305 Women, conflict and peace in South Asia (5 op)
Laajuus
op 5Opettajat
Lalli Metsola, Paula BanerjeeAika, paikka ja ilmoittautuminen
Aika 04.11.2008 - 07.11.2008Participants: maximum 15, preference to development studies majors and/or students working on theses related to course topic but open to students from other departments. If more that 15 students register, major students of Development studies are prioritized. Accepted students will be informed via email after preregistration time has ended.
Place:
- 4, 5. & 7.11: AUD XI (University main building)
- 6.11: U38 A206
Kohderyhmä
Minor- and major students of Development Studies.
Kurssin sisältö /ohjelma
In South Asia as in any other part of the world women and men have had different experiences of conflict and peace making. This course deals with the impact of women in conflict and peace. Etienne Balibar has argued that the fissures in the “modern political community” emerge from the “practical and ideological sexism as a structure of interior exclusion of women generalized to the whole society,” which leads to the “universalization of sexual difference.” Thus, modern states that are built on gender difference develop a precarious relation with its women. Women became both subjects of the state as well as its other.
In pluralistic societies such as those found in South Asia “the modern projects of national independence, state building, and economic development have had distinctive gender implications and outcomes.” The nation building projects in South Asia has led to the creation of a homogenised identity of citizenship. State machineries seek to create a “unified” and “national” citizenry that accepts the central role of the existing elite. This is done through privileging majoritarian, male and monolithic cultural values that deny the space to difference, particularly gendered difference. In times of conflict this state sexism has had specific impact on women’s lives and this course discusses how women have negotiated with conflict in the context of South Asia.
The course is divided into four sections and these sections will be taken up individually. Lectures and Discussions will be on the following themes:
Conflicts in South Asia
Nation Formation / Conflicts and Women in South Asia
Conflict and Women in South Asia – Case Studies
Women and Peace in South Asia
Työtavat ja suorittaminen
Work methods:
- Four lectures, 1 lecture per day on 4 days
- assigned readings related to the topic of each lecture (appr. 50 p. per lecture, TBA), to be read before the course
- seminar discussions based on readings and lectures
- writing an essay by 21.11., topic of essay determined after discussing with teacher.
Schedule: 4.11. 5.11. 6.11. 7.11. 10.15-11.15 lecture lecture lecture lecture
11.30-13.00 seminar seminar seminar seminar
Opintosuoritusten arvostelu
Evaluation: primarily based on the essay, complemented by level of activity in lecture and seminar sessions.