Being Area-Studied: A Litany of Complaint“. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 22 (2): 183–89. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3428711.
Matebeni, Zethu. 2021. “Black Lesbian Feminist Thoughts of a Born Queer.” In surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa, hg. v. Lewis, Desirée und Baderoon, Gabeba. Johannesburg: Wits Univ. Pr., 130-137.
Matebeni, Zethu. 2021. „The State of LGBT Rights in Africa“. In The Palgrave Handbook of African Women’s Studies, herausgegeben von Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso und Toyin Falola, 465–78. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28099-4_79.
Matebeni, Zethu, Surya Monro, und Vasu Reddy, Hrsg. 2018. Queer in Africa: LGBTQ Identities, Citizenship, and Activism. New York: Routledge.
Morgan, Ruth und Wieringa, Saskia. Hrsg. 2005. Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives. Johannesburg: Jacana.
Mwachiro, Kevin. 2014. Invisible: Stories from Kenya’s Queer Community. Contact zones NRB 08, Rogue. Nairobi, Kenya: Goethe-Institut Kenya : Native Intelligence.
NEST Collective, Hrsg. 2015. Stories of Our Lives: Queer Narratives from Kenya: From an Archive of Stories Collected for the „Stories of Our Lives“ Research Project. Nairobi: NEST Arts Company Limited.
Nkabinde, Nkunzi Zandile. 2008. Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My Life as a Lesbian Sangoma. Auckland Park, South Africa: Fanele.
Nyanzi, Stella. 2015. „When the State Produces Hate: Re-thinking the Global Queer Movement through Silence in The Gambia“. In The Global Trajectories of Queerness, herausgegeben von Ashley Tellis und Sruti Bala, 179–93. Brill | Rodopi. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004217942_013.
Nyeck, Sybille Ngo. 2020. Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies. Routledge Handbooks. London New York: Routledge.
Okech, Awino. 2013. “’In Sisterhood and Solidarity’: Queering African Feminist Spaces.” In Sokari und Abbas, Hrsg. Queer African Reader. Oxford: Pambazuka Press, 9-31.
Rudwick, Stephanie and Ntuli, Mduduzi. 2008. “IsiNgqumo: Introducing a Gay Black South African Linguistic Variety.” Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 26(4), 445–456. doi: 10.2989/SALALS.2008.26.4.3.675
Spronk, Rachel, und Hendriks, Thomas. Hrsg. 2020. Readings in Sexualities from Africa. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
Tamale, Sylvia, Hrsg. 2011. African Sexualities: A Reader. Oxford, UK: Pambazuka Press.
Epprecht, Marc. 2013. Sexuality and Social Justice in Africa: Rethinking Homophobia and Forging Resistance, “Introduction”. London: Zed Books, 1-35.
Klinken, Adriaan S. van. 2021. Kenyan, Christian, Queer: Religion, LGBT Activism, and Arts of Resistance in Africa. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press.
Klinken, Adriaan S. van, und Ezra Chitando, Hrsg. 2016. Public Religion and the Politics of Homosexuality in Africa. London: Routledge.
Macharia, Keguro. 2016. „On Being Area-Studied: A Litany of Complaint“. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 22 (2): 183–89. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3428711.
Matebeni, Zethu. 2021. “Black Lesbian Feminist Thoughts of a Born Queer.” In surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa, hg. v. Lewis, Desirée und Baderoon, Gabeba. Johannesburg: Wits Univ. Pr., 130-137.
Matebeni, Zethu. 2021. „The State of LGBT Rights in Africa“. In The Palgrave Handbook of African Women’s Studies, herausgegeben von Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso und Toyin Falola, 465–78. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28099-4_79.
Matebeni, Zethu, Surya Monro, und Vasu Reddy, Hrsg. 2018. Queer in Africa: LGBTQ Identities, Citizenship, and Activism. New York: Routledge.
Morgan, Ruth und Wieringa, Saskia. Hrsg. 2005. Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives. Johannesburg: Jacana.
Mwachiro, Kevin. 2014. Invisible: Stories from Kenya’s Queer Community. Contact zones NRB 08, Rogue. Nairobi, Kenya: Goethe-Institut Kenya : Native Intelligence.
NEST Collective, Hrsg. 2015. Stories of Our Lives: Queer Narratives from Kenya: From an Archive of Stories Collected for the „Stories of Our Lives“ Research Project. Nairobi: NEST Arts Company Limited.
Nkabinde, Nkunzi Zandile. 2008. Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My Life as a Lesbian Sangoma. Auckland Park, South Africa: Fanele.
Nyanzi, Stella. 2015. „When the State Produces Hate: Re-thinking the Global Queer Movement through Silence in The Gambia“. In The Global Trajectories of Queerness, herausgegeben von Ashley Tellis und Sruti Bala, 179–93. Brill | Rodopi. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004217942_013.
Nyeck, Sybille Ngo. 2020. Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies. Routledge Handbooks. London New York: Routledge.
Okech, Awino. 2013. “’In Sisterhood and Solidarity’: Queering African Feminist Spaces.” In Sokari und Abbas, Hrsg. Queer African Reader. Oxford: Pambazuka Press, 9-31.
Rudwick, Stephanie and Ntuli, Mduduzi. 2008. “IsiNgqumo: Introducing a Gay Black South African Linguistic Variety.” Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 26(4), 445–456. doi: 10.2989/SALALS.2008.26.4.3.675
Spronk, Rachel, und Hendriks, Thomas. Hrsg. 2020. Readings in Sexualities from Africa. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
Tamale, Sylvia, Hrsg. 2011. African Sexualities: A Reader. Oxford, UK: Pambazuka Press.
Association in the course directory
VM4 / VM6
Afrikawissenschaften:
SAG.SE2
SAG.KU2
SAG.KU3
SAL.SE1
SAL.SE2
Afrikawissenschaften:
SAG.SE2
SAG.KU2
SAG.KU3
SAL.SE1
SAL.SE2
Last modified: Th 10.10.2024 14:06
In this seminar, we will look at basic research on queer culture and queer activism in the African context; critical research on homophobia and transphobia in the African context; and decolonial approaches to queer and feminist theory (coloniality of gender, critique of Western dominance in global LGBTIQ+ discourse; Indigenous concepts of same-sex desire and non-binary identity).
In addition to research in the fields of cultural, social and historical sciences, narratives of queer experience and conceptualizations of queer identity in autobiographies, literature and film are used as a major source of knowledge.