Topics cover contemporary and historical issues in architectural design theory and criticism. For current offerings, see department website.

This seminar examines the relationship between space, power and identity through recent arguments around queer theory and the politics of cultural difference. Over the last two decades queer theory has undergone a series of shifts and transformations, as challenges to heteronormativity and the social production of gendered and sexed identities have been enriched by intersecting considerations of class, race, religion, nationhood, ecology and economy, amongst others. This seminar will provide a cross-disciplinary introduction to these debates, while also considering the urban and architectural contexts in which queer identities are produced, lived and transformed. Readings and discussions are organized around a sequence of thematic sections, each two weeks in length.

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