Universität Wien

290034 VO Geography of gendered division of labour (2013W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie


Prüfungstermine (Kleingruppen 4 - 6 Personen):
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Termin: 27.01.2014, 14:00 - 15:30 Uhr, Konferenzraum (Zi. C520), OG. 05 (NIG)
Termin: 17.02.2014, 13:00 - 14:30 Uhr, HS 5A Geographie (NIG) 5.OG (A0518)
Termin: 17.02.2014, 14:30 - 16:00 Uhr, HS 5A Geographie (NIG) 5.OG (A0518)
Termin: 17.03.2014, 15:00 - 16:00 Uhr, SR Geographie NIG (Zi.C0528)
Termin: 24.03.2014, 14:00 - 15:00 Uhr, SR Geographie NIG (Zi.C0528)
Termin: 19.05.2014, 15:00 - 16:00 Uhr, SR Geographie NIG (Zi.C0528)
Termin: 17.09.2014, 16:00 - 17:30 Uhr, SR Geographie NIG (Zi.C0528)
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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 07.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 14.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 21.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 28.10. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 04.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 11.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 18.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 25.11. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 02.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 09.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 16.12. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 13.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518
  • Monday 20.01. 13:00 - 15:00 Hörsaal 5A Geographie NIG 5.OG A0518

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture will discuss how processes of socioeconomic transformation operating at different spatial scales impact on the structures of gendered divisions of labour and their geography. The following topics will be adressed: gender in international migration, the gender of globalisation, gender regimes in Europe, gender politics in multi-governance models, regional structures and dynamics of gender inequality in employment in Austria, regional development targeted on gender equality, spatial planning and gender, gendered divisions of labour and corporality.
The lecture is open to interested students of all study programmes.

Assessment and permitted materials

Final exam in groups of 4-6 persons

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Main targets are the examination of different epistemological and methodological concepts to grasp gender, work/labour and divisions of labour, the mediation of different theories advanced to understand and explain gendered divisions of labour, and the dicussion of the importance of spatial structures and spatialized processes in the shaping of gendered divisions of labour.

Examination topics

Lecture with discussions

Reading list

DOMOSH, Mona und Joni SAEGER (2001): Putting Women in Place. Feminist Geogra-phers make Sense of the World. New York: Guilford Press.
HANSON, Susan und Geraldine PRATT (1995): Gender, Work and Space. London: Routledge.
JOHNSON, Louise (2000): Placebound. Australian Feminist Geographies. Oxford: Ox-ford University Press.
MASSEY, Doreen (1994): Space, Place and Gender. Cambridge: Polity Press.
MC DOWELL, Linda (1999): Gender, Identity and Place. Understanding Feminist Ge-ographies. Cambridge: Polity Press und Oxford: Blackwell.
MOSS, Pamela and Karen FALCONER AL-HINDI (2007) (eds): Feminisms in Geography: Rethinking Space, Place, and Knowledges. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Association in the course directory

(MG-S3-NPI) (MR3-NPI) (L2-b3, L2-b-zLV)

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