Gender studies
– Please answer 5 Questions in a coherent way, full sentences
– 3 Pages for each Question, 15 pages all together
1) scientific research: DAWN. What kind of Organisation is it? What does it stand for? How did DAWN appear in the lecuture (take the text), which references can be made (content and / or personal references)?Please also go to the following questions: What was the historical context of founding DAWN? Why DAWN was founded? What are current political opinions of DAWN? What is your own opinion, and what theoretical and / or policy considerations you base your opinion? (For this question you need to please be sure to give exact source of evidence. At least one source which is not only an online Quote)
2) Comparison of two texts OR two lectures:
Option A – Text Comparison: Compare two texts of two authors that were discussed and the accompanying reading group. (It is not a question, simply combine two essays, but the fact that you possible levels of comparison and questions in particular with regard to the focus of the lecture (, feminist evolve? Superior) and these work out! That means, it should be clear whether or to what extent the authors of similar issues / questions raise or use similar concepts, or to what extent they differ in this respect, they discuss the key messages and comparing theses of the authors!
Variant B comparison of two lectures: Compare two lectures from the lecture. (It is not a question, simply combine two lectures, but the fact that you possible levels of comparison and questions in particular with regard to the focus of the lecture (, feminist evolve? Superior) and these work out! that means it should be clear whether or the extent to which speakers have similar issues / questions / issues raised and used similar concepts or whether they differed in this respect, they discuss the key messages and comparing theses of two speakers!
3) Essay: How do you interpret the terms’ feminist develop “as you position yourself to that? Justify your access to and detailed opinion and take it with respect to theoretical and / or practical political concepts or approaches that were discussed in the lecture.
4) development of Feminist criticism in detail: Choose one of the following concepts and set it in relation to development of feminist criticism or feminist perspectives on development. Take on multiple speakers, to more analytical approaches and Autor_innen / content reference that discussed in the lecture (or not treated) were! Strive to please be sure to provide accurate evidence for the use of secondary literature to correct citations.:
– Body
– Violence
– Economy
– Gender and Development
– Heteronormativity and sexual norms
– Colonialism and colonial history
5) reflection / discussion of a single lecture / individual unit OR text:
CAUTION: Do not here to discuss the lectures or texts which you have been treated for question 2!
Option A: Which lecture / which unit of the lecture affected you the most,, you find most exciting, you found problematic, etc.? Justify and argue your position!
Option B: Which of the texts that were discussed at the accompanying reading group, you find most interesting or particularly problematic, etc.? Justify and argue your position!
Text
Do, 18.4. 13:00-15:00 Uhr:
Lind (2009): Governing Intimacy, Struggeling for Sexual Rights. Challenging Heteronormativity in the Global Development Industry.
Lind (2012): “Revolution with a Woman’s face?” Family Norms, Constitutional Reform, and the Politics of Redistribution in Post-Neoliberal Ecuador
Do, 25.4. 13:00-15:00 Uhr:
Tambe/Trotz (2010): Historical Reflections on DAWN. An Interview with Gita Sen
Sen/Grown (1987): Alternative Visions, Strategies and Methods. In: Development, Crisis and Alternative Visions (“DAWN Manifesto”)
Mo, 13.5. 14:00-16:00 Uhr:
Baaz (2010): Not Enough to Add Women and Stir
Baaz / Stern (2011): Whores, Men, and Other Misfits. Undoing Feminizaton in the Armed Forces in the DRC
Do, 23.5. 13:00-15:00 Uhr:
Kerner (1999): Postkoloniale Kritik. In: Feminismus, Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und postkoloniale Kritik.
Do, 6.6. 13:00-15:00 Uhr:
Harcourt (2009): What is Body Politics? In: Body Politics in Development.
Harcourt (2010): Development as if Gender Matters
