140565 SE Gender and Postcolonial Critique (2010W)
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 20.09.2010 09:00 to Fr 01.10.2010 11:00
- Registration is open from Sa 02.10.2010 09:00 to We 06.10.2010 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.10.2010 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 12.10. 18:00 - 20:30 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Friday 05.11. 09:00 - 14:55 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Saturday 06.11. 09:00 - 15:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Friday 03.12. 09:00 - 15:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
- Saturday 04.12. 09:00 - 15:00 (ehem. Seminarraum Internationale Entwicklung Afrikawissenschaften UniCampus Hof 5 2Q-EG-05)
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Postcolonial critique is a set of diverse and interconnected theoretical approaches. Through a combination of social and cultural studies approaches, postcolonial critique seeks to uncover exclusionary structures, identify moments and spaces of agency and resistance, and to contextualize the production of knowledge and power structures in and beyond colonial and imperial endeavors. Through its keen awareness for history and geography and a substantial interest in examining subjectivity and agency, postcolonial perspectives compliment (and complicate) gender studies and feminist approaches. Both postcolonial and feminist scholarship share a vested interest in analyzing the pluralities/multiplicities of overlapping and interconnected forms of oppression (e.g. race-class-gender) and in dismantling exclusionary and discriminatory practices and structures. Feminist perspectives within postcolonial critique (and vice versa) therefore provide us with a way of articulating complexities and challenging Eurocentric colonial and imperial practices and theories linked to past and present forms of domination, exploitation, invisibility, exclusion and violence. Both postcolonial critique and feminist analysis focus on subjectivity rather than on people as "objects of analysis." This approach opens up space for contemplating practices of emancipation, resistance, liberation, subversion and refusal, thereby enabling new perspectives to emerge that are capable of uncovering differences and rendering them productive. This course will present English-language texts from postcolonial critique that seek to question gender norms and practices with a central focus on contextualization, rewriting histories, agency and resistance. These transdisciplinary texts will serve as a basis for discussing methods of applying gender-specific, feminist and postcolonial critique to the course participants' current research interests.
Assessment and permitted materials
Preparation of reading assignments in working groups and active
participation in class discussions, in-class presentation, written assignments
participation in class discussions, in-class presentation, written assignments
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The aims of this course are (1) to develop an awareness / a language for discussing critical projects that combine feminist and postcolonial perspectives, (2) to work out ways of integrating gender and postcolonial approaches into one's own reading and study practice and (3) to build critical and analytical faculties and (4) to fine-tune skills in reading and presenting texts (in English).
Examination topics
Independent reading and research, lectures, presentations, working and discussion groups, class discussion, written assignment
Reading list
Literature t.b.a.Course reader will be available at Facultas am Campus;
supplementary texts available at the “Handapparat IE”Course language: English
supplementary texts available at the “Handapparat IE”Course language: English
Association in the course directory
T IV
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