Fall 2017 - GSWS 204 D100
Sex and the City (3)
Class Number: 4086
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Dec 15, 2017
Fri, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Tiffany Muller Myrdahl
tmullerm@sfu.ca
1 778 782-4684
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Selected topics on the sexual politics of urban space. May be organized by region, critical approach, or genre. Students who have completed WS 204 may not complete this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course explores the sexual politics of urban spaces. In so doing, we examine questions such as: What are the explicit and implicit ways that certain forms of sexuality (as well as sex acts and gender expression) are promoted or policed? Whose bodies - and which practices - are managed? How and where do these forms of management take place? Taking an intersectional approach to the relationship between cities and the intimate lives of their residents, the course examines various aspects of the urban form, including but not limited to: the built environment, social relations, laws and policies, oral histories, and memorial landscapes. Please note: this course asks students to consider explicit content - sex acts, not just sexual identities - in order to think through the mutual production of cities and sexualities.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
I Display disciplinary knowledge of core concepts of gender and sexuality.
II Develop Transferable Skills and Information Literacy.
III Analyze and assess the concept of gender with an intersectional focus.
IV Analyze assess, and apply interdisciplinary approaches to gender and sexuality.
V Display Engaged and Empathetic citizenship.
For more detailed information please see the GSWS website: http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/courses/Educational_Goals.html
Grading
- Attendance and participation 15%
- Creative project design + written analyses 50%
- Final exam 35%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote, Gender Failure, Arsenal Pulp Press.
Leslie Kern, Sex in the Revitalized City, UBC Press.
Various content (journal articles, memoirs, podcasts, etc.) available online and/or via SFU library databases.
Registrar Notes:
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
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