240044 VO Doing Feminisms (2020S)

Learning goals of the lecture series:
• To provide a critical overview of feminist theoretical and epistemological approaches
• To familiarize participants with diverse examples of feminist practice
• To help participants identify the intersectionality of repressive mechanisms
• To problematize the dichotomy between knowledge production and societal structures

A “Leistungsnachweis”, i.e. a grade, can be achieved through one of the following final projects:

Case 1: Observation or implementation of a feminist-interventionist action. Both (audio-)visual documentation and an accompanying 5-6 page long text (around 10,000 characters without spaces) including a reflection of the intervention, its strategies, involved actors, and the societal consequences should be submitted. Furthermore, the mandatory literature and contents of the lecture should be integrated into the text. This final project can be also be completed as a group. In the case of a group text, you must have at least 5,000 characters per person (e.g. 3 person group = minimum 15,000 character text without spaces).

Case 2: An 8 page essay (10,000-20,000 characters without spaces) about the contents of the lecture series (mandatory literature and in-class discussion included). In this case you should either design a feminist intervention analyzing its potential for change within capitalist, racist, patriarchal, heternormative, ableist (among other) relations of domination (including, plan, strategies, involved actors, societal consequences, and a reflection) or you should keep detailed notes of at least three units of the lecture series and subsequently write a reflection on them with regards to content. This final project can also be completed as a group. In this case, your essay must have at least 8,000 characters per person.

Social and Cultural Anthropology (KSA) students will receive 5 ECTS for the lecture series. Consequently, they are required to complete an additional assignment (Leistungsnachweis) to receive a grade. They are required to write detailed notes of a lecture of their choice reflecting in regards to content and with reference to the required literature.