197.135 (23S) Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power

Sommersemester 2023

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03.03.2023 12:00 - 15:30 Online Off Campus
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Lehrende/r
LV-Titel englisch Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power
LV-Art Seminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
LV-Modell Blended-Learning-Lehrveranstaltung
Online-Anteil 20%
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 4.0
Anmeldungen 37 (30 max.)
Organisationseinheit
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
LV-Beginn 03.03.2023
eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs

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LV-Beschreibung

Intendierte Lernergebnisse

By the end of the course, participants …

* have an understanding the diversity of practices that constitute BDSM

* have a critical understanding of how desire, social practices, communities, and societal power are interconnected as well as how different forms of power (specifically related to gender and race) influence each other

* can identify and express different opinions (voiced in academic and non-academic forms) and bring them into dialogue

* can identify and express themselves about power-related issues in both academic and non-academic contexts, including in their own lives

Lehrmethodik inkl. Einsatz von eLearning-Tools

My approach to teaching and learning is inspired by Black_queer_trans_feminist approaches to emancipatory learning spaces. I aim to foster opportunities for connecting academic perspectives to societal power relations and participants’ lived experiences. The methods I use are designed to support all participants in reflecting on the relevance of the academic topics we discuss to their/our own lives. These methods include conventional academic discussions, peer-teaching, and various ways of creatively engaging with the course topics.

A learning space – even one that seeks to be ‘emancipatory’ – is not free from societal, institutional and interpersonal power relations. However, I work to foster an atmosphere for participants to feel safe to experience new ways of thinking/feeling, to dis-/agree, to ask questions, to make mistakes, and to offer their own opinions, and I invite all participants to also contribute towards that goal. Specifically, in addition to ‘atmospheric’ aspects such as addressing questions of how we can engage with each other and the course topics in respectful and less hierarchical ways, the grading system is designed to give you a degree of choice in how you engage with the course topics and you will never be required to take part in specific activities that we do as part of the course.

Inhalt/e

BDSM, short for Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission, and Sadism & Masochism / Sadomasochism, denotes a number of sexual (or sexuality-related) practices that revolve around negotiated power exchange between actors, and/or the giving/receiving of pain by these actors. These practices include, for example, the use of handcuffs or ropes to reduce the bodily mobility of participants; whipping, spanking, and candle wax; as well as various forms of role play, from medical settings to reimaginations of slavery.

There have been heated arguments around both political and individual aspects of BDSM practices and communities, including around mental health, morality, abuse/violence, and consent. Additionally, BDSM has been examined in terms of gender and racial politics as well as, more recently, from queer/trans and critical disability perspectives. In this course, we critically engage with these interrogations from multiple, sometimes contradictory perspectives, gaining a fuller understanding of the practices and politics of BDSM.

Content note: As part of the course, we will touch on questions around consent and sexual violence. I will do my best to facilitate the creation of a ‘brave space’, and participants are always free to not engage in discussions, activities and sessions.

Literatur

* Barker, Meg, and Darren Langdridge. 2005. “Special Issue: Contemporary Perspectives on Sadomasochism (S/M).” Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review 6 (3).

* Bauer, Robin. 2014. Queer BDSM Intimacies: Critical Consent and Pushing Boundaries.

* Chancer, Lynn S. 1992. Sadomasochism in Everyday Life: The Dynamics of Power and Powerlessness. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

* Cruz, Ariane. 2016. The Color of Kink: Black Women, BDSM, and Pornography. New York: New York University Press.

* Deller, Ruth A., Sarah Harman, and Bethan Jones. 2013. Special Issue: Reading the Fifty Shades Phenomenon. Sexualities 16 (8).

* Johnson, Paul. 2008. ‘Rude Boys’: The Homosexual Eroticization of Class. Sociology 42 (1): 65–82.

* Langdridge, Darren, and Meg Barker, eds. 2007. Safe, Sane and Consensual: Contemporary Perspectives on Sadomasochism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

* Linden, Robin Ruth, Darlene R. Pagano, Diana E.H. Russell, and Susan Leigh Star, eds. 1982. Against Sadomasochism: A Radical Feminist Analysis. East Palo Alto, CA: Frog in the Well.

* Muñoz, José Esteban. 2013. “Race, Sex, and the Incommensurate: Gary Fisher with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick.” In Queer Futures: Reconsidering Ethics, Activism, and the Political, edited by Elahe Haschemi Yekani, Eveline Kilian, and Beatrice Michaelis, 103–15. Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate.

* Tellier, Stephanie. 2017. “Advancing the Discourse: Disability and BDSM.” Sexuality and Disability 35 (4): 485–93.

* Simula, Brandy L. 2012. “Does Bisexuality ‘Undo’ Gender? Gender, Sexuality, and Bisexual Behavior Among BDSM Participants.” Journal of Bisexuality 12 (4): 484–506.

* Simula, Brandy L., ed., 2021. Special Issue: BDSM Studies. Sexualities, 24 (5–6).

* Sheppard, Emma. 2019. “Chronic Pain as Fluid, BDSM as Control.” Disability Studies Quarterly 39 (2): 1–16.

* Sloan, Lorca Jolene. 2015. “Ace of (BDSM) Clubs: Building Asexual Relationships through BDSM Practice.” Sexualities 18 (56): 548–63.

* Weiss, Margot. 2011. Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality. Durham & London: Duke University Press.

Prüfungsinformationen

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Prüfungsmethode/n

Issues around power and coercion matter in educational settings. Therefore, the grading system is designed in such a way that you can choose from various activities based on your preferences and learning styles. This means that you are not expected to engage in all the activities available.

These activities include:

  • participation
  • preparatory postings and discussions on the e-learning platform
  • activities for reflection
  • study groups
  • a final project

Prüfungsinhalt/e

Most activities cover the range of topics we engage with in the course. For the final project, you pick a specific topic that you engage with in more depth.

Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe

In order to pass the course, you need to have attended at least 75% of our classes. If there are ‘important reasons’ (as the powers that be like to call them) for your being unable to fulfill this requirement, we can find an alternative solution together. Such important reasons include, at the very least, both acute and chronic illnesses and mental health issues, disabilities, care duties for people that are significant in your life, etc. Please don’t hesitate to talk to me in these cases.

Participation, online discussions, the study groups and the reflection pieces are self-graded, while your grade on the final project results from a combination of your own assessment and mine, based on criteria that you can find in the course guide (which will be available on Moodle).

Beurteilungsschema

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Position im Curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Mathematik (SKZ: 420, Version: 19W.2)
    • Fach: Freie Wahlfächer (Freifach)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 5.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Fach: Freie Wahlfächer (Freifach)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 20.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Informatics (SKZ: 911, Version: 19W.2)
    • Fach: Kompetenzvertiefung (Advanced Social and Academic Skills) (Pflichtfach)
      • 2.3.2 LV aus dem Wahlfachstudium Feminist Science/Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 19W.1)
    • Fach: Freie Wahlfächer (Freifach)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 9.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information Management (SKZ: 922, Version: 19W.1)
    • Fach: Complementary Skills (Pflichtfach)
      • 4.3.3 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Wahlfachstudium Feminist Sciences/Gender Studies ( 0.0h VC, KS, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Information Management (SKZ: 922, Version: 19W.1)
    • Fach: Kompetenzerweiterung (Advanced Social and Academic Skills) (Wahlfach)
      • 7.2.2 Advanced Social and Academic Skills 2 ( 0.0h VO, VC, KS, SE / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Fach: Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik (NC, ASR) (Wahlfach)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Fach: Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik (NC, ASR) (Wahlfach)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 22W.1)
    • Fach: Soft Skills (Wahlfach)
      • 1.5 Ausgewählte Lehrveranstaltungen aus den folgenden Bereichen: Gender Studies, Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Schreibwissenschaften, Sprache, Technikfolgenabschätzung, Wirtschaftswissenschaften ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Besonderer Studienbereich Wahlfach-Studium Feministische Wissenschaft - Gender Studies (SKZ: 600b, Version: 04W)
    • Fach: Lebensräume (Pflichtfach)
      • Einführung in Gender Studies ( 2.0h VU, VK / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Erziehungs- und Bildungswissenschaft (SKZ: 645, Version: 17W.3)
    • Fach: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • 5.2 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Lehrangebot Feministische Wissenschaft/ Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO/PS/KS/SE/VP/VC/VS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelorstudium Erziehungs- und Bildungswissenschaft (SKZ: 645, Version: 13W.2)
    • Fach: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • LVs aus dem Lehrangebot Feministische Wissenschaft/ Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO/PS/KU/SE/VP/VK/VS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Mathematics (SKZ: 401, Version: 18W.1)
    • Fach: Feminist Science/Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • 7.1 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Wahlfach Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Mathematics (SKZ: 401, Version: 22W.1)
    • Fach: Feminist Science / Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • 7.3 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Angebot der “Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies” ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Erwachsenenbildung und berufliche Bildung (SKZ: 847, Version: 20W.1)
    • Fach: Gender Studies: Lebensräume (Wahlfach)
      • b5.1 LV zu Gender Studies: Lebensräume ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Sozialpädagogik und soziale Inklusion (SKZ: 846, Version: 20W.1)
    • Fach: Gender Studies: Lebensräume (Wahlfach)
      • b5.1 LV zu Gender Studies: Lebensräume ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Diversitätspädagogik in Schule und Gesellschaft (SKZ: 545, Version: 20W.1)
    • Fach: Gender Studies: Lebensräume (Wahlfach)
      • b5.1 LV zu Gender Studies: Lebensräume ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Schulpädagogik (SKZ: 545, Version: 09W.3)
    • Fach: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Wahlfach)
      • Modul: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Erwachsenen- und Berufsbildung (SKZ: 847, Version: 09W.3)
    • Fach: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Wahlfach)
      • Modul: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Sozial- und Integrationspädagogik (SKZ: 846, Version: 09W.3)
    • Fach: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Wahlfach)
      • Modul: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Psychologie (SKZ: 640, Version: 11W.5)
    • Fach: Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies ( 0.0h LV / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Psychologie (SKZ: 840, Version: 12W.4)
    • Fach: Vertiefung Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • Vertiefung Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Slawistik (SKZ: 650, Version: 17W.2)
    • Fach: Anderes Gebundenes Wahlfach II (lt. §10 Abs. 1 und 3) (Pflichtfach)
      • WF 6.1 Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ( 0.0h / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Slawistik (SKZ: 650, Version: 05W.4)
    • Fach: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • Modul: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Slawistik (SKZ: 850, Version: 17W.1)
    • Fach: Anderes Gebundenes Wahlfach I (lt. §9 Abs. 1 und 2) (Wahlfach)
      • WF 6.1 Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ( 0.0h / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Slawistik (SKZ: 850, Version: 17W.1)
    • Fach: Anderes Gebundenes Wahlfach II (lt. §9 Abs. 1 und 2) (Wahlfach)
      • WF 7.1 Freie Kombination ( 0.0h / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (SKZ: 295, Version: 22W.1)
    • Fach: Feminist Science/Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • 8.4 Feminist Science/Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO, VC, UE, KS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Game Studies and Engineering (SKZ: 992, Version: 17W.2)
    • Fach: Ergänzungsfach Vertiefung (Pflichtfach)
      • Auswahl nach Richtlinien in § 8 Abs. 3 ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Game Studies and Engineering (SKZ: 992, Version: 17W.2)
    • Fach: Gebundenes Wahlfach (19W) (Wahlfach)
      • 4.1 Selected Topics in Game Engineering focussing on Issues in Gender Studies ( 0.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Cross-Border Studies (SKZ: 584, Version: 22W.1)
    • Fach: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung - 1 (Wahlfach)
      • I.8.3 Weiterführende und/oder vertiefende Lehrveranstaltungen aus den Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO, VP, VC, SE, PS, KS / 10.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Cross-Border Studies (SKZ: 584, Version: 22W.1)
    • Fach: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung (Wahlfach)
      • II.8.3 Weiterführende und/oder vertiefende Lehrveranstaltungen aus den Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO, VP, VC, SE, PS, KS / 10.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Cross-Border Studies (SKZ: 584, Version: 22W.1)
    • Fach: Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • II.8.6 Technology and Society, or Why Technology is never Neutral ( 0.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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    • Fach: Vertiefende LVen der Gender Studies (Pflichtfach)
      • 3.1 Seminar, Proseminar oder Kurs Gender Studies ( 0.0h SE, PS, KS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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    • Fach: Languages/Gender Studies (Wahlfach)
      • Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Fach Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.135 Discipline and Punish? BDSM, Society, and Power (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen

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