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140391 SE VM1 / VM7 - Gender, resources and violence in Latin America’s Political Economy (2018S)

7.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
SGU
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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Seminar starts at 1pm s.t.!
Seminar beginnt pünktlich um 13h

  • Tuesday 06.03. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 13.03. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 20.03. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 10.04. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 17.04. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 24.04. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 08.05. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 15.05. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 29.05. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 05.06. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 12.06. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 19.06. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 26.06. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

1. Students get to know and learn about feminist state theory, political economy and decolonial theory.
2. Students gain comprehensive insight into the historical changes of accumulation regimes.
3. Students will be able to apply a political economy approach to violence and resource politics.

This course will explore state organization and different accumulation regimes in Latin American countries. We begin with an outline of the political and economic changes during the 19th and 20th century in Latin America. How did paradigms in political economy shift? We aim to explain the relationship between the state and the economy and how this relationship has changed over time. How can we relate our findings to decolonial theory and the concepts of coloniality of power, knowledge and gender? We look at the main political actors and the power relations among them as well as gender as one determining factor in politics. We explore the role and organization of women’s movements and their relation to the state. What has been achieved so far and what challenges lie ahead?

In the second part of the course we will analyze the political economy of violence and resource politics from a feminist perspective. We will look at old and new forms of violence like domestic violence, feminicidios, and structural violence and explain how these are interrelated. We use selected case studies to inquire into the gendered access, use and control of resources specifically land and water.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grades will be based on your performance on the student presentations, final paper, assignments related to the reading material and active contribution to class discussions. In order to pass the course and receive grading all requirements have to be fulfilled.

Examination topics

Reading list

Bastian Duarte, Ángela Ixkic (2012): From the Margins of Latin American Feminism. Indigenous and Lesbian Feminisms. In: Signs, 38 (1), 153-178.
Choup, Anne-Marie (2016): Beyond Domestic Violence Survivor Services: Refocusing on Inequality in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence. In: Bulletin of Latin American Research, 35 (4), 452-466.
Dosh, Paul/Kligerman, Nicole/Lerager, James (2010): Women`s Voices on the Executive Counail: Popular Organizations and Resources Battles in Bolivia and Ecuador. In: Latin American Perspectives, 37 (4), 214-237.
England, Sarah (2012): „Worse than war“: Experiences and Discourse of Violence in Postwar Central America. In: Latin American Perspectives. 39 (6), 245-252.
Grandia, Liza (2013): Road Mapping: Megaprojects and Land Grabs in the Northern Guatemalan Lowlands. In. Development & Change. 44 (2), 233-259.
Hume Mo (2008): The Myths of Violence. Gender, Conflict, and Community in El Salvador. In: Latin American Perspectives. 35 (5), 59-76.
Phillips, Lynne/Cole, Sally (2009): Feminist Flows, Feminist Fault Lines: Women`s Machineries and Women`s Movements in Latin America. In. Signs, Vol. 35, No. 1, 185-211.
Piscopo, Jennifer (2015): States as Gender Equality Activists: The Evolution of Quota Laws in Latin America. In: Latin America Politics and Society, 57 (3), 27-49.
Terhorst, Philipp/Oliveira, Mercedes/Dwinell, Alexander (2013): Social Movements, Left Governments, and the Limits of Water Sector Reform in Latin America`s Left Turn. In: Latin American Perspectives, 40 (4), 55-69.
Weldon, Laurel/Htun, Mala (2013): Feminist mobilization and progressive policy change: why governments take action to combat violence against women. In: Gender & Development 21 (2), 231-247.

Association in the course directory

VM1 / VM7

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