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240503 SE MM1 Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, and the Political Economy of Intimacy (2025W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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.
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 Mo 01.09.2025 00:01 to Mo 22.09.2025 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 20.10.2025 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 09.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 16.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 30.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 06.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 13.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 20.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 27.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 11.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 18.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Thursday 08.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Thursday 15.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Aims: In the course, students will become acquainted with contemporary anthropological perspectives on sex and gender and their economic and material circumstances. Students will get to understand how the material organization of societies articulate with sex/gender orders and their intersection with other forms of classification and personhood.Themes: Key aspects of the course include to provincialize Eurocentric perspectives, such as a binary model of gender, the categorical distinction between sexuality and the political, as well as the epistemic division of intimate and capitalist realms of life. The course centers queer and trans perspectives and links them with materialist analyses. Hence, the themes that students can choose from include the political organization of relationship models, respectability and sexuality, sexual economies and the organization of desire, and a reflective questioning of the economies of attention revolving around the topics of the course.Methods: Research application writing, text discussion, skillshare. The course will center collaborative methods. Students will work towards writing research proposals. Students will form groups early in the course, will find key literature, and discuss it in class. Interactive exercises will cover a range of topics: conveying importance, imagining an audience, finding one’s voice in writing, engaging with literature, getting and giving feedback, academic editing, fitting methods to research questions, and calculating budgets for research proposals.
Assessment and permitted materials
Active participation in the course – skillshare exercises, group discussions, etc. (30%)
Interim presentations – each group presents their progress with the research proposals and key aspects of it (30%)
Written research proposal (40% of the performance assessment)All aids are permitted for the provision of all partial services that comply a) with the basic principles of good scientific practice, b) pass the plagiarism check, and c) comply with the AI guidelines of the department.
Interim presentations – each group presents their progress with the research proposals and key aspects of it (30%)
Written research proposal (40% of the performance assessment)All aids are permitted for the provision of all partial services that comply a) with the basic principles of good scientific practice, b) pass the plagiarism check, and c) comply with the AI guidelines of the department.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Weekly participation and preparation of classes is compulsory. A total of two classes may be missed and students who don’t attend the first class will be deregistered.
All three modalities of examination (active participation, interim presentations, research proposal) must be completed positively to pass the course.Highest achievable score: 100 points; 0-60 points: Not sufficient; 61-70 points: Sufficient; 71-80 points: Satisfactory; 81-90 points: Good; 91-100 points: Very Good
All three modalities of examination (active participation, interim presentations, research proposal) must be completed positively to pass the course.Highest achievable score: 100 points; 0-60 points: Not sufficient; 61-70 points: Sufficient; 71-80 points: Satisfactory; 81-90 points: Good; 91-100 points: Very Good
Examination topics
Reading list
Bradway, Tyler, and Elizabeth Freeman, eds. 2022. Queer Kinship: Race, Sex, Belonging, Form. Durham: Duke University Press.
Cover, Rob. 2004. “Material/queer Theory: Performativity, Subjectivity, and Affinity-Based Struggles in the Culture of Late Capitalism.” Rethinking Marxism 16 (3): 293–310. https://doi.org/10.1080/0893569042000239299.
Gleeson, Jules Joanne, and Elle O'Rourke, eds. 2021. Transgender Marxism. London: Pluto Press.
Klesse, Christian. 2014. “Poly Economics—Capitalism, Class, and Polyamory.” Int J Polit Cult Soc 27 (2): 203–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10767-013-9157-4.
Oyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́. 1997. The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses. Minneapolis, London: University of Minnesota Press.
Puar, Jasbir K. 2007. Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times. Durham, London: Duke University Press.
Sampethai, Valentini. 2022. “Workers, Migrants, and Queers: The Political Economy of Community Among Illegalised Sex Workers in Athens.” Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 19: 28–46. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201222193.
Saria, Vaibhav. 2021. Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India. Thinking from Elsewhere. New York, NY: Fordham University Press.
Sears, Alan. 2005. “Queer Anti-Capitalism: What's Left of Lesbian and Gay Liberation?” Science & Society 69 (1): 92–112.
Streinzer, Andreas, and Ryan Davey. 2024. “Queer-Marxian Modalities of Critique in Anthropology: Generations, Approaches, Ends.” Public Anthropologist 6 (Forum: Critical Ethnography): 156–63.
Weiss, Margot. 2015. “Queer Economic Justice: Desire, Critique and the Practice of Knowledge.” In Global Justice and Desire: Queering Economy, edited by Nikita Dhawan, Antke Engel, Christoph F. E. Holzhey, and Volker Woltersdorff, 80–95. Social justice. London, New York: Routledge.
Cover, Rob. 2004. “Material/queer Theory: Performativity, Subjectivity, and Affinity-Based Struggles in the Culture of Late Capitalism.” Rethinking Marxism 16 (3): 293–310. https://doi.org/10.1080/0893569042000239299.
Gleeson, Jules Joanne, and Elle O'Rourke, eds. 2021. Transgender Marxism. London: Pluto Press.
Klesse, Christian. 2014. “Poly Economics—Capitalism, Class, and Polyamory.” Int J Polit Cult Soc 27 (2): 203–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10767-013-9157-4.
Oyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́. 1997. The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses. Minneapolis, London: University of Minnesota Press.
Puar, Jasbir K. 2007. Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times. Durham, London: Duke University Press.
Sampethai, Valentini. 2022. “Workers, Migrants, and Queers: The Political Economy of Community Among Illegalised Sex Workers in Athens.” Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 19: 28–46. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201222193.
Saria, Vaibhav. 2021. Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India. Thinking from Elsewhere. New York, NY: Fordham University Press.
Sears, Alan. 2005. “Queer Anti-Capitalism: What's Left of Lesbian and Gay Liberation?” Science & Society 69 (1): 92–112.
Streinzer, Andreas, and Ryan Davey. 2024. “Queer-Marxian Modalities of Critique in Anthropology: Generations, Approaches, Ends.” Public Anthropologist 6 (Forum: Critical Ethnography): 156–63.
Weiss, Margot. 2015. “Queer Economic Justice: Desire, Critique and the Practice of Knowledge.” In Global Justice and Desire: Queering Economy, edited by Nikita Dhawan, Antke Engel, Christoph F. E. Holzhey, and Volker Woltersdorff, 80–95. Social justice. London, New York: Routledge.
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