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240051 SE SE Theory I - Theories and Methods of Gender Studies (2019W)
Dekolonisierung von Wissen: post- und dekoloniale feministische Perspektiven auf Wissensproduktion
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 02.09.2019 00:01 to We 25.09.2019 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2019 23:59
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max. 25 participants
Language: German
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
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- Wednesday 02.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
- Wednesday 16.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
- Wednesday 30.10. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
- Wednesday 13.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
- Wednesday 04.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
- Wednesday 11.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
- Wednesday 08.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
- Wednesday 22.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 3 UniCampus Hof 7 Eingang 7.1 2H-EG-13
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Debates on ‚decolonising knowledge’ shape discussions within social- and cultural studies as well as within (feminist) activism. In this seminar, we engage with questions of decolonising academic knowledge production on the basis of post- and decolonial feminist approaches. We discuss epistemological as well as methodological questions. Hereby, we focus on analytical instruments that deconstruct current societal structures, whereas we also discuss how dominant relations can be ‚unlearned’ (hooks 1991; Spivak 1996). Central aim of the course consists in getting a broader understanding on the embededdness of academic knowledge production within intersectional and postcolonial power relations. In this regard, we shall also reflect on our different positionalities.The seminar is divided into two parts. In the first part, we focus on epistemological questions, including concepts like eurocentrism (e.g. Mohanty 2003), standpoint theoretical discussions (e.g. Collins 2000), intersectional power relations as well as the ‘coloniality of power’ (Quijano 2007) against the backdrop of North-South relations (e.g. Caceres/Mesquita/Utiqual 2017). In the second part, we focus on methodological questions and thus concrete practices of knowledge production. Such practices involve reflexive writing (Visweswaren 2008), pedagogical approaches such as engaged pedagogy (hooks 1994), transnational feminist (Swall/Nagar 2010) and collaborative research practices (e.g. Precarias a la Deriva 2011).Methods: We engage with the basic literature through regular reading, text summaries as well as discussions during the course. In form of group or individual presentations, students examine a specific ‚decolonising’ knowledge practice. In form of a seminar paper, students can focus on one specific or various post- and decolonial feminist theories and methods.
Assessment and permitted materials
a) Attendance (maximum absence of 3): 15%
b) 3 short assignments on the basis of theoretical literature (1-2 pages): 20%
c) Individual or group presentations of a specific ‚decolonising’ knowledge practice: 20%
d) Seminar paper: 45% (15-20 pages,12 point, 1.5 line spacing; submitted via moodle by March 31st 2020)
b) 3 short assignments on the basis of theoretical literature (1-2 pages): 20%
c) Individual or group presentations of a specific ‚decolonising’ knowledge practice: 20%
d) Seminar paper: 45% (15-20 pages,12 point, 1.5 line spacing; submitted via moodle by March 31st 2020)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
All requirements listed above must be fulfilled in order to positively complete the course. Assessment system see above.
Examination topics
In the seminar paper, students shall discuss one or various approaches within post- and decolonial feminism.
Reading list
Preliminary literature:Caceres, Imayna/Mesquita, Sunanda/Utikal, Sophie (Hg., 2017): Anti*Colonial Fantasies. Decolonial Strategies. Wien: Zaglossus e. U.Castro Varela, Marío do Mar/Dhawan, Nikita (2005): Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak – Marxistisch-Feministische Dekonstruktion. In: dies. (2005): Postkoloniale Theorie. Eine kritische Einführung. Bielfeld: Transkript Verlag, 55-81.Chilisea, Bagele (2012): Postcolonial Indigeneous Feminist Research Methodologies. In: dies.: Indigeneous Research Methodologies. Los Angeles et al.: SAGE, 259-288.Collins, Patricia H. (1990): Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment. Boston: Unwin HymanDietze, Gaby (2005): Postcolonial Theory. In: Braun, Christina von/Stephan, Inge (Hg.): Gender @ Wissen. Ein Handbuch der Gender-Theorien. Köln: Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Cie, 304-324.Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Encarnación (2011): Intersektionalität oder: Wie nicht über Rassismus sprechen? In: Hess, Sabine et al. (eds.): Intersektionalität revisited. Empirische, theoretische und methodische Erkundungen. Bielefeld: transkript verlag, 77-100.Haraway, Donna (1988): Situated Knowledge: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective. In: Feminist Studies, 14 (3)575-599.Harding, Sandra (1987): The Methode Question. In: Hypatia, vol. 2(3), Feminism&Science, 1 (Autumn 1987), 19-35.hooks, bell (1991): Theory as Liberatory Practice. In: Yale Journal of Law & Feminism, Vol. 4, Nr. 1, 1-12.hooks, bell (1994): Teaching to transgress. Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge.Kilomba, Grada (2010): Who Can Speak? Speaking at the Centre, Decolonizing Knowledge. In: (ders., 2010): Plantation Memories. Episodes of Everyday Racism. Münster: Unrast-Verlag.Meckesheimer, Anika (2013): Decolonisation of Social Research Practice in Latin America. What can we learn for German Social Science? In: Transcience, Vol. 4, Nr. 2, 2013: 79-98.Mohanty, Chandra T. (2003): “Under Western Eyes“ Revisited: Feminist Solidarity Through Anticapitalist Struggles. In: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 28(2), 499-535.Quijano, Aníbal (2007): Colonality and Modernity/Rationality. In: Cultural Studies, 21(2-3), 168-178.Precarias a la Deriva (2011): ’Was ist dein Streik’? Militaten Streifzüge durch die Kreisläufe der Prekarität. Übers. von Birgit Mennel und Stefan Nowotny. Wien: Turia + Kant.Shirley Anne T./Paul Bagguley (2016): Building the anti-racist university: next steps, Race Ethnicity and Education, Vol. 20, Nr. 3, 289-299.Spivak, Gayatri C. (1996): The Spivak Reader, Hg. von Donna Landry / Gerald Maclean, New York / London 1996: Routledge.Swarr, Amanda L./Nagar, Richa (2010): Critical Transnational Feminist Praxis, State University of New York (SUNY) Press.Visweswaran, Kamala (2008) [1994]: Fictions of Feminist Ethnography. Minneapolis/London: University of Minnesota Press.
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