Gender, Ethnicity and Cultural Critique

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Cursusdoel

At the end of the course the student has:
1. acquired knowledge about concepts from gender and postcolonial studies the humanities for cultural critique;
2. developed sensitivity for gendered, sexist, heteronormative, racist, classist, ableist, transphobic and/or Eurocentric inclusion and exclusion mechanisms within media, art and cultural artefacts;
3. insight into how gendered relations, colonial legagies and postcolonial formations impact upon knowledge production within the humanities;
4. received training in forming relevant cultural-critical questions by holding group presentations, writing short reflection assignments and writing a final paper.

At the end of the course the student can:
5. write academic texts based on cultural critique.

Vakinhoudelijk

This interdisciplinary course trains students in cultural critique: making invisible power relations in media, art and culture visible. Students are provided with theoretical tools to become aware of how gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, but also social class and religiosity impact the production, consumption and interpretation of communication, literature, film, language, (art) history, games and social media.
The emphasis will always be on the way in which representations are never neutral, but always partial, biased and implicated with processes of inclusion and exclusion. Building on feminist and post-colonial theory, students learn to analyze how media and cultural expressions are formed by sexist, racist, heteronormative, transphobic and Eurocentric norms. Attention will be paid to the question of how scientific knowledge is created and how science contributes to hierarchical power relations.
The course is based on a recently revised version of the textbook "Doing Gender in Media, Art and Culture", developed especially for this course, compiled by Rosemarie Buikema, Liedeke Plate and Kathrin Thiele (Routledge, 2017).
Core figures ranging from Simone de Beauvoir to Gloria Anzaldua and from Florence Nightingale to Malala Yousafzai serve as prisms of gender-sensitive analysis for each chapter. Authors who have contributed chapters to the handbook provide guest lectures in this course.

The course is open to students from all UU bachelor programs, and offers an introduction to the research that is carried out within the UU Graduate Gender Program. The course offers an introduction to the Minor Gender Studies and Postcolonial Studies (which are open to all UU students) and the hoofdrichting Gender and Postcolonial (TCS/LAS).

This course is also open to students of the Bachelor Media and Culture English track. After following the minor Gender or Postcolonial Studies they can do the Research Seminar and Bachelor Thesis in Gender and Postcolonial Studies.

Aanvullende informatie

The courses Gender, etniciteit en cultuurkritiek (MC2V18001, block 1) and Introduction to Gender Studies (VR2V14002, block 3) are equivalent to this course.

Werkvormen

Hoorcollege

Werkcollege
Toelichting

Lectures are aimed at knowledge transfer and explanation of the texts read. The seminar sessions are intended for the students to actively work with the material themselves. Among other things, they learn to present orally, to argue in writing, to write academic essay and to ask relevant questions about the subject matter.

Bijdrage

Actively participating in the discussion, preparing a group presentation and giving feedback to each other.

Voorbereiding

Studying the assigned texts, preparing questions about the texts, completing assignments and actively participating in the discussions.

Toetsing

Opdracht

Verplicht | Weging 20% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 1,5

Paper

Verplicht | Weging 50% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 3,75

Knowledge of the lecture and reading materials, making connections between different parts of the material, making good arguments about the material, ability to report on this in writing and orally.

Presentatie

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Er is geen informatie over verplichte ingangseisen bekend.

Voorkennis

The courses Gender, etniciteit en cultuurkritiek (MC2V18001, block 1) and Introduction to Gender Studies (VR2V14002, block 3) are equivalent to this course.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
BOEK Buikema, R., Plate, L., Thiele, K. (eds). (2017). Doing gender in media, art and culture. A comprehensive guide to gender studies, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Routledge.

Aanbevolen materiaal

Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend

Coördinator

K.H.A. Leurs PhD k.h.a.leurs@uu.nl

Docenten

N. Chaer n.chaer@uu.nl
A.J. Habed A.J.Habed@uu.nl
K.H.A. Leurs PhD k.h.a.leurs@uu.nl
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Inschrijving

Deze cursus is open voor bijvakkers. Controleer wel of er aanvullende ingangseisen gelden.

Inschrijving
Van maandag 30 mei 2022 tot en met vrijdag 24 juni 2022

Na-inschrijving
Van maandag 22 augustus 2022 tot en met dinsdag 23 augustus 2022

Inschrijving niet geopend
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