Nau mai haere mai, kia ora and welcome to Gender Studies.
Class is Friday. Beginning 3rd March, 2023
we start at 10.30 in 510 2035
This course draws from the concept of Ako and recognizes that we will both teach and learn from each other. Participation, your own knowledge and experiences, will support our collective understanding as we learn together
Overview: This
course introduces you to the complex interdisciplinary field that is
gender studies today. Gender studies brings together women’s and
feminist studies, men’s and masculinity studies, concepts of mana whanine and mana tane, studies of gender
itself, and LGBTQI studies. These areas of study create different ways of seeing class and analysing the socio-cultural and
political world around us. We will explore these different ways of seeing and how different aspects of the world us (and we ourselves) change
when viewed through the lenses of gender studies.We will explore the foundational concepts in the study of
gender and critically engage with questions of identity, sexuality,
family, the body, cultural practices and gender norms in light of
contemporary gender theories.
Questions that we will consider will include. What does gender mean to you? How is it shaped by your own cultural context(s). How does gender
organise lives, bodies, sexualities and desires? How does gender relate
to sex and sexuality? How and why is
gender such an integral part of how we identify ourselves and others?
For information about learning outcomes and assessments see the course descriptor and course schedule/outline below
I look forward to learning together with you all.
Maui ora
Craig (He/Him)