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67824-01 - Seminar: Queer/ing Ethnography (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Serena Dankwa (serena.dankwa@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | In this course we are reading queer ethnographies, hence ethnographies centered on subjects whose intimacies and desires do not comply with perceived gendered and sexual norms. While focusing on the growing body of queer anthropological literature, sexuality studies and queer of color critique, we seek to understand “queering” as a feminist practice and a method that may interrupt (post)colonial hierarchies of ethnographic writing. Such a methodological focus requires a critical look at the inherent privileges of academic research and the epistemological premises upon which ethnographic data has been generated. The course thus aims at broadening and transforming our perspectives toward a range of (non-sexual) desires including our own as (future) writers in the field of anthropological knowledge production. |
| Admission requirements | The number of participants is limited to 25 people. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to the subjects listed under "modules". |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Thursday | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 18.09.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 25.09.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 02.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 09.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 16.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 23.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 30.10.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 06.11.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 13.11.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 20.11.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 27.11.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 04.12.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 11.12.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Thursday 18.12.2025 | 14.15-16.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Modules |
Modul: Erweiterung Methodenkenntnisse MA (Master's degree subject: Science of Religion) Modul: Ethnographien (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Methoden (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Methoden der Geschlechterforschung: Kulturwissenschaftliche Methoden (Bachelor's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Vertiefung Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Wissenschaftliche Vertiefung in der Ethnologie: Ethnographien (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Module: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Fields: Media and Imagination (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: The Urban across Disciplines (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | • active participation and weekly readings (app. 30 pages) • app. two weekly journaling assignments • co-responsibilities for holding the learning/teaching space • writing of a book review or blog entry |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Ethnologie |