Universität Wien

124070 VO Culture, Society and the Media (2025S)

(Sexual) Health: Media, Inequalities and Justice

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
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Mo 16.06. 16:45-18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß

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Details

Sprache: Englisch

Prüfungstermine

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

This lecture is held onsite, with no streaming or recording made available.

  • Montag 10.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 17.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 24.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 31.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 07.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 28.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 05.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 12.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 19.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 26.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Montag 02.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal I NIG Erdgeschoß

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Various media ranging from 17th century broadsheets to contemporary social platforms like TikTok have contributed to the development of the public sphere of health information. This fundamental intertwining of medical practice, representational traditions, and health politics will constitute the focus of this lecture. The convener, along with a handful of invited guests, will provide an overview of some of the patterns, developments, and characteristics of contemporary and historical visual cultures and health. Particular emphasis will be given to sexual health.
We will ask how medical concepts such as health, disease, illness, and healing have been made visible through and in a variety of media. We will also inquire in how far discourses around body, gender, ethnicity, class or age have informed these visual and medical practices and how these have been used by various organizations and corporations to promote their ideologies. These questions will be accompanied by more fundamental queries concerning identity, inequalitiy and ethics in the media.

This is a cultural studies lecture that draws inspiration from Medical and Health Humanities. Whereas, often, Medical Humanities courses concentrate on literature and written narratives, this lecture goes beyond such a narrow focus to include a variety of media/arts and sciences.

The lecture will be a presence-lecture with some online sessions.
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Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

End-of-term, take-home exam covering the required reading and the issues discussed in class. For information on exam registration and procedure see Moodle!

The teacher reserves the right to conduct a personal interview with any student whose written work has a doubtful status, in relation to plagiarism, ghost-writing or illegitimate AI-use.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

You can get 100% in the exam. 60% are needed to get a passing grade.

Marks in %:
1 (very good): 90-100%
2 (good): 80-89%
3 (satisfactory): 70-79%
4 (pass): 60-69%
5 (fail): 0-59%

Prüfungsstoff

The required reading and the topics covered in class.

Literatur

Lecture contents will be made available via Moodle. Recommended readings include:
- Daniels, N. (2008). Just health: meeting health needs fairly. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Foucault, M. (1980). The history of sexuality. 1, An introduction(1. ed.). New York, NY: Vintage Books.
- Hall, Stuart. Representation: Cultural representations and signifying practices. Sage Publications, Inc; Open University Press, 1997.
- Lupton, Deborah. Medicine as Culture: Illness, Disease and the Body in Western Societies. 2. ed, SAGE, 2006, pp. 1-19.
- Pietrzak-Franger, Monika. Syphilis in Victorian Literature and Culture: Medicine, Knowledge and the Spectacle of Victorian Invisibility. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
- Serlin, David. Imagining Illness: Public Health and Visual Culture. Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: BA 612, EC 125, EC 126; BEd 046
Code/Modul: BA07.1, EC Cultural and Regional Studies 1; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-4070

Letzte Änderung: Mo 10.03.2025 10:06
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