On Periods I-II, Wed 14-16

Lectures:

18.9. Practicalities & introduction to the course / Lina Van Aerschot
25.9. Nordic welfare model and unversalism / Anneli Anttonen
2.10. The Nordic healthcare system from a comparative perspective / Katri Sieberg
9.10. Nordic child care policies / Katja Repo

16.10. Period break, no lecture

23.10. Labour markets and employment in the Nordic countries / Jouko Nätti
30.10. Labour market institutions / Aart-Jan Riekhoff
6.11. Income inequality in Nordic countries / Elina Tuominen
13.11. Poverty policies
20.11. Conclusions, instructions & formulating research questions for essays / Lina Van Aerschot

SOS6.4.1/SOS6.4 Feminist Methodology, 5 ECTS

Lectures: Tuesdays 12-14, 4 September - 13 November 2012. NB Place: Main building, room A32 (25.9.-13.11.) (The course will be videoed to the University of Jyväskylä).

No enrolment.

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.

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

4.9. Lecturer Jaana Kuusipalo (TaY): “Introduction to the course”
11.9. Lecturer Taina Kinnunen (TaY): "Construction of interview material through interacting bodies"
18.9. Lecturer Kirsti Lempiäinen (University of Lapland): “Methodological reflexivity: Discussing feminist frames in interview research”
25.9. Dr. Astrida Neimanis (LSE): "Donna Haraway’s 'Situated Knowledges"
2.10. Dr. Astrida Neimanis (LSE): "Nature, Culture and Feminist Methodology”
9.10. Lecturer Minna Nikunen (TaY): "Membership categorization analysis"

16.10. No lecture

23.10. Professor Päivi Korvajärvi (TaY): “Interdisciplinarity as a Methodological Question”
30.10. Lecturer Elina Penttinen (TaY): “Posthumanism”

6.11. PhD. Eira Juntti (University of Jyväskylä): Methodological debates on the histories of gender”
13.11. Dr. Tuula Juvonen (TaY): “Queer Feminist Methodology”

Teacher responsible
Jaana Kuusipalo
Jaana.Kuusipalo@uta.fi

Teaching
4-Sep-2012 – 13-Nov-2012

On Periods I-II, Wed 14-16

Lectures:

18.9. Practicalities & introduction to the course / Lina Van Aerschot
25.9. Nordic welfare model and unversalism / Anneli Anttonen
2.10. The Nordic healthcare system from a comparative perspective / Katri Sieberg
9.10. Nordic child care policies / Katja Repo

16.10. Period break, no lecture

23.10. Labour markets and employment in the Nordic countries / Jouko Nätti
30.10. Labour market institutions / Aart-Jan Riekhoff
6.11. Income inequality in Nordic countries / Elina Tuominen
13.11. Poverty policies
20.11. Conclusions, instructions & formulating research questions for essays / Lina Van Aerschot

SOS6.4.1/SOS6.4 Feminist Methodology, 5 ECTS

Lectures: Tuesdays 12-14, 4 September - 13 November 2012. NB Place: Main building, room A32 (25.9.-13.11.) (The course will be videoed to the University of Jyväskylä).

No enrolment.

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.

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

4.9. Lecturer Jaana Kuusipalo (TaY): “Introduction to the course”
11.9. Lecturer Taina Kinnunen (TaY): "Construction of interview material through interacting bodies"
18.9. Lecturer Kirsti Lempiäinen (University of Lapland): “Methodological reflexivity: Discussing feminist frames in interview research”
25.9. Dr. Astrida Neimanis (LSE): "Donna Haraway’s 'Situated Knowledges"
2.10. Dr. Astrida Neimanis (LSE): "Nature, Culture and Feminist Methodology”
9.10. Lecturer Minna Nikunen (TaY): "Membership categorization analysis"

16.10. No lecture

23.10. Professor Päivi Korvajärvi (TaY): “Interdisciplinarity as a Methodological Question”
30.10. Lecturer Elina Penttinen (TaY): “Posthumanism”

6.11. PhD. Eira Juntti (University of Jyväskylä): Methodological debates on the histories of gender”
13.11. Dr. Tuula Juvonen (TaY): “Queer Feminist Methodology”

Teacher responsible
Jaana Kuusipalo
Jaana.Kuusipalo@uta.fi

Teaching
4-Sep-2012 – 13-Nov-2012

No enrolment required. The enrolment key for entering Moodle will be given at the first lecture.

The course will look at the social and cultural complexities of the Eastern Europe in the context of its socialist past and post-socialist preset. It will introduce the Easter Europe from the anthropological perspective, privileging the perspective of “ordinary people” and everyday lives.  It will show how anthropology may help to account for the fall of the socialist system and the transformations the fall ensued. The course will shed light on the construction of the Eastern-Western Europe boundary in the academic and popular discourse and the similarities and differences across the Eastern European countries. It will help to understand the mechanisms of centrally planned economy and the everyday life under real socialism. It will address issues of “transition” to capitalism and democracy; changes in the intimate family and gender relations; the emergence of “new” social identity movements; new patterns of social stratification and exclusion; the ethnic and religious differences and meaning of nationalism in the post-socialist period. The course will also introduce the theme of transnationalism and external migration taking place throughout the region.

Priority is given to students in social anthropology, sociology and social psychology.

No enrolment required. The enrolment key for entering Moodle will be given at the first lecture.

The course will look at the social and cultural complexities of the Eastern Europe in the context of its socialist past and post-socialist preset. It will introduce the Easter Europe from the anthropological perspective, privileging the perspective of “ordinary people” and everyday lives.  It will show how anthropology may help to account for the fall of the socialist system and the transformations the fall ensued. The course will shed light on the construction of the Eastern-Western Europe boundary in the academic and popular discourse and the similarities and differences across the Eastern European countries. It will help to understand the mechanisms of centrally planned economy and the everyday life under real socialism. It will address issues of “transition” to capitalism and democracy; changes in the intimate family and gender relations; the emergence of “new” social identity movements; new patterns of social stratification and exclusion; the ethnic and religious differences and meaning of nationalism in the post-socialist period. The course will also introduce the theme of transnationalism and external migration taking place throughout the region.

Priority is given to students in social anthropology, sociology and social psychology.