Researching and Teaching the Sexually Explicit: Ethics, Methodology and Pedagogy

Researching and Teaching the Sexually Explicit: Ethics, Methodology and Pedagogy

A Day School hosted jointly by De Montfort University and Sheffield Hallam University

Room 0.01 Clephan Building, Faculty of Humanities, 
De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

Friday 18 May 2007
11.00 am – 4.00 pm

Speakers:

Martin Barker (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)

Professor Barker will discuss his recent research on sexual violence for the BBFC, and address the
question: what does the term 'porn' mean to audiences today, and how is it used as a vernacular category to
measure expectations?  How do people feel about and deal with the question of 'unacceptable arousal'?  How
do people reflect on the meanings of 'rape' through fiction film?

Brian McNair (University of Strathclyde)

Professor McNair has been studying sexuality and the media for more than two decades, first as a university
student, then as an academic teacher and researcher. His presentation will explore the changing
political climate within which mediated sex has been taught and researched in the UK, and his recent
experiences presenting courses on pornography and related material at Stirling and Strathclyde universities.

Clarissa Smith (University of Sunderland)

Although pornography has been a feature of syllabi from social science to literature for at least two