GSST 021. Trans Lifeworlds in a Virtual Age: Intimate Media and Desiring Spectators

(Cross-listed with FMST 019)
How do trans experiences shape the meaning of media? This seminar explores how trans-at the intersection of collective social possibility and individual embodiment-radically changes our relationships with technology. Paying particular attention to the role of spectatorial counterpublics as they emerge through histories of minoritarian performance forms and media technologies of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, we’ll explore topics like queer social dance, home video archives, somatechnologies, vlog culture, lockdown media, and queer experimental film.
1 credit.
Eligible for FMST
Fall 2025. Li.
Catalog chapter: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/gender-sexuality-studies

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