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GEND 3019 - Gender and Race in a Colonial World III
University Course Planner The University of Adelaide Australia

GEND 3019 - Gender and Race in a Colonial World III

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4110
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Check with School
Pre-Requisite: At least 6 units of Level II undergraduate study
Incompatible: GSSA 2105/EX, GSSA 3004/EX, GEND 2019
Assessment: Quiz, Presentation, Class preparation and participation, Research assignment
Syllabus:

This course takes an intersectional and decolonial approach to gender, race, and other intersectional categories, exploring how European colonial ideas and practices created many of our current assumptions about race and gender, and how this thinking continues to influence power structures today. Using Lugones’ concepts of the ‘coloniality of gender’ and ‘heterosexualism’ (among others), we will trace the origins of gender, race and racism in colonial discourses, and look at how they have contributed to contemporary heteronormative gender roles for both colonising and colonised societies. Hearing from Black, Indigenous, ‘Third World Feminist’, ecofeminist and Islamic feminist scholars, we will take a critical look at how colonial thinking creates overlapping binaries between ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’, ‘rational’ and ‘natural’, ‘liberated’ and ‘oppressed’, and how these dualisms work to justify or obscure ongoing inequality and exploitation. We will look into a range of contemporary global issues and contexts where these dynamics still commonly play out, including in nationalism, economic development, feminist campaigns, Indigenous issues, environmental debates, and global ‘gay rights’ campaigns. In recognising colonial ways of thinking, we will also attend to alternatives, looking for more ethical ways to practice cross-cultural solidarity, and encountering anti-colonial visions for a more just and relational world.

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3
0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4110 Mon 15/03/2021 Thu 25/03/2021 Fri 07/05/2021 Fri 11/06/2021


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
18661 LEC0 40 14 This class does not have any timetabled face-to-face sessions. Please check MyUni or contact your Course Coordinator for details.
Note: This lecture is pre-recorded and can be viewed any time after publication in MyUni. Please refer to MyUni for details once enrolled.
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
15073 TU03 12 3 4 Mar - 8 Apr Thursday 2pm - 3pm Hughes, 323, Teaching Room
29 Apr - 3 Jun Thursday 2pm - 3pm Hughes, 323, Teaching Room
15074 TU02 12 2 3 Mar - 7 Apr Wednesday 10am - 11am Hughes, 111a, Teaching Room
28 Apr - 2 Jun Wednesday 10am - 11am Hughes, 111a, Teaching Room
15076 TU06 11 4 3 Mar - 7 Apr Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Nexus10, 812, Teaching Room
28 Apr - 2 Jun Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Nexus10, 812, Teaching Room