by Lena Pogorelova and Hanna Sosnovik

The introductory lecture establishes the theoretical and chronological framework for talking about the body and corporeality necessary to get through the course. It makes a distinction between the notions of "body" and "corporeality", outlines the emergence of interest in the body in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and explains the main theories conceptualising corporeality.

by Hanna Sosnovik

In this lecture we will see why the human body needs to labour and how this process is regulated. Different forms of work literally transform bodies and change the way we look at them. But can the body rebel? In order to do that we will try to find the possibility of freedom in existing forms of employment and economic organisation, and analyse alternative ways of pastime.

by Olga Trufanova

Colonialism is intimately connected to the perception and construction of bodily differences: the establishment of European ideals of beauty and health, the emergence of the concept of race, and the solidification of gender norms. This lecture critically explores how colonialism shaped and affected the ways people understood, and still understand, the connection between food, body, human character, and civilization.

by Elina Usovskaya

The lecture is devoted to the problem of female subjectivity as an equivalent of individuality and self-sufficiency, a chosen identity. In this case, female subjectivity can be aimed both at preserving the "exclusivity" of the female world and at refusing to follow "gender". In any case, it is not aimed at binding to social and sex roles. The diversity of manifestations of subjectivity covers different areas of culture. They are most clearly represented in women's corporeality, art and everyday life.

by Lena Pogorelova

In brief theses, we will outline the main historical milestones of humanity's relationship to sexuality. Chronologically, we will first look at the process of dependency and frame setting, then we will see how different social structures and mechanisms of power have pretended to liberate the topic of sex from categorical tabooing, and finally we will come to a disappointing conclusion - no matter how hard we try, the current economic and social structure simply will not allow a complete liberation of the body in any sphere - and especially not in the sexual sphere, which is so closely linked to reproduction.