Who are we? Every social group tries to answer this question, albeit with significant variation across cultures and throughout history. All social groups also try to define and enact rules about the sexual activities of their members. Sociological and anthropological literature shows that the ways in which social groups define their rules about sexuality relate to the ways in which they define boundaries and maintain spaces for themselves. In this course we are going to survey existing theoretical discussions and research about this problematic. Specific themes for discussion will vary, but are likely to include such issues as homosexuality, honor crimes and the headscarf
Sexualities, Sociabilities (SOC 432)
2024 Fall
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Sociology(SOC)
3
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Cenk Özbay ozbay@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Undergraduate
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Formal lecture,Interactive lecture,Workshop,Seminar
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| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
| Cultural Studies | * | ||
| Cultural Studies | * | ||
| Gender and Women's Studies (Previous Name: Gender Studies) Minor | * | ||
| Political Science | * | ||
| Political Science (Previous Name: Social and Political Sciences) | * |
CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
This seminar will explore contemporary dynamics of the body, sex, gender and sexualities through interconnections with institutional displays and structural effects of power as well as axes of inequality and social suffering, including but not limited to class, ethnicity, `race?, location, religion and belief, and nationality. We will examine the formation of sexual subjectivity vis-à-vis multiple facades of globalization, neoliberalism, national politics, labor relations, changing family structure, and mobile ethical regimes in this historical moment.
One strategical aim of this seminar is to integrate sex and gender theory with ethnographic accounts, and thus, provide an opportunity to think simultaneously through what is thought somewhere and what is experienced somewhere else in order to pose new questions.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- At the end of the term students will be able to understand the complex connections between social forces, power, gender, and sexuality across cultures.
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 5
2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 2
3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 3
4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 3
5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 3
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the multiple methodologies and interpret different approaches, concepts, and theoretical legacies in the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies. 5
2. Identify interconnections of knowledge within and across the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, literature, visual studies, philosophy, and geography. 5
3. Cultivate a critical approach to the study of culture, articulating the relations between culture, power, and history; exploring cultural diversity and socio-cultural change at the local, national and global level; and exploring the corresponding demands for rights and social justice. 5
4. With the use of appropriate technologies, be able to present advanced oral and written evaluations of developments in the realm of cultural production, consumption, and representation. 5
1. Understand and follow changes in patterns of political behavior, ideas and structures. 5
2. Develop the ability to make logical inferences about social and political issues on the basis of comparative and historical knowledge. 5
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
| Percentage (%) | |
| Final | 30 |
| Midterm | 20 |
| Assignment | 20 |
| Participation | 30 |