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| IDE6650 | Gender Studies | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Asst.Prof.Dr.M.Zeki ÇIRAKLI | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The primary goal of this course is to illuminate the philosophical commitments that support diverse feminist perspectives. Following skills and knowledge will be developed:
-A working knowledge of a spectrum of feminisms, as characterized by different philosophical commitments in the four areas : theories of sex/gender identity, identity-based oppression, situated knowledge, and social justice;
-Analytic skills that allow to recognize when key assumptions are at work in a particular debate and to apply them to real world issues, conflicts, and positions;
-An articulation of one's own position on various feminist issues and a rationale for the position that has a foundation in the philosophical arguments considered.
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| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | gain knowledge of key concepts, theories, arguments, and movements (both historical and contemporary) relating to sex, gender, and sexuality. | 3,4,13 | | | PO - 2 : | improve their ability to read carefully and critically. | | | | PO - 3 : | improve their oral and written communication skills, especially in terms of: a. Clarity and precision of expression b. Attentive listening to others c. Accuracy and charity in presenting others? views
| | | | PO - 4 : | develop their ability to think critically | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course is an introduction to gender, women's, and sexuality studies via an exploration of feminist philosophies. In the course, key theoretical concepts and philosophical arguments that feminists and their allies have developed in response to the forms of oppression that are the subject of feminist scholarship and that animate feminist activism will be explored. Four clusters of philosophical ideas will be focused on : (1) conceptions of oppression, (2) conceptions of sex, gender, and sexual identity, (3) theories of knowledge, and (4) theories of care & justice. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to the course, Introduction to philosophical arguments, objections, & responses
Required reading: 1. Mariana, John D. ?How to Read Philosophy (or, Why Reading is Only the Beginning: A Guide to Learning to Think Philosophically).? Philosophy 101: Introduction to Philosophy. Michigan State University. Fall 2008. Web. 2 Jan. 2014. . | | | Week 2 | Feminism: what is it?
Required Reading: Beasley, Chris. What is Feminism? An Introduction to Feminist Theory. London: Sage Publications, 1999. 26-28. | | | Week 3 | Oppression: what is it? Required Reading:
Sandra Lee Bartky, ?On Psychological Oppression,? 51-61
| | | Week 4 | What is oppression (continued), and how might we diminish it?
How does oppression of one group grant privileges to another group?
1. Peggy McIntosh, ?White Privilege and Male Privilege,? 61-69
| | | Week 5 | What are sex and gender?
What reasons do we have to challenge traditional of sex and gender binaries?
Fausto-Sterling, Anne. ?The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female are Not Enough.? The Sciences (March/April 1993): 20-24.
| | | Week 6 | How do sex and gender relate to other identity categories? Required reading: 1. Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, ?Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color,? 279-309 | | | Week 7 | What conceptual mistakes relating to sex and gender tend to be made when feminists ignore the experiences of people of color, people in the global south, indigenous people, etc.? Required readings: Aileen Moreton-Robinson, ?Tiddas Speakin? Strong: Indigenous Women?s SelfPresentation within White Australian Feminism,? 355-371 | | | Week 8 | What is epistemology and how can it be feminist (antiracist, and so on)?
Required reading: 1. Linda Martín Alcoff, How Is Epistemology Political? 705-718
| | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | What are some specific ways in which oppressed people tend to be at an epistemic disadvantage (specifically, in terms of standing)? The reading focuses on people who are oppressed on the basis of their race, but how can the conclusions be extended when it comes to sex, gender, and/or sexuality? Required reading: 1. Bell, Derrick. The Rules of Racial Standing. Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism. New York: Basic Books, 1992. 109-126. | | | Week 11 | What is objectivity, what is relativism, and how do they relate to theories of socially situated knowledge? Required reading: Sandra Harding, Strong Objectivity and Socially Situated Knowledge, 741-756 | | | Week 12 | What are the origins of specifically feminist ethical theories? Required reading: 1. Carol Gilligan, Moral Orientation and Moral Development, 467-478 | | | Week 13 | How can a familiar moral (and political) concept of autonomy be revised in light of feminist concerns? Required reading: Marilyn Friedman, Autonomy, Social Disruption, and Women, 570-583 | | | Week 14 | Feminism in literature | | | Week 15 | Gender Studies in Literature | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Bailey, Alison,and Chris Cuomo,eds.The Feminist Philosophy Reader.NewYork:McGraw Hill, 2008,Print. | | | |
| 1 | Weston, Anthony. A Rulebook for Arguments. 4th ed. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2009, Print. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | | | | | | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 8 | 40 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Proje | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 15 | 105 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 274 |
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