197.002 (20W) Key theories and methods in Gender Studies

Wintersemester 2020/21

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First course session
12.10.2020 11:00 - 15:00 C.0.16 On Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

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Lecturer
Course title german Key theories and methods in Gender Studies
Type Proseminar (continuous assessment course )
Course model Blended learning course
Online proportion 75%
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 24 (30 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 12.10.2020
eLearning Go to Moodle course

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

• Students gain an understanding of core theories and methodologies in intersectional, social scientific Gender Studies. (While the course draws on theories that were developed in Gender Studies in the humanities, the focus lies on social rather than cultural studies.)

• Students develop an in-depth understanding of the intersections between gender and other axes of oppression, particularly race, sexuality, class, and dis-/ability.

• Students connect Gender Studies theories to the power relations that characterise current societal contexts.

• Students engage critically with the interconnectedness of power hierarchies and ways of knowing and connect this knowledge to their own experience at and outside of the university.

• Students develop their repertoire of expressing themselves about gender-related issues in both academic and non-academic contexts.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

The course is strongly grounded in participatory approaches such as Paulo Freire’s ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’, Black (queer) feminist participatory approaches to teaching and learning (e.g. those of bell hooks), and Participatory Action Research. It assumes a participatory approach, in which the course is a space of both teaching and learning for all participants, including myself. In this understanding, learning is not primarily about giving the ‘right’ answers to preformed questions, but about partaking in developing these questions in the first place. (See also Urmila Goel’s concept of ‘Fehlerfreundlichkeit’.) In line with bell hooks’ assertion that ‘[w]hen our lived experience of theorizing is fundamentally linked to processes of self-recovery, of collective liberation, no gap exists between theory and practice’, I aim to connect academic perspectives to societal power relations and participants’ lived experiences. In order to enable such an educational environment, I work to foster an atmosphere for students to feel safe to experience new ways of thinking/feeling, to dis-/agree, to ask questions, to make mistakes, and to offer their own opinions.

Additionally, ways of learning as well as forms of (communicating) knowledge are intimately tied to power relations themselves. Therefore, the course seeks to include different ways of knowing, specifically in the selection of 'literature' that students are asked to engage with, as well as in the ways in which knowledges are produced in the course context. In addition to more conventional activities such as joint discussions, students prepare parts of the session in peer-teaching groups and engage with the materials in the form of creative writing in order to experience and better understand how the forms that knowledges take influence their Contents.

Course content

Whom do we refer to when we talk of ‘women’ and ‘men’? What is gender anyways? And what is 'gender studies'? This course seeks to ask and address these and other questions by critically reimagining hegemonic histories and canons in social scientific Gender Studies. It positions intersectional, Black and post-/decolonial, queer and trans and critical disabilities perspectives not as ‘responses to’ or ‘critiques of’ established Gender Studies concepts, but as crucial to the development of Gender Studies knowledges as such. To this end, it consistently connects questions around gender to issues such as race, post-/coloniality, queerness, sexuality, class and dis-/ability.

We begin by exploring Black feminist standpoint theories as well as post-/decolonial perspectives to better understand how societal and global power relations are intricately linked to understandings of the world. These theories are further connected to ideas around intersectionality as describing the ways in which different axes of power don’t operate in isolation, but inform and influence each other. In this context, we also examine different conceptualisations of ‘power’. We then engage with the constructedness of human bodies as well as the categories they are placed in, focusing specifically on gendered/sexed and racialised bodies as well as the construction of dis-/ability. The question of categorisation, which also underlies intersectionality, is brought into dialogue with arguments around the necessity and fixedness of such categories posed by trans and queer scholars (of colour).

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Modified examination information (exceptional COVID-19 provisions)

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Examination methodology

1) Participation (20 points, mandatory)
2) Peer teaching (up to 30 points, mandatory)
3a) Creative writing exercises (up to 35 points, optional)
3b) Learning groups (up to 35 points, optional)
3c) Final project (up to 35 points, optional)

Examination topic(s)

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Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

1) Participation: unavoidable
2) Peer teaching: graded by lecturer based on comprehensiveness and implementation
3a) Creative writing exercises: 7 points per submission
3b) Learning groups: 7 points per summary
3c) Please submit a proposed mark for your project along with the project, based on the marking criteria in the handout. I will also give you a mark, also based on the marking criteria. If my mark is higher than yours, you will get that mark; if yours is higher than mine, you will get the average of our respective marks. (E.g., if you’d have given yourself 30 points and I’d have given you 35, you get 35 points; if you’d have given yourself 35 and I’d have given you 30, you get 32.5 points.)


Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Cultural Studies (SKZ: 642, Version: 16W.2)
    • Subject: Frauen und Geschlechterforschung (Compulsory elective)
      • Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 20.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Informatics (SKZ: 511, Version: 19W.2)
    • Subject: Kompetenzerweiterung (Compulsory subject)
      • 5.4 Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies, Effektives Management u. Teamarbeit,Technikfolgenabschätzung,Grundbegriffe des öffentlichen u. privaten Rechts,Grundzüge des Rechts der Datenverarbeitung ( 0.0h XX / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Informatics (SKZ: 511, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Skills Enhancement (Compulsory subject)
      • 5.4.1 Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies ( 2.0h VC / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1-4. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Information Management (SKZ: 522, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Gender und Technik (Compulsory elective)
      • 8.4 Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Management Information Systems (SKZ: 522, Version: 20W.2)
    • Subject: Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 6.2 Gender Studies ( 0.0h VC, KS, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Management Information Systems (SKZ: 522, Version: 20W.2)
    • Subject: Gender und Technik (Compulsory elective)
      • 11.4 Gender und Technik ( 0.0h VO, VC, VI, KS / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Information Management (SKZ: 522, Version: 12W.1)
    • Subject: Gender und Technik (Compulsory elective)
      • 4.4.2 Gender und Technik 2 ( 0.0h XX / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Informationstechnik (SKZ: 289, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Einführung in das Studium (Compulsory subject)
      • 0.3 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Wahlfach Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies, Modul Technik ( 0.0h PS/VC/VO/KS / 2.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelorstudium Informationstechnik (SKZ: 289, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Kompetenzerweiterung (Compulsory elective)
      • 11a.1 Lehrveranstaltung aus dem Wahlfach Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies, vorzugsweise aus dem Modul Technik ( 0.0h VC/VO/KS/PS / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelorstudium Informationstechnik (SKZ: 289, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Betriebswirtschaftliche Ergänzung (Compulsory elective)
      • 11b.13 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Wahlfach Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies, Modul Wirtschaft und Arbeit ( 0.0h VO/VC / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Information Technology (SKZ: 289, Version: 12W.2)
    • Subject: Einführung in das Studium (Compulsory subject)
      • Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Wahlfach Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies, Modul Technik ( 0.0h PS/VK/VO/KU / 2.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Information Technology (SKZ: 289, Version: 12W.2)
    • Subject: Kompetenzerweiterung (Compulsory elective)
      • Kompetenzerweiterung ( 0.0h VK/VO/KU/PS / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Information Technology (SKZ: 289, Version: 12W.2)
    • Subject: Betriebswirtschaftliche Ergänzung (Compulsory elective)
      • Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Wahlfach Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies, Modul Wirtschaft und Arbeit ( 2.0h VO/VK / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik (NC, ASR) (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Information and Communications Engineering (ICE) (SKZ: 488, Version: 15W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik (WI) (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies: Gender und Technik ( 0.0h XX / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Non degree programme Gender Studies (SKZ: 600b, Version: 04W)
    • Subject: Einführung in die Feministische Wissenschaft / Gender Studies (Compulsory subject)
      • Theorien und Methoden der Frauen und Geschlechterforschung ( 2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Technische Mathematik (SKZ: 201, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 11.1 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Wahlfachstudium „Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies“ ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Educational Science (SKZ: 645, Version: 17W.3)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 5.1 Einführung in die Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ( 0.0h VO/PS/KS/SE/VP/VC/VS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Technical Mathematics (SKZ: 201, Version: 12W.2)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Wahlfachstudium „Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies“ ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Educational Science (SKZ: 645, Version: 13W.2)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Einführung in die Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ( 0.0h VO/PS/KU/SE/VP/VK/VS / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Mathematics (SKZ: 401, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Feminist Science/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 7.1 Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Wahlfach Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme School Pedagogy (SKZ: 545, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Adult and Professional Education (SKZ: 847, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
            Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Social Pedagogy and Integrative Pedagog (SKZ: 846, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
        • Feministische Wissenschaft/Genderstudies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Psychology (SKZ: 640, Version: 11W.5)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies ( 0.0h LV / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Psychology (SKZ: 840, Version: 12W.4)
    • Subject: Vertiefung Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Vertiefung Feministische Wissenschaften/Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Slavonic Studies (SKZ: 650, Version: 17W.2)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 9.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Slavonic Studies (SKZ: 650, Version: 05W.4)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 18.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Slavonic Studies (SKZ: 850, Version: 17W.1)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Slavonic Studies (SKZ: 850, Version: 11W.2)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Erweiterungscurriculum Gender Studies (Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Einführung in die Gender Studies (Compulsory subject)
      • Einführung in Theorie und Methoden der Gender Studies ( 0.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Extension programme (UG §54a) Gender Studies (SKZ: 008, Version: 20W.1)
    • Subject: Einführung in die Gender Studies (Compulsory subject)
      • 1.2 Zentrale Fragestellungen und Begriffe in den Gender Studies ( 0.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme International Business and Economics (SKZ: 516, Version: 19W.1)
    • Subject: Languages/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Lehrveranstaltungen aus dem Fach Gender Studies ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 197.002 Key theories and methods in Gender Studies (2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen

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