NAISM3/NAISS3 Feminist Methodology, 5 ECTS

Lectures: Thursdays 14-16 (exception 9.9. 14.00-17), 2 September-7 October 2010

Place: Linna K 103, except on 7.10. Pinni B1096. (The course will be videoed to the University of Jyväskylä).

Objectives: The course will deepen the students´ knowledge about feminist epistemology and methodology. The students will understand the central discussions of situating knowledge and the meaning of experience and commitment in relation to knowledge. The students can relate the readings of empirical research to larger debates on knowing and apply this to their own studies.

Modes of study: Active participation in the lectures and a lecture diary.

Program:

2.9. Dr. Kirsti Lempiäinen: Introduction to Feminist Methodology

9.9. Professor Sandra Harding: Feminist and Postcolonial Science Theories: Convergences and Disconnects

Professor Karin Widerberg: Methods of Inquiry - Feminist Approaches within Social Sciences. Sustainable Methods in Post-colonial Times (Note time: 14.00-17)

16.9. Docent, Director Clare Hemmings: Interdisciplinarity and Its Methodological Challenges

23.9. Docent, Director Clare Hemmings: Feminist Approaches to Sexuality

30.9. Docent, Academy Research Fellow Marja Vehviläinen: Researching  Gender, Agency and Institutions

7.10. Docent Jaana Vuori: Analyzing Encounters and Texts. The Case of  Integration Work with Migrants

The lecture diary may be written in Finnish or in English.