About this tour
Your short Study Tour is a time early in the semester to get to know fellow students and faculty. Academically, our travel to Oslo, Norway aims to deepen our knowledge about intersectional perspectives on gender, sexuality, race, culture, power, and change in Scandinavia. We will connect our course curriculum to the history and context of Oslo/Norway and speak with individuals and organizations working to make change in their respective areas. Some of the academic activities will give us perspectives on new issues that we will return to later in the semester, while other visits will deepen our understanding of issues that we have already begun to address in class. In this way, we will build the short Study Tour into our evolving understanding of Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Equality in Scandinavia.
Learning outcomes
- Learn the history of the LGBTQIA+ rights movement in Norway
- Understand racism and related discrimination in the Norwegian context
- Explore what the situation is like for sex workers in Norway
- Discuss what a vision of a socially just society might look like from an intersectional perspective
Possible activities
- Gain insights into the work of The Norwegian Organization for Sexual and Gender Diversity and The Patient Organization for Gender Incongruence, as well as the LGBTQIA+ rights movement in Norway more broadly
- Learn how the Antiracist Center works to uncover, document, and oppose racism, and how they work to mobilize people with minority backgrounds, discussing right-wing extremism and anti-discrimination protection in Norway
- Visit PION, an interest and rights organization for all women, men, and trans people who work as sex workers, escorts, and with erotic service and intimate massage in Norway, learning about the organization’s work and sex workers’ lives and situation