Universität Wien

240153 SE VM3 / VM7 - Exploring Intersectionality: Theories, Methods, Practices, and Politics (2024W)

7.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
Tu 03.12. 13:00-16:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 22.10. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 05.11. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 19.11. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 17.12. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 14.01. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Tuesday 28.01. 13:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SG2 Internationale Entwicklung, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Class Schedule
This course will use campus-based teaching modality and block scheduling every 14 days, thereby consisting of a total of eight (08) sessions.

Session 1 - Introduction to the course
- Why intersectionality? Why now?

Session 2 The intersectional turn in feminist theory

Session 3 - ‘Intersectionality had to leave town’: Interdisciplinarity and intersectionality
- Documentary: The plastic feminism of Barbie

Session 4 Intersectionality as an analytical category

Session 5 Doing and using intersectional research

Session 6 -Whose intersectionality? A Southern perspective
-Documentary: India, a country that does not like women

Session 7 Intersectionality meets critics

Session 8 - New intersectional subjects
- Summing up

Assessment and permitted materials

Course Performance Assessment and Permitted Aid

Course Performance Assessment:
Verification of learning will be carried out in three steps in which students are expected to demonstrate critical examination of classroom discussions.
Classroom participation, i.e., meaningful engagement in classroom activities: 20%
Classroom assignments:
- Question of the day exercises : 20%
- Critical reflection on recommended readings : 20%
Individual seminar paper (minimum 40,000 characters) : 40%
Total : 100%

Permitted Aid:
Students are permitted to:
• use the Internet for educational purposes in classroom activities.
• refer to subject-related materials of their choice in classroom assignment tasks. Nevertheless, the materials should be recoverable by the teacher and fellow students.
• take a maximum of two make-up assignments during the course.
• use any other form of learning aid permitted by the University of Vienna.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum Requirements and Standards of Assessment

Minimum Requirements:
Students are expected to meet the following minimum requirements for the completion of the course:
• Maintain the minimum acceptable attendance of 70%.
• Read and understand assigned reference materials in advance and contribute to classroom discussions.
• Complete a minimum of 75% of classroom assignments.
• Meet the minimum performance criteria specified by the University of Vienna.

Standards of Assessment:
The standards of student evaluation include:
• Individual seminar paper (at least 40,000 characters)
• Classroom assignments
• Classroom participation (discussion and debate)

Examination topics

This course does not include a final exam.

Reading list

International Journal Articles
Abdellatif, A. 2020. Marginalized to double marginalized: My mutational intersectionality between the East and the West. Gender, Work & Organization 28(S1):58-65.
Alani, Z. 2022. Exploring intersectionality: an international yet individual issue. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 17, 71.
Bastia, T., K. Datta, K. Hujo, N. Piper and M. Walsham. 2023. Reflections on intersectionality: a journey through the worlds of migration research, policy, and advocacy. Gender, Place & Culture 30(3): 460-483.
Crenshaw, K. 1991. Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics and Violence against Women of Colour. Stanford Law Review 43(6): 1241-1299.
Davis, K. 2020. Who owns intersectionality? Some reflections on feminist debates on how theories travel. European Journal of Women’s Studies 27(2): 113-127.
Esposito, E. 2023. Discourse, intersectionality, critique: theory, methods, and practice. Critical Discourse Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2023.2230602
Handapangoda, W. A Regime Analysis: Evidence from Sri Lankan Migrant Domestic Workers’ Journeys to Saudi Arabia. Global Labour Journal 14(2): 148-164.
La Barbera, M. C. 2013. A Path towards Interdisciplinary Research Methodologies in Human and Social Sciences. International Journal of the Humanities 9(12):193-202.
Raman, K. R. 2020. Can the Dalit woman speak? How ‘intersectionality’ helps advance postcolonial organization studies. Organization 27(2): 272-290.
Rushing, W. 2017. No Place for a Feminist: Intersectionality and the Problem South. Gender & Society 31(3): 293-309.
Shih, S. 2005. Towards an Ethics of Transnational Encounter, or “When” Does a “Chinese” Woman Become a “Feminist”? In: F. Lionnet and S. Shih (eds.), Minor Transnationalism: 73-109. Durham: Duke University Press.
Yuval­Davis, N. 2006. Intersectionality and Feminist Politics. European Journal of Women’s Studies 13(3): 193-209.

Recommended Textbooks
Collins, Patricia Hill. 2019. Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory. Durham: Duke University Press
Smiet, Katrine. 2021. Sojourner Truth and Intersectionality: Traveling Truths in Feminist Scholarship. London and New York: Routledge

Association in the course directory

VM3/VM7

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