GEN111 Gender and Science

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Kateřina Lišková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Radka Musilová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 M117
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is focused on critical examination of science which is usually perceived as value-neutral, objective seeking of the truth. We will focus on one of the main streams within the science studies - feminist epistemologies. The main objective is to offer students tools for understanding and critical analysis of scholarly discourses.
Syllabus
  • Sociological critique of conventional epistemological approaches
  • Conventional epistemological approaches
  • Contentions over the character of science
  • Critique of conventional epistemological approaches
  • Feminist epistemological approaches and criticism of normal science
  • Feminist empirism
  • Feminist standpoint
  • Feminist postmodernism
  • Feminist dialogues
  • Presentations of team projects
Literature
  • The feminist standpoint theory reader : intellectual and political controversies. Edited by Sandra Harding. New York: Routledge, 2004, xiv, 379. ISBN 0415945011. info
  • BENHABIB, Seyla. Feminist contentions : a philosophical exchange. Edited by Linda J. Nicholson. New York: Routledge, 1995, 176 s. ISBN 0415910862. info
  • Feminism/postmodernism. Edited by Linda J. Nicholson. London: Routledge, 1990, ix, 348. ISBN 041590059X. info
  • Feminism and methodology :social science issues. Edited by Sandra Harding. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987, viii, 193. ISBN 0-253-20444-5. info
  • HARDING, Sandra. The science question in feminism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986, 271 s. ISBN 0-8014-9363-3. info
Assessment methods
Written position papers, active participation in seminars, oral and written presentation of the final team project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2017.
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