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2020　Special Lecture: Gender

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Moriyama Npritaka 
Class Format
Lecture    (ZOOM)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive ()  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.H308
Credits
2
Academic year
2020
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2020/9/18
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course aims at enabling students to acquire basic knowledge about sexual diversity, and to learn about queer studies, which is a new academic field problematizing norms on gender, body and desire.
Through the consideration of sexual diversity, this course facilitate students' understanding and perspectives in order to live together with various others.

Student learning outcomes

1) Have an understanding of the basic knowledge about sexual diversity
2) Acquire perspectives of queer studies
3) Apply queer perspectives to various social problems

Keywords

Feminism, Gender, Sexuality, LGBT, Queer Studies

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Coursework will include writing comments on various topics everytime.

This course is a four day intensive course, and dates and time periods are as follows;
February 18 (Thu)：Class 1(Period 1-2), Class 2(Period 3-4), Class 3(Period 5-6), Class 4(Period 7-8)
February 19 (Fri)：Class 5(Period 1-2), Class 6(Period 3-4), Class 7(Period 5-6), Class 8(Period 7-8)
February 22 (Mon)：Class 9(Period 1-2), Class 10(Period 3-4), Class 11(Period 5-6)
February 24 (Wed)：Class 12(Period 1-2), Class 13(Period 3-4), Class 14(Period 5-6)

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Orirentation: Gender and Sexuality Differenciate Gender and Sexuality
Class 2 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Understand "SOGI"
Class 3 What is "LGBT" ? "One-e" and "One-e kotoba" Overview Japanese "LGBT"
Class 4 Limits of Some Concpets about Sexual Minorities Problematize LGBT-centered Thoughts on Sexual Minorities
Class 5 HIV/AIDS and the Beginning of Queer Studies Retrace the Birth of Queer Studies
Class 6 Basic Features of Queer Studies Focus on Three Basic Feartures of Queer Studies
Class 7 Performativity and Homosocial / Homosexual Reading Butler and Sedgwick
Class 8 Rethinking Bodies Rethink Bodies from Queer Perspectives
Class 9 From Psychoanalysis to Affect Consider Sexual Desires
Class 10 On Queer Families Overview the diversity of families
Class 11 Heteronormativity and New Homonormativity Scrutinize the Inequality among Sexual Minorities
Class 12 Same-sex Marriage and LGBT-targeted marketing Criticize the Mainstreeming of Gay Male
Class 13 Nation Ethnicity, Religion and Queer Explore the concept of Intersectionality
Class 14 Review

Textbook(s)

None Required.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Moriyama, Noritaka. LGBT o Yomitoku: Queer Studies Nyumon. Tokyo: Chikuma Shobo. (Japanese) ISBN:978-4-480-06943-6

Assessment criteria and methods

Final report (30%) ,writing comments everytime (70%)

Related courses

  • LAH.S439 ： Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences46:Gender Studies

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.

Other

Should the number of applicants for this course exceed the limit, a lottery system will be used to determine which students are admitted. Be sure to attend the first class.

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