Anthropology of sexuality

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Course ID:	3002-KON2018K36-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.7 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Anthropology of sexuality
Name in Polish:	Antropologia seksualności
Organizational unit:	Institute of Polish Culture
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The course is an introduction to the area of sex research and cultural creation of discourses of sex and sexual practices. It will seek to present, among others, such issues as: the development of sexology and knowledge of sexuality as a research area, various models of sex education, conceptualizing the interplay of sex and gender, the ways the sexual experience is discoursivized, defining sexual violence and abuse and pornography as a cultural phenomena. During the course, readings and discussion will be complemented by workshops with activists and researchers.
Full description:	The course is an introduction to the area of sex research and cultural creation of discourses of sex and sexual practices. It will seek to present, among others, such issues as: the development of sexology and knowledge of sexuality as a research area, various models of sex education, conceptualizing the interplay of sex and gender, the ways the sexual experience is discoursivized, defining sexual violence and abuse and pornography as a cultural phenomena. During the course, readings and discussion will be complemented by workshops with activists and researchers.
Bibliography:	The literature list will be created in cooperation with students, after discussing the course program.
Learning outcomes:	Having finished the course, a student will: -have a basic working knowledge of the codependence of culture and sexuality -be able to point to ideological foundations of various notions of sexuality and sex research, and also to appraise their influence on the shaping of the public discourse -be able to critically participate in the public debate on the transformations of sexuality and the aspects of culture that are associated with it
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Assessment criteria: quality of discussion during classes. Additional assessment (for students not satisfied with their results): oral exam.

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