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Cursus: MCRMV16018
MCRMV16018
Theory and Critical Research I
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeMCRMV16018
Studiepunten (EC)5
Cursusdoelen
After completion of this course, the student
A) has gained thorough knowledge of the state of the arts theories and critical research in Gender Studies
B) has been familarised with a cartographic approach to the conceptual 'road map' of feminist, queer, critical race, and postcolonial perspectives
C) will be able to apply theories and concepts to concrete case studies for further analysis
D) will be able to present the acquired knowledge in an academically sufficient manner in both written and oral form.
Inhoud
This core research seminar is designed for Research MA students in Gender (and Postcolonial) Studies. It introduces students to cutting edge research, with specific focus on a cartographic approach to the genre of 'feminist theories' (used here as umbrella term for the fields of feminist, queer, critical race, postcolonial studies perspectives). This course explores the most important strands of feminist theorizing in the last decades up to today. The course opens with a situating of the ideas that helped to shape the project of Gender Studies in Europe such as we know it today. The seminar then investigates into the multiple domains in which race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class and ability shape our daily experience and how they can be accounted for in research work. Central topics to be explored are: deconstruction of binary oppositions structuring (Western) thought; deconstruction of eurocentrism; the debate of essentialism vs. (social) constructionism; decolonial knowledges in feminist research; trans, queer, and posthuman(ist) challenges to the sex/gender matrix in Gender Studies.

Career orientation:
This course trains the students in foundational knowledge in the field of Gender Studies and emphasizes their socio-political embedding and relevance. It thereby teaches the students in foundational manners to contribute to a societally relevant understanding of higher education in the humanities.

This course is for students in the RMA Gender Studies and GEMMA. The entrance requirements for Exchange Students will be checked by International Office and the Programme coordinator. You do not have to contact the Programme coordinator by yourself.
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