Introduction to Feminist Genealogies
Code: 106989 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2503878 Sociocultural Gender Studies | FB | 1 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Joanna Genevieve Empain
- Email:
- joannagenevieve.empain@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Teachers
- Elisenda Díaz Garcés
Prerequisites
This subject has no prerequisites, but students are advised to make use of the complementary bibliography found in the bibliography section.
The student must have the necessary linguistic knowledge to be able to express themself correctly both in writing and orally.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The subject proposes to trace the basic conceptual frameworks from which feminism has been understood in the Western tradition, as well as the paradigm changes that justify the different conceptualizations of gender, and its fundamental relationship with the body and identity . The conceptual and contextual connections are raised, as well as the mechanisms and critical instruments, which allow establishing genealogical accounts in the chronology of feminisms, from which specific analytical frameworks are inferred.
Learning Outcomes
- KM32 (Knowledge) Describe the fundamental principles of gender theory and relate them to the cultural substratum in which they are found.
- SM02 (Skill) Use technical and interpretative vocabulary specific to the disciplines required in a given project, presentation or assignment, making use of inclusive language.
- SM31 (Skill) Use organised and correct discourse both in writing and to be performed aloud, in the corresponding language, which relies on inclusive language and is suitable for all kinds of situations.
Content
BLOCK I. Feminist genealogies: actions, positionalities and points o view
- The concept of genealogy.
- Situated knowledge against universal knowledge.
- Deconstructing the hegemonic, Eurocentric, white and binary gaze.
- Feminist tools: intersectionality, preposterous history.
BLOCK II: The formation of feminist knowledge in history
- The different inflections in feminisms: feminisms of equality and difference; essentialist and constructionist feminisms.
- The "woman" category. Attempts and failures of definition.
- The difference within the difference: intersectionalities.
- Art, body and politics: the political subjects of feminism and their variation in history and socio-cultural context.
- New materialisms: corporeality, relationality and affects.
BLOCK III: Intersectional genealogical stories (Fanzine)
- Feminist assemblages with different conceptual, social, cultural and historical positions.
- Critical visualities as tools of resistance.
- Narrative and counter-narrative: dismantling hegemonic narratives.
- The fanzine as a pedagogical and research tool.
Methodology
In this subject, theoretical and practical sessions will be based on feminist art based methodologies, to create a collective, intersectional and transdisciplinary mapping of feminist genealogies.
This will be done by:
- Readings and reflections from texts
- Search for information on the topics discussed in class
- Oral presentations of the works by the students
- Creative activities
- Tutorials and monitoring of activities
Note: 15 minutes of a class will be set aside, within the calendar established by the center/degree, for students to fill in the teacher performance and subject evaluation surveys /module.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Presentation of the course. Theoretical expositions of the main concepts. Text comments. Group activities in the classroom and presentations in class by the students. | 45 | 1.8 | KM32, SM02, SM31, KM32 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials and monitoring of activities | 20 | 0.8 | SM02, SM31, SM02 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Individual work on the proposed activities: readings, preparation of exhibitions and materials. Group work: documentary research, interview, creation of the fanzine. | 35 | 1.4 | KM32, SM02, SM31, KM32 |
Assessment
Continuous assessment
Individual activities (55%)
Individual assessment activities (2), in which students will reflect on problems related to the concepts developed in class (block I and II).
Group activity (45%)
- Phase 1 (Block and II): Collective mapping of a genealogy of feminisms using art based methodologies. This process will be carried out in class during block I and II.
- Phase 2 (Block III): In groups of 5 to 8 people, choose one of the topics that emerged in the collective map worked on in class and create a fanzine as a way of giving an account of the research on the chosen topic.
The evaluation of the subject is continuous and presupposes attendance in class and constant monitoring of the course. To pass the subject, the average of the individual works will be taken, if a grade of less than 5 is obtained, it will be necessary to submit to the re-assessment. Students will receive a grade of Not Assessed when they do not deliver any of the assessment activities.
If the student obtains a grade lower than 5, he will have to present himself for recovery. The teaching staff will inform thestudents of the procedure and the date of revision of the qualifications.
Students will receive a grade of Not Assessed when they do not deliver any of the assessment activities.
Single Assesment
This subject does not incorporate single assessment.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group activity | 45 % | 20 | 0.8 | KM32, SM02, SM31 |
| Individual activities | 55% | 30 | 1.2 | KM32, SM02, SM31 |
Bibliography
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Amorós, C. y de Miguel, A. (eds.)(2014). Teoría feminista: de la ilustración a la globalización. De la ilustración al segundo sexo. Minerva ediciones.
Bal, M. (1999). Quoting Caravaggio, contemporary art, preposternoushistory. Universityof Chicago Press.
Braidotti, R. (2004). Feminismo, diferencia sexual y sexualidad nómada. Gedisa.
Butler, J. (2002). Cuerpos que importan: sobre los límitesmateriales y discursivos. Paidós.
Butler, J. (2006). Deshacer el género. Trad. de Patricia Soley-Beltran. Paidós.
Butler, J. (2007). El género en disputa: el feminismo y la subversión de la identidad. Paidós.
Ciriza, A. (2020). Tramar/Urdir/Anudargenealogíasfeministassituadas. Los desafíos del espacio y el tiempo. La Aljaba, Vol. XXIV: pp. 145-157.
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Foucault, M. (2022). Nietzsche, la genealogía, la historia. Pre-textos Editores.
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Harding, S.(1988). “Is There a Feminist Method?”. Feminism and Methodology. Ed. Sandra Harding. Indiana University Press.
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Software
No software is used in this subject.