A WEEKLY SEMINAR ON NIGHTLIFE & QUEERNESS
Facilitator: Justin Hunt
Cost: £25
Type: Online
Sessions: Weekly - Tuesdays, 6pm-8pm, 7 January -28 January 2025
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.
Topics:
Week 1: Queerness and Subculture
Week 2: Managing Nightlife Spaces
Week 3: Drug Cultures
Week 4: Sex and/as Labour
Participants will receive an e-course reader (including links to youtube and bespoke streaming documentaries) to support learning and drive weekly seminars exploring the topic.
Requirements:
- Interest or experience in queer nightlife
- Interest in exploring club and nightlife culture in an academic context
- Weekly reading, watching, and chatting
Frequency/Contact: Tuesdays (via Zoom)
7 January -28 January 2025 6pm-8pm
Facilitator:
Dr Justin Hunt is an Honorary Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London’ Mile End Institute and Visiting Lecturer at Rose Bruford College. He has decades long experience in producing and partaking in nightlife in the USA, UK and Europe including producing nightlife events Naked Boys Reading and Tall Gay Agenda. Nearly a decade as a “door whore” in London alongside 16 years as a touring drag performer, Justin brings real world experience to the academic study of nightlife and queerness. This course was first developed as an undergraudate elective at Syracuse University and ran from 2016 until 2023.
This event is a part of Queer Extension.
About Queer Extension:
Inspired by the University Extension movement that reduced barriers to access for marginalised communities; Queer Extension invites queer artists and scholars 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.
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Payments & Refunds
This module has a set fee of £25 pounds. If this price point would be a limiting factor for you please contact Justin Hunt at imwithyouclapton@gmail.com to discuss pricing options.
Payments are made through our partner Outsavvy.
Refunds are available up until 4 January 2025 atnoon.
No refunds are awarded for those requests from noon on 4 January or for those who begin the course and choose to not attend sessions or need to miss parts of sessions.
By purchasing a ticket you agree to these terms and conditions.
Accessibility Information:
Modules are delivered on Zoom and transcription can be supported for learners who would benefit from that capability.
Module handbooks are in PDF format and learners can resize for accessibility or use their personal read-aloud software to support their learning.
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 and, where possible, accommodations will be made.
Image by Zbigniew Kotkiewicz “Kaos”