INTRO TO CLUB CULTURAL STUDIES: QUEER CONTEXTS
Facilitating Artist: Justin Hunt
#queernightlife #clubculture #economy
Image: Zbigniew Kotkiewicz
Dates: Tuesdays, 7 January - 28 January 2025
Format: Online
Maximum Participants: 15
Module Description:
The dual profit of club culture—allowing collective identities to flourish and cash economies to support vast networks—is rarely interrogated. Far from being marginal to a locale’s identity, the businesses, clubs and networks that thrive “after hours” help define urban life and the identities of those who work and participate in them. This module employs performance studies and sociological methodologies to examine the business of nightlife from an academic perspective.
Participants will receive a course reader and help drive weekly seminars exploring the topic through a binocular lens: queerness and isolation.
Image: Christa Holka
Requirements:
Interest and experience in queer nightlife
Interest in exploring club and nightlife culture in an academic context
Weekly reading
Frequency/Contact:
7 January, 6pm-8pm
14 January, 6pm-8pm
21January, 6pm-8pm
28 January, 6-8pm
This event is brought to you by Queer Extension; Artist-Led Learning Online & By Correspondence. Queer Extension is funded by its participants and Arts Council England.
About Queer Extension:
Inspired by the University Extension movement that reduced barriers to access for marginalised communities; Queer Extension has invited queer artists to develop online and correspondence modules that enable queer community to learn together. Queer Extension is curated by Justin Hunt of I'm With You.
Pay what you can policy:
All modules hosted by Queer Extension offer a pay-what-you-can option. Please contact us on imwithyouclapton@gmail.com with the course(s) you’d like to attend and a fee level that would enable you to engage with the module or workshop.
Accessibility Information:
Queer Extension is committed to ensuring inclusive and accessible learning. Please email imwithyouclapton@gmail.com with any questions in regard to accessibility, including your own accessibility requirements.