2020/2021
Philosophy and Gender
Code: 100288 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500246 Philosophy | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2500246 Philosophy | OT | 4 | 0 |
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.
Contact
- Name:
- Begonya Sáez Tajafuerce
- Email:
- Begonya.Saez@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- Stefania Fantauzzi
- Begonya Sáez Tajafuerce
Prerequisites
No prerequisites apply in order to enrole the course.
Objectives and Contextualisation
Philosophy and gender is an elective subject of the fourth year of the philosophy degree. The general objective of the subject is to capture, from an ontological perspective, and both in historical as well as in systematic terms, the role of the body in the context of contemporary thought since the middle of s. XIX and, in particular, its determination, in the feminist thought of the s. XX and s. XXI from biology,
from gender and from sex. In class, the indications of the body will be identified and analyzed in the indicated trajectory, with special emphasis on its ontological significance, in dialogue with other philosophical disciplines.
The specific objectives of this subject are to:
a) Achieve an understanding of the body as significant in the context of contemporary thought.
b) Identify the capital discourse categories and orders of feminist thought.
c) Read and analyze texts of the authors considered / -das.
d) Observe the foundations of feminist thinking and body studies.
Competences
- Philosophy
- Analysing and summarising the main arguments of fundamental texts of philosophy in its various disciplines.
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Recognising and interpreting topics and problems of philosophy in its various disciplines.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- Thinking in a critical and independent manner on the basis of the specific topics, debates and problems of philosophy, both historically and conceptually.
Learning Outcomes
- Accurately drawing up normative texts.
- Analysing and summarising information.
- Applying philosophical rigour in a written text following the international quality standards.
- Communicating in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
- Correctly drawing up a previously analysed non-regulatory text.
- Correctly, accurately and clearly communicating the acquired philosophical knowledge in oral and written form.
- Demonstrating a personal stance over a problem or controversy of philosophical nature, or a work of philosophical research.
- Developing self-learning strategies.
- Discriminating the features that define the writer's place in the context of a problem and reorganising them in a consistent diagram.
- Distinguishing and outlining the fundamental content of a philosophical text.
- Effectively communicating and applying the argumentative and textual processes to formal and scientific texts.
- Establishing relationships between science, philosophy, art, religion, politics, etc.
- Explaining aspects of the history of science by using the discipline's specific terminology.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Leading working groups, overseeing collective tasks and working with commitment in order to bring together various positions.
- Mastering the relevant languages to the necessary degree in the professional practice.
- Producing an individual work that specifies the work plan and timing of activities.
- Recognising, with a critical eye, philosophical referents of the past and present and assessing its importance.
- Solving problems autonomously.
- Using computing tools, both basics (word processor or databases, for example) and specialised software needed in the professional practice of archaeology.
- Using specialized knowledge acquired in an interdisciplinary context when debating.
- Using suitable terminology when drawing up an academic text.
Content
Subject 1. The Body in Philosophy
Subject 2. Body, Sex, and Gender
Subject 3. Body, Discourse, and Matter
Subject 4. Body, Power, and Affection
Subject 5. Body, Knowledge and Technology
Methodology
At the classes, the teachers will introduce the topics and will give a brief introduction to the texts that will be commented on in common. It is recommended that the student will study in the textbooks. It is important to assist and participate in class.
The students are expected to elaborate a text commentary, according to a guideline, and to make a group exposition of the same text.
The Campus Virtual will not be in use. To contact the teachers, please make us of the visiting hours or, exceptionally, of the email. All tests will be deliverd on paper according to the deadlines. In case of telematic teaching, contact will be established either via e-mail or via Microsoft Teams.
Students are strongly encouraged to attend activities related to the course.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Presentation of the course. Theoretical expositions of main concepts. Commentary of significant texts. Assessment of course topics and methodology. | 45 | 1.8 | 2, 21, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 18 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 22.5 | 0.9 | 6, 1, 12, 11, 4, 22, 5 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Preparation of topics and texts (dossier). Preparation of presentation. Preparation of text commentary | 75 | 3 | 2, 3, 21, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 12, 13, 11, 4, 14, 18, 5, 19 |
Assessment
The assessment of the course is continued and presupposes the attendance in class and the constant follow-up of the course. To pass the course, the final exam must be at least 5. If a student does not meet this condition, they must be submitted for reassessment. Everything about the student, however, may be submitted to the re-assessment to increase the exam grades.
The comment and the presentation are not subject to re-evaluation in any case.
The student who has only carried out evaluation activities with a value of less than 30% will be assessed as non-evaluable.
There is no second call.
The teachers will assign a day, hour and place of review of examination once they have evaluated the activities of the course and have put the global mark of qualification. The students that have to do the re-evaluation will have a specific day of review once they have done the aforementioned re-evaluation activity.
Exam, text commentary and exhibition. The exam will consist of answering a question and elaborating a text commentary, according to the guidelines explained and worked in class and which is the basis of the exhibition.
Participation in class. Since the subject is formed as a seminar, the teacher will value the active participation in the class beyond the mandatory exposition. Prepare classes at home, expand content, make contributions, etc. These are activities that, apart from the value they have in the course evaluation, will help to round out the note.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that studentsare able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity,
regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final exam 50% | Written exam | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 3, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 12, 11, 4, 22, 14, 15, 18, 5, 19, 20 |
| Preparation and participation in class 10% | Oral exam | 1 | 0.04 | 2, 8, 10, 13, 11, 4 |
| Text commentary 20% Presentation in class 20% | Oral exam | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2, 6, 8, 17, 11, 4 |
Bibliography
Students will get a dossier with the main readings.
Michel Foucault (Història de la sexualitat), Judith Butler (Cuerpos que importan), Jean-Luc Nancy (Corpus), Donna Haraway (Manifiesto para cyborgs), Caroline Merchant (The death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution) i Jacques Lacan (Seminari 20, Encore) will be the main reference texts for the course.