Conceptual debates and theoretical approaches surrounding gender-based violence from an intersectional perspective

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

To develop a critical reflection that allows students to address the issue of gender-based violence from an intersectional perspective through relevant conceptual and methodological tools.

 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

That the students:

● Learn about the main theoretical and conceptual debates surrounding the category of “gender-based violence” and the perspective of intersectionality;
● Understand the implications of reflecting on gender-based violence from the notion of the structural inseparability of different systems of domination;
● Develop analyses on gender-based violence from an intersectional perspective, in different social contexts, using different conceptual and methodological tools.

• Genealogies of intersectionality and its basic assumptions
• Thinking in metaphors and images: approaching intersectionality and the role of “gender”: what women and what violence?
• Gender violence and beyond: thinking about violence against women and dissidents from an intersectional perspective
• Data feminism: strengths, challenges and opportunities for thinking about data from an intersectional perspective
• Pathways of siege and resistance to violence: Intersectional reflections on bordering processes, classification, and care strategies in immigration
• Gender-based political violence: the counterattack is also “intersectional” (and that’s not a good thing)
• Intersectional links between gender violence and health
• Thinking about public policies on gender-based violence from an intersectional perspective: and what about the State?
• Tensing intersectionality: criticism as political intervention and a tool to deepen the approach to gender-based violence
• R-existing in the face of gender-based violence: intersectionality as critical praxis
• Looking back: paths traveled and paths yet to be traveled

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• Catherine D'Ignazio. 2021. "Data Feminism". Institute of Statistical and Geographic Information of the State of Jalisco.
• Coll-Planas, Gerard, and Roser Solà-Morales. 2019. "Guide to incorporating intersectionality into local policies." Terrassa: Terrassa Town Hall.
• Couto, Marcia Thereza, Elda de Oliveira, Marco Antonio Alves Separavich, and Olinda do Carmo Luiz. 2019. “The feminist perspective of intersectionality in the field of public health: a narrative review of theoretical and methodological productions.” Salud Colectiva 15.
• Esguerra Muelle, Camila, and Jeisson Alanis Bello Ramírez. 2014. «Intersectionality and LGBTI public policies in Colombia: uses and displacements of a critical notion». Revista de Estudios Sociales 49.
• Espinosa Miñoso, Yuderkys. 2020. “Intersectionality and decolonial feminism. Revisiting the topic.” Pikara Magazine.
• Guzmán Ordáz, Raquel, and María Luisa Jiménez Rodrigo. 2015. «Intersectionality as an analytical instrument of interpellation in gender violence». Oñati Socio-legal Series v. 5, n. 2.
• Hill Collins, Patricia, and Sirma Bilge. 2019. “What is intersectionality?” In Intersectionality. Madrid: Morata Editions.
• Reyes Muñoz, Yafza, Karla Gambetta Tessini, Vania Reyes Muñoz, and Práxedes Muñoz Sánchez. 2021. “Black Motherhoods in Chile: Intersectionality and Health in Haitian Women.” Revista NuestrAmérica 9.
• Rodo-Zárate, Maria. 2021. “Metaphors, concepts and approaches to intersectionality.” In Intersectionality: Inequalities, places and emotions. Barcelona: Bellaterra Edicions.
• Segato, Rita Laura. 2003. “The Hierarchical Mortar: Moral Violence, Reproduction of the World, and Symbolic Efficacy of Law.” In The Elementary Structures of Violence: Essays on Gender between Anthropology, Psychoanalysis, and Human Rights. Bernal: National University of Quilmes.
• Stang, Fernanda. 2021. “From solidarity experiences to politicization in precarity: migrant women and social organization in times of ‘outbreak’ and pandemic.” Polis Magazine v. 20, n. 60.
• Terranova, Fabrizio. 2016. Donna Haraway: Tales for Earthly Survival. (Introduction). Documentary
• Truth, Sojourner. 2012. “Women’s Suffrage.” In Black Feminisms: An Anthology. Madrid: Traficantes de Sueños.
• Varela, Amarela. 2020. “Notes for an anti-racist feminism after the migrant caravans.” In The Feminist International: Struggles in the Territories and Against Neoliberalism, edited by Verónica Gago, Marta Malo, and Luci Cavallero. Madrid: Traficantes de Sueños.
• Viveros, Mara. 2016. «Intersectionality: a situated approach to domination». Feminist Debate, v. 52.

The basic requirements for taking a seminar are:

• Availability of at least 4 hours per week to dedicate to the seminar course.
• Internet access.
• Reasonable handling of communication and computer tools.
• Language proficiency in the language in which the course will be taught. The official languages ​​are Spanish and Portuguese.

The seminars last 12 weeks, plus the completion of a final project. A total of 90 hours of dedication will be credited.

A course consists of twelve classes, each accompanied by required readings, supplementary readings, discussion forums, and learning activities proposed by the teaching team, as well as partial submissions and a final project. The course is delivered online and asynchronously. Some instructors may propose synchronous activities. In these cases, the time and date will be agreed upon in advance between the teaching team and the students to ensure everyone's participation. To pass the seminar, students must participate in at least 80% of the discussion forums and activities proposed by the instructors, complete all scheduled partial submissions, and pass the final project.

The possible payment methods are credit card, bank transfer and bank deposit.