Interpreting Intersectionality: Analyzing Gender and Its Intersections

Interpreting Intersectionality: Analyzing Gender and Its Intersections

Interpreting Intersectionality: Analyzing Gender and Its Intersections in
Feminist Research
Kathy Davis, Maria Jahoda Visiting Chair
Dubravka Zarkov, Institute for Social Studies, Den Haag
Ilse Lenz, Ruhr-Universitä t Bochum
24. und 25. November 2006, 10:00-17:00 Uhr
MSZ (Multi Media Support Zentrum), 02/3
In this workshop, we will be developing strategies for analyzing how gender intersects with
other categories of difference – for example, ‘race’
/ethnicity, class, sexuality and more.
Drawing upon the work of several ‘intersectional’theorists, we will discuss why it is
important to analyze the operations of these categories in specific cultural and social contexts,
focusing on how they are mutually constitutive as well as how the dominance of one category
can mask the operation or interdependence of other categories. We will discuss how
intersectionality can provide a useful critical tool for feminist research as well as what its
limitations are. The workshop will involve reading texts about intersectionality as well as
some “hands on” analysis of intersectionality using film material and examples brought in by
participants. The teachers will provide examples of how they have dealt with intersectionality
in their own research.
All participants will be expected to attend all sessions, do the readings and assignments, and
actively participate in class discussions
Veranstaltungsprogramm:
Friday, 24. November 2006
10.00- 12.00
Introduction to course; getting acquainted; a short sketch of how
intersectionality emerged as perspective in gender studies; discussion of texts
Read:
Avtar Brah and Ann Phoenix, “Ain’
t I a Woman? Revisiting Intersectionality.
Journal of International Women’s Studies 5, 3 (2004):75-86.
Dorthe Staunaes, “Where have all the subjects gone? Bringing together the
concepts of intersectionality and subjectification.” NORA 11, 2
(2003):101-110.
Nira Yuval-Davis, “Intersectionality and Feminist Politics,” The European
Journal of Women’s Studies 13, 3 (2006):193-209.
Anna Bredströ m, “Intersectionality: A Challenge for Feminist HIV/AIDS
Research?” The European Journal of Women’s Studies 13, 3
(2006):229-243.
12.00-12.30
Break
12.30-13.30
Lecture: Ilse Lenz
“ Intersectionality and Practices of Equality/Inequality in Modern Societies”
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13.30-14.30
Lunch
14.30-18.00
Film: “Billy Elliot” + discussion
Afterwards
Dinner at Clochard, Uni-Center Bochum (voluntarily)
Saturday, 25. November 2006
Homework: Bring in an example of an event, a topic, a problem, or a debate which seems to
be only or primarily about gender. It can be something you read in a newspaper or magazine,
saw on TV or in a movie, or read in the course of your studies. Write down why you chose it
and why you think it is a particularly good example for a gender analysis. In class, we will reread these examples intersectionally in small groups and discuss how this changes or
elaborates our initial analysis.
10.00-11.30
Lecture: Dubravka Zarkov
Dividing Lines: Masculinity, sexuality, ethnicity and violent conflict
Read:
Dubravka Zarkov, “The Body of the Other Man: Sexual Violence and the
Construction of Masculinity, Sexulaity and Ethnicity in Croatian
Media,” In C. Moser and F. Clark (eds.), Victims, Perpetrators or
Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence. London: Zed
Books, 2001, pp.69-82.
Julie Peteet. “Male Gender and Rituals of Resistance in the Palestinian
Intifada: A Cultural Politics of Violence.” In: M. Ghoussoub and E.
Sinclair-Webb (eds.) Imagined Masculinities. Male Identity and
Culture in the Modern Middle East. London: Saqi Books, 2000, pp.
103-126.
11.30-13.00
Analyzing homework in small groups
13.00- 14.30
Lunch (Uni-Center)
14.30– 15.45 Lecture: Kathy Davis
Cutting lines: masculinity, sexuality, ethnicity, and cosmetic surgery
Read:
Kathy Davis, “’A Dubious Equality’
: Men, Women, and Cosmetic Surgery,”
Body & Society 8, 1 (2002):49-66.
Kathy Davis, “Surgical Passing: Or Why Michael Jackson’
s Nose Makes ‘Us’
Uneasy,” 0 4, 1 (2003):73-92.
15.45-17.00
Discussion: small groups report, conclusions and caveats, evaluation
Anmeldung: Bis 17. November 2006 unter: silke.bode@rub.de
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Koordinationsstelle der Marie-Jahoda-Gastprofessur:
Silke Bode, M.A.
Koordinatorin der Marie-Jahoda-Gastprofessur (Vertretung)
Ruhr-Universitä t Bochum, GC 04/501
44780 Bochum
Tel: 0234-32 22986
Email: silke.bode@rub.de
Dipl. Soz.-Wiss. Nicole Bartocha
Koordinatorin der Marie-Jahoda-Gastprofessur (Vertretung)
Ruhr-Universitä t Bochum, GC 04/505
44780 Bochum
Tel: 0234-32 22267
Email: nicole.bartocha@rub.de
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