Main Field of Study and progress level:
Gender Studies: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS)
Established by: Director of Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS), 2017-06-09
Revised by: Director of Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS), 2018-09-26
Contents
This course explores feminist and social legal perspectives on knowledge building and interdisciplinary research methods. The course will provide students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills to reflect on and engage with interdisciplinary research. The course also deals with ethical aspects of the various parts of the research process. Active participation by students in seminars is vital to complete course. The course is taught in English.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student shall have the ability to:
understand and explain the different parts of the research process
understand and explain knowledge of research ethics
independently review feminist and social legal perspectives on knowledge building
demonstrate the ability to apply these understandings in empirical analysis.
Required Knowledge
To be admitted to the course applicants must have completed three semesters of full time studies, equivalent to 90 ECTS, of which at least 15 ECTS must be an independent project or four semesters of full time studies equivalent to 120 ECTS.
English proficiency equivalent to English A from Swedish Upper secondary education.
Form of instruction
The course is a full time on-line course in English. The course is taught entirely through an electronic Learning Management System where the student takes part in lectures, mandatory assignments and other learning activities. The studies are characterized by a high degree of independent and active search for knowledge, and critical reflection, both individually and in groups.
Examination modes
The course will be examined successively through active participation in seminars, and through individual oral, and written examinations. The examination consists of a written assignment. For the course as a whole, the following grades are given: Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with distinction (VG). In order to be awarded Pass for the entire course, it is necessary that all examinations and all compulsory teaching sessions have been passedA re-sit examination can be offered at the earliest ten days and at the latest three months after publishing information about the first examination. One more examination will be offered within the next year. A student who has passed the examination is not eligible for a new examination to raise grades. The option of a re-examination based on the original course syllabus will be available for at least two years after a student registered for the course. All in all, a student is given five chances of fulfilling the course examination. A student has the right to change examiner after failing two examinations for a course module, unless there are strong arguments against this
Literature
Valid from:
2019 week 30
Ahmed Sara Living a feminist life Durham : Duke University Press : 2017. : 299 s. : ISBN: 978-0-8223-6304-0 Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Harding Sandra G. Feminism and methodology : social science issues Bloomington : Indiana University Press : 1987 : 193 s. : ISBN: 0-253-32243-X Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue Reading instructions: Chapt: Introduction: Is there a Feminist Method?
Haraway D. Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective Included in: Feminist studies. New York : 1972- : 14 : pages 575-599 : Mandatory
Harding Sandra Comment on Hekman's "Truth and Method: Feminist Standpoint Theory Revisted" : Whose Standpoint Needs the Regimes of Truth and Reality? Included in: Signs Chicago, Ill. : Chicago U. P. : 1975- : 22 : pages 382-391 : https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175279?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Mandatory
Hartsock Nancy C.M Comment on Hekman's "Truth and Method: Feminist Standpoint Theory Revisted" : Truth or Justice? Included in: Signs Chicago, Ill. : Chicago U. P. : 1975- : 22 : pages 367-374 : https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175277?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Mandatory
Hill, Collins Patricia Comment on Hekman's "Truth and Method: Feminist Standpoint Theory Revisted" : Where's the Power? Included in: Signs Chicago, Ill. : Chicago U. P. : 1975- : 22 : pages 375-381 : https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175278 Mandatory
Oakley Ann Gender, methodology and people's ways of knowing : some problems with feminism and the paradigm debate in social science Included in: Sociology London : the Assoc. : 1967- : Mandatory Reading instructions: p. 707-731
Scott Joan W. Gender : a useful category of historical analysis Included in: The American historical review. New York : Macmillan : 1895- : Mandatory Reading instructions: p. 1053-1075
Scott Joan W. The Evidence of Experience Critical Inquiry , Vol. 17, No. 4 (Summer, 1991) : 1991 : Published by: The University of Chicago Press Mandatory Reading instructions: p. 773-797
