Time Schedule:
Kim V.L. England
GEOG 541
Seattle Campus
Explores major research themes in feminist geographies. Particular attention to the concept that gendered identities and spaces are discursively (re)produced. Emphasizes recent feminist scholarship that emphasizes difference, as well as the intersections between gender, "race," ethnicity, sexuality, age, nationality, class, and other social identities and divisions. Offered: jointly with WOMEN 541; W.
Class description
Geog 541 Feminist Geographies: Care, Work and Diversity. This year the feminist geography seminar will explore three key themes in feminist scholarship: care, work and diversity. Feminist scholars have long troubled the public-private, production-reproduction dichotomies, and recent theorizing about the relationship between care and the economy continues that thread. The seminar seeks to unpack the concepts of care and work and investigate how they intersect with relations of gender, but also ‘race’/ ethnicity, class, sexuality, legal status, and other social categories of difference. We also address how (or if) the patterns and processes associated with care, work and diversity shift with changes in labor force participation, governance and globalization. We further navigate these questions through issues such as caregiving/receiving, wage-earning, care work, work-life balance, global migration and labor organizing.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
Written commentaries on a selection of the required readings, and a short research paper.
Class participation, class presentations and written assignments
