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Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality

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Course ID:	3102-LAPIS
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 Gender and Sexuality
Name in Polish:	Antropologia płci i seksualności
Organizational unit:	Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Moduł L09 (od 2023): Płeć / ciało / relacyjność (in Polish) Przedmioty etnograficzne do wyboru
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	3.00 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:	optional courses
Short description:	During the seminar we will discuss the development of studies on gender and sexuality within social and cultural anthropology. We will focus on: various meanings of terms sex and gender; dichotomies such as culture/nature, public/private and an anthropological critique of those binary oppositions; mechanisms that take part in social construction of gender and sexuality, such as education and religion; construction of masculinity and femininity in postcolonial and postsocialist world.
Full description:	During the seminar we will discuss a development of studies on gender and sexuality within social and cultural anthropology. We will focus on: various meanings of the terms sex and gender; dichotomies such as culture/nature, public/private and an anthropological critique of those binary oppositions; mechanisms that take part in social construction of gender and sexuality, such as education and religion; construction of masculinity and femininity in postcolonial and postsocialist world.
Bibliography:	Basic readings: M. Kempny, E. Nowicka (eds.), Badanie kultury. Elementy teorii antropologicznej. Kontynuacje, Warszawa, 2004. R. Hryciuk, A. Kościańska (eds.), Gender. Perspektywa antropologiczna, vol. 1 i 2, Warszawa. K. Leszczyńska, A. Kościańska (eds.), Kobiety i religie, Kraków, 2006. T. Hołówka (ed.), Nikt nie rodzi się kobietą, Warszawa, 1982.
Learning outcomes:	Having completed the course, students: - have knowledge of the notions "sexuality" and "gender" and their usage in modern social sciences; - can use these notions in their own fieldwork; - can bring together theoretical knowledge with social activism in favour of social and sexual minorities
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) Sprawdzian ze znajomości lektur

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO WYK-KON TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Participatory lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Agnieszka Kościańska
Group instructors:	Agnieszka Kościańska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Grading

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