Course dates
Course overview
This 10-week course will introduce you to feminist and queer studies, and their relationship to the archive, spaces that hold different narratives and histories about how we once lived, informing us about the past, present, and future.
Join Chloe Turner, an experienced writer and researcher, and explore how racialised and gendered histories live on and how LGBTQ artists and activists use the archive in their cultural interventions.
Through an analysis of media examples, this unique live online course will provide you with a fascinating overview of, and accessible way into, feminist and queer studies. You will be encouraged throughout to develop new ways of thinking about gender and sexuality.
You will not only learn about feminist and queer studies, but also how to present your ideas, develop arguments, analyse media examples and how to conduct research through a feminist and queer framework. Towards the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to present and receive feedback on a topic of your choice based on the themes you have explored over the duration of the course.
This course is ideal for former or future students interested in arts, gender, media, and cultural studies, and are looking to develop or build further on their existing knowledge or interests.
Each semester Turner invites guest lecturers and practitioners to share their expertise. Previous guest speakers have included Christie Costello (University of Cambridge and member of bare minimum collective), Ray Filar (University of Sussex) and Micha Frazer-Carroll (author of 'Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health').
Course structure
- Session 1: Introduction – course content, objectives, outcomes, and a collective reading
- Session 2: Mapping Queer and Feminist Studies – phases of feminism(s) outlines and critical analysis, purpose and power of feminism, queer of colour and women of colour feminisms, short screening of Gay Black Group (United Kingdom, 1983, 24min)
- Session 3: Media Studies and Sexuality – case study examples, the feminist lens of sexuality in the media, interactive group discussion
- Session 4: The Use of Archives – role of the archive, José Esteban Muñoz and the archive in unexpected locations, a screening of Black queer filmmaker Marlon Rigg’s Tongues Untied to illustrate how their avant-garde piece of work speaks to the power of the archive
- Session 5: Critical Disability Studies, crip and mad archives, research methodologies and engagement.
- Session 6: Messy Archives and Temporality - queer and decolonial temporalities in art and video games design
- Session 7: Messy Archives and Spatiality - What does it sound like at the end of the world?
- Session 8: Feelings, Intimacy and Affect – mapping sexualities (tactility/trauma/affect theory), and the socially conditioned feelings, looking at the past, present and future of AIDS media
- Session 9: Sex in the Archive
- Session 10: Class Presentations – 5-minute presentations on your selected case study
Learning outcomes
- Gain an understanding of the key themes of feminist and queer of colour studies
- Explore and reflect on constructions of femininity, masculinity, and sexuality
- Develop a variety of approaches and skills to analyse media examples
- Demonstrate critical thinking and analyse various approaches to race, gender and media
- Discuss, share and collaborate with other participants
Fees
Early bird price: £314.50 Standard price: £370. Please note that concessions cannot be applied to early-bird bookings.
Goldsmiths offers a 15% concession rate on short courses to Lewisham Local cardholders, Students and Goldsmiths Alumni. Please email shortcourses@gold.ac.uk for further information.
Booking information
Please note our short courses sell out quickly, so early booking is advisable.
Location
Online
Enquiries
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Disability Support
We are committed to providing reasonable teaching adjustments for students with disabilities that may impact on their learning experience. If you require adjustments, please contact us at shortcourses@gold.ac.uk so we can respond to your requests as soon as possible.
Tutor information
Chloe Turner
Chloe Turner is a writer and researcher, based in London, working internationally.
Turner is currently completing a PhD with the Centre for Feminist Research, Goldsmiths University of London and in 2023 is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research & Policy, Columbia University, New York City. Turner is an Associate Lecturer in the Design School at the University of the Arts London and the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London where she teaches feminist, decolonial, queer/trans theories & design.
About the department
Our Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies is committed to asking the hard questions about the media that will change the world in the 21st century. We are ranked 12th in the world for communication and media studies, and 2nd in the UK for "world leading or internationally excellent" research. The Department works closely with a range of bodies including the Centre for Feminist Research and the Centre for Investigative Journalism, as well as housing important research centres in media democracy and political economy.
The Department offers both a range of well-established undergraduate programmes and a series of dynamic and innovative postgraduate pathways. The Screen School houses a number of highly renowned filmmaking and scriptwriting programmes, and regularly hosts events in their state-of-the-art lecture theatres and studios in the Professor Stuart Hall Building. The Department is devoted to integrating criticism and creation, through a mixture and theory and practice at all levels of study. Industry speakers, networking events, careers fairs and the option to undertake work placements alongside international exchange programmes connect us to the wide world of media work.
