Course content
We are and have a body, and so theories about corporeality have focused on both being and doing. Questions of being can be said to begin ‘from the inside’ and are seen in research fields such as phenomenology and psychoanalysis, while questions of bodily doing and making instead begin ‘from the outside’ and have shaped semiotic and critical perspectives. This course will problematise that division, just as the historical separation of body and soul has been critiqued, and will attempt to overcome it by focusing on theoretical concepts such as process, liminality, performativity, and the lived body.
Learning outcomes
Having completed the course the student will demonstrate an ability to:
- identify and give an overview of theories about the body and its relation to the self, society, and nature;
- describe the state of research and critically reflect over definitions, delimitations, and problems;
- account for and critically discuss their own theory application;
- using an interdisciplinary approach, critically discuss concepts such as process, liminality, performativity, and the lived body.
Practical information
Attendance is compulsory. The teaching is in the forms of seminars and lectures. Some elements of the teaching will be linked to the course Corpus Workshop.
The course is examined through written tasks for the seminars and a final essay. Full attendance plus a minimum grade of G for each examination task are required to pass the course.
The course consists of three sessions in the same week of November: at 13-17 on November 15, at 11-15 on November 17, and at 11-15 on November 18. NB! You need to have read all the course literature already before the course.
The course is part of the theme Kroppslighet i teori och praktik / Corporeality in theory and practice
