Syllabus, Methods I, 2018-09-03 and until further notice

This course explores feminist and social legal perspectives on knowledge building and interdisciplinary research methods. The course will provide students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills to reflect on and engage with interdisciplinary research. The course also deals with ethical aspects of the various parts of the research process. Active participation by students in seminars is vital to complete course. The course is taught in English.

Expected learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student shall have the ability to:

understand and explain the different parts of the research process
understand and explain knowledge of research ethics
independently review feminist and social legal perspectives on knowledge building
demonstrate the ability to apply these understandings in empirical analysis.

Required Knowledge

To be admitted to the course applicants must have completed three semesters of full time studies, equivalent to 90 ECTS, of which at least 15 ECTS must be an independent project or four semesters of full time studies equivalent to 120 ECTS.

English proficiency equivalent to English A from Swedish Upper secondary education.

Form of instruction

The course is a full time on-line course in English. The course is taught entirely through an electronic Learning Management System where the student takes part in lectures, mandatory assignments and other learning activities. The studies are characterized by a high degree of independent and active search for knowledge, and critical reflection, both individually and in groups.

Examination modes

The course will be examined successively through active participation in seminars, and through individual oral, and written examinations. The examination consists of a written assignment. For the course as a whole, the following grades are given: Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with distinction (VG). In order to be awarded Pass for the entire course, it is necessary that all examinations and all compulsory teaching sessions have been passedA re-sit examination can be offered at the earliest ten days and at the latest three months after publishing information about the first examination. One more examination will be offered within the next year. A student who has passed the examination is not eligible for a new examination to raise grades. The option of a re-examination based on the original course syllabus will be available for at least two years after a student registered for the course. All in all, a student is given five chances of fulfilling the course examination. A student has the right to change examiner after failing two examinations for a course module, unless there are strong arguments against this

Literature

Valid from: 2019 week 30

Ahmed Sara
Living a feminist life
Durham : Duke University Press : 2017. : 299 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-8223-6304-0
Mandatory
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Feminist Methodologies and Epistemology
DOUCET Andrea, MAUTHNER Natasha S.
Sage publications INC : 2007 :

Mandatory
Reading instructions: p 36-43

Harding Sandra G.
Feminism and methodology : social science issues
Bloomington : Indiana University Press : 1987 : 193 s. :
ISBN: 0-253-32243-X
Mandatory
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Reading instructions: Chapt: Introduction: Is there a Feminist Method?

Ethics, Reflexivity, and “Ethically Important Moments” in Research
Guillemin Marilys, Gillam Lynn
ResearchGate : 2004 :

Mandatory

Haraway D.
Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective
Included in:
Feminist studies.
New York : 1972- : 14 : 575-599 pages
Mandatory

Harding Sandra
Comment on Hekman's "Truth and Method: Feminist Standpoint Theory Revisted" : Whose Standpoint Needs the Regimes of Truth and Reality?
Included in:
Signs
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago U. P. : 1975- : 22 : 382-391 pages
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175279?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Mandatory

Hartsock Nancy C.M
Comment on Hekman's "Truth and Method: Feminist Standpoint Theory Revisted" : Truth or Justice?
Included in:
Signs
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago U. P. : 1975- : 22 : 367-374 pages
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175277?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Mandatory

Hekman Susan
Truth and Method: Feminist Standpoints Theory Revisted
Included in:
Signs
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago U. P. : 1975- : 22 : 341-365 pages
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175275?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Mandatory

Hill, Collins Patricia
Comment on Hekman's "Truth and Method: Feminist Standpoint Theory Revisted" : Where's the Power?
Included in:
Signs
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago U. P. : 1975- : 22 : 375-381 pages
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175278
Mandatory

McCormick
Feminist Research Ethics, Informed Consent, and Potential Harms
The Hilltop Review : 2012 :

Mandatory

Feminist research in online spaces
Morrow Oona, Hawkins Roberta, Kern Leslie
Taylor & Francis Online : 2015 :

Mandatory

Oakley Ann
Gender, methodology and people's ways of knowing : some problems with feminism and the paradigm debate in social science
Included in:
Sociology
London : the Assoc. : 1967- :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: p. 707-731

Preissle Judith
Feminist research ethics
SAGE publications : 2011 :

Mandatory

Scott Joan W.
Gender : a useful category of historical analysis
Included in:
The American historical review.
New York : Macmillan : 1895- :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: p. 1053-1075

Scott Joan W.
The Evidence of Experience
Critical Inquiry , Vol. 17, No. 4 (Summer, 1991) : 1991 :
Mandatory
Reading instructions: p. 773-797

Smith Dorothy E
Comment on Hekman's "Truth and Method: Feminist Standpoint Theory Revisted
Included in:
Signs
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago U. P. : 1975- : 22 : 382-391 pages
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3175279?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Mandatory

Additional texts may be added, approximately 100 pages

Valid from: 2017 week 37