Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2503878 Sociocultural Gender Studies | OT | 3 | 2 |
Prerequisites: A good English reading comprehension is necessary to follow the course.
This is an optional Geography course. The field of study is global, although reference will also be made to local or regional case studies.
The aim is to provide elements of reflection and analysis that help to understand the complexity and diversity of the relationships between human beings and the natural and social environment, from the perspective of feminist geography.
-The acquisition of the basic knowledge necessary to understand the changes brought about by the processes of globalization;
-The consolidation of basic concepts of social geography learned in the course "Gender, spaces and daily life";
-The training to interrelate concepts and problems of the different thematic units of the program;
-The ability to use the tools and content learned in other subjects of the degree to interpret geographical contexts from a gender perspective.
Course contents are divided into six thematic units, preceded by an introduction.
0.Introduction and objectives of the subject. Questions and expectations.
1.The concept and scales of globalization
2.Economic and geographical restructuring of capitalism
3.Population and gender movements
4.Geopolitics and the international gender agenda
5.Ecofeminism and political ecology
6.Inequalities, development and (de) colonial feminism
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Theoretical classes, explanations, discussions and debates; presentation of exercices. | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 5, 7 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Exam, exercises, practices and tutorials. | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 5, 7 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Reading and personal study; elaboration of exercices and preparation of presentations. | 75 | 3 | 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 5, 7 |
This course will be evaluated on the following activities:
-march 2021: delivery exercice 1
-april 2021: delivery exercice 2
-may 2021: delivery exercice 3
-june 2021: global exam
-The whole semester: attendance, participation in debates, discussions of readings and oral presentations.
-The minimum global exam mark to average the rest of the marks must be equal to or higher than 5.
-Late deliveries will not be accepted.
-Activities not presented will not be able to be re-evaluated and will score 0.
-In the re-evaluation period there it will be possible to re-evaluate the failed activities.
-Revaluated activities will be scored from 0 to 5.
-"Non-evaluable" applies only when no activity has been delivered. Delivering one or more activities implies losing the right to be "non-evaluable".
-The copying or plagiarism of material, both in the case of work and in the case of exams, constitute a crime that will be sanctioned with a 0 to the activity. In case of recidivism, the whole subject will have a 0 mark. A copy is a work that reproduces all or most of the work of another classmate. "Plagiarism" is the act of presenting all or part of a text by an author as one's own, without citing sources, whether on paper or in digital format.
See UAB documentation on "plagiarism" at:
http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_01.html
In case of several irregularities in the evaluation acts, the final grade for this course will be 0. Assessment acts in which there have been irregularities are not recoverable. In the event that tests cannot be done in person, their format will be adapted (maintaining their weighting) to the possibilities offered by the UAB’s virtual tools. Homework, activities and class participation will be done through forums, wikis and / or exercise discussions through Teams, ensuring that all students can access them.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exan | 40% | 0 | 0 | 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 5, 7 |
Exercices | 45% | 0 | 0 | 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 5, 7 |
Oral presentations, attendance and participation | 15% | 0 | 0 | 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 5, 7 |
Bibliography
ALBET, Abel, & BENACH, Núria (2012). Doreen Massey. Un sentido global del lugar. Barcelona: Icaria.
BECK, Ulrick (2002) La sociedad del riesgo global.
BENERIA, Lourdes (2005). Género, desarrollo y globalización. Barcelona: Hacer.
BENERIA, Lourdes; BERIK, Gunselli & FLORO, Maria (2018) Género, desarrollo y globalización. Una visión desde la economía feminista, Barcelona, Edicions Bellaterra.
DESAI, Vandana & POTTER, Rob (2002) The Companion to Development Studies, Londres, Arnold.
DOMOSH, Mona and SEAGER, Joni (2001) Putting Women in Place: Feminist Geographers make Sense of the World. London: The Guilford Press.
EATON, Heather & LORENTZEN, Lois Ann (2003) Ecofeminism & Globalization. Exploring culture, context and religion, Oxford, Rowman & Littlefield.
ELLWOOD, Wayne (2007). Globalització, Barcelona: Intermón-Oxfam.
ESSED, Philomena; GOLDBERG, Theo & KOBAYASHI, Audrey (2009). A companion to Gender Studies. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
LAURIE, Nina et al. (1999) Geographies of new femininities, London, Longman.
MANZANERA RUIZ, Roser; MIGUEL JUAN, Carmen & SÁNCHEZ MALDONADO, Vanessa (2013) Medio ambiente y desarrollo. Miradas desde ambos hemisferios. Granada, Universidad de Granada.
McDOWELL, Linda (2000) Género, identidad y lugar. Un estudio de las geografías feministas, València, Cátedra.MIES, Maria & SHIVA, Vandana (2014). Ecofeminism. London: Zed Books.
MOMSEN, Janet H. (2013) Gender and Development , London, Routledge.
NACIONES UNIDAS (2018), Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible. 5: Igualdad de Género.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible/
OBERHAUSER, Ann M.; FLURI; Jennifer L.; WHITSON, Risa; MOLLETT, Sharlene (2018). Feminist spaces. Gender and geography in a global context. London: Routledge.
RAMÍREZ DE HARO, G.; RODRÍGUEZ-CARMONA, A.; MACÍAS, A.; BALLARÍN, P. (eds.) Desarrollo y cooperación en zones rurales de América Latina y África. Madrid, Catarata, pp. 185-199.
SASSEN, Saskia (2003). Contrageografías de la globalización. Género y ciudadanía en los circuitos transfronterizos. Madrid: Traficantes de Sueños
SEAGER, Joni (2018) The Women’s Atlas. Londres: Penguin.
SILVA, Joseli Maria; ORNAT, Marcio; CHIMIN JUNIOR, Alides Baptista (eds.) (2017), Diálogos Ibero-Latinoamericanos sobre geografías feministas e das sexualidades, Ponta Grossa, Todapalavra.
VILLOTA, Paloma de (2005), Globalización y desigualdad de género, Madrid, Síntesis.
WOMEN AND GEOGRAPHY STUDY GROUP (1997), Feminist geographies. Explorations in diversity and differences, London, Longman.
Journals
DOCUMENTS D’ANÀLISI GEOGRÀFICA, números monogràfics 14 (1989), 26 (1995), 35 (1999), 49 (2006).
http://www.raco.cat/index.php/DocumentsAnalisi
GENDER, PLACE AND CULTURE. A Journal of Feminist Geography. Carfax Publishing. www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0966369X.asp
REVISTA LATINO-AMERICANA DE GEOGRAFIA E GÊNERO. http://www.revistas2.uepg.br/index.php/rlagg