Women,Gender,Sexuality Studies 705 - FeministEpistemologies&Intrdis

This course will begin from the question, "what is feminist research?" Through classic and current readings on feminist knowledge production, we will explore questions such as: What makes feminist research feminist? What makes it research? What are the proper objects of feminist research? Who can do feminist research? What can feminist research do? Why do we do feminist research? How do feminists research? Are there feminist ways of doing research? Why and how do the stories we tell in our research matter, and to whom? Some of the key issues/themes we will address include: accountability, location, citational practices and politics, identifying stakes and stakeholders, intersectionality, inter/disciplinarity, choosing and describing our topics and methods, research as storytelling, and the relationship between power and knowledge.

This course was formerly titled "WGSS 691B - Issues in Feminist Research." This is a required course for students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Feminist Studies. Those students will be given priority enrollment. Certificate students can contact lindah@umass.edu if the class is full.