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Gender and the politics of knowledge 861


 
Module code GNR 861
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Humanities
Module content

This module explores the politics of feminist knowledge production across a range of geopolitical contexts. The politics of making feminist theories and narratives are debated via an exploration of concepts such as coloniality, intersectionality and epistemic injustice. The module also considers the links between epistemic frames and lived experiences of oppression and introduces students to the central ideas of feminist theoretical approaches such as: decolonial feminism, neo-materialism, social constructionism and transnational feminism. The module focuses throughout on the gendered and racialised politics of knowledge production.
Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 09
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Sociology
Period of presentation Semester 2
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