Gender Studies 201 - Prac/Meth Feminist Scholarship

Spring
2014
01
4.00
Bettina Judd
MW 11:00AM-12:15PM
Mount Holyoke College
87323
Clapp Laboratory 126
bjudd@mtholyoke.edu
'How do scholars produce knowledge? What can we learn from differences and similarities in the research process of a novelist, a biologist, an historian, a sociologist, and a film critic? Who decides what counts as knowledge? We will examine a range of methods from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, including visual analysis, archival exploration, interviewing, and ethnography, as we consider the specific advantages (and potential limitations) of diverse disciplinary approaches for feminist inquiry. We will take up numerous practical questions as well as larger methodological and ethical debates. This course provides a foundation for advanced work in the major.'
Prereq: Gender Studies 101
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.