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Overview and critical discussion of the research approach intersectionality. [Learning outcome: Students are able to assess central theoreties of women's and gender studies and can differentiate between central issues of gender studies. They have knowledge about social movement research (keyword: women's movements) as well as about the connection of gender studies to other disciplines in the humanities, like cultural studies, social sciences and economics. They are able to define the meaning of gender as a fundamental structural category in social contexts].

In gender studies, the concept of intersectionality seeks to combine different axes of inequality, such as gender, race, class, religion, sexuality, or empowerment/disability. This seminar will provide an overview of the development of intersectional research and theory developed by Black feminist theorists. Conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues will be discussed. These will then be used to analyze topics in migration history and sources from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Language of instruction and discussion is English. The course is meant to encourage students to practice reading and discussing academic texts in English even if English is not their first language.

Discussion of theoretical and methodological texts, moderation of text discussions by students, reading and presentation of a monograph for a book club.

Attendance, continuous participation and active participation in discussion, moderating a discussion. End of the semester: essay

Bergold-Caldwell, Denise / Löw, Christine / Thompson, Vanessa Eileen: Black Feminisms: Entangled geopolitical, historical and contextual backgrounds in conversation. Interview with Hakima Abbas, Maisha Auma, Noémi Michel und Margo Okazawa-Rey, in: Femina Politica 30 (2021) 2, 120-141.

Collins, Patricia Hill / Bilge, Sirma (Hg.): Intersectionality (Key Concepts). New York 2016.

Crenshaw, Kimberlé: Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex. A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, in: The University of Chicago Legal Forum, (1989) 140, 139-167.

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for questions concerning the Master's Programme Gender, Culture and Social Change please contact the coordinator: gender-studies@uibk.ac.at