Introductory description

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Module aims

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Session 1 Whose feminism and why feminist pedagogy?
Session 2 Who gets to be a feminist activist? What counts as feminist activism?
Session 3 Doing feminist pedagogy: Consciousness-raising sessions
Session 4 Doing feminist pedagogy: Non-hierarchal collectives and group-centred leadership
Session 5 Activist Case Study
Session 6 Reading week
Session 7 Activist Case Study
Session 8 Activist Case Study
Session 9 International Women’s Day event
Session 10 Student Review and Summative feedback session

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Identify and apply key tenets of feminist pedagogy
• Compare and contrast competing approaches to feminist pedagogy
• Analyse the feminist pedagogical strategies of different feminist activisms at the local, national and international levels and across different cultural and historical contexts

Indicative reading list

Ahmed, S. (2009) ‘Embodying Diversity: Problems and Paradoxes for Black Feminists.’ Race,
Ethnicity and Education 12(1): 41-52.

Ahmed, S. (2014). ‘Selfcare as Warfare’ feministkilljoys blog
https://feministkilljoys.com/2014/08/25/selfcare-as-warfare/

Amos, V. and Parmar, P. (1984) ‘Challenging Imperial Feminism’, Feminist Review, Autumn 17: 3-
19.

Annesley, C. (2012). ‘Campaigning against the Cuts: Gender Equality Movements in Tough
Times.’ The Political Quarterly 83(1): 19-23.

Banks, I. (1998) ‘Resistance in Two Acts: Practical and Ideological Implications.’ Feminist
Teacher 12(1): 29-39.

Bassel, L. (2017) Why Listen? London: Palgrave.
Combahee River Collective (1977) ‘Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing in the Seventies and Eighties’ in Moraga, C. and Anzaldua, G. (eds) (1984) This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. New York: Kitchen Table. Chun, J. J. et al (2013) ‘Intersectionality as a Social Movement Strategy: Asian Immigrant Women Advocates. Signs, 38(4): 917-940. Crossley, A.D. (2015) ‘Facebook Feminism: Social Media, Blogs and New Technologies of Contemporary US Feminism’, Mobilization, 20(2): 253-268. Davis, A. Y. (1981) Women, Race and Class. New York: Random House. Delphy, C. (2015) Separate and Dominate: Feminism and Racism After the War on Terror. London: Verso Books. Emejulu, A. (2011) 'Can "the People" Be Feminists? Analysing the Fate of Feminist Justice Claims in Populist Grassroots Movements in the United States', Interface: Special Issue on Feminism, Women's Movements and Women in Movements, 3(2): 123-151. Falola, B. and Ohueri, C.W (2017) ‘Resist, Persist, Desist: Building Solidarity from Grandma Ella through Baby Angela to the Women’s March’, Gender, Place & Culture, 24(5): 1-19. Hill Collins, P. and S. Bilge (2016) Intersectionality. Cambridge: Polity Press. Hill Collins, P. (2000) Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment. Boston: Unwin Hyman. Hobson, B. (ed) (2003) Recognition Struggles and Social Movements: Contested Identities, Agency and Power. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. hooks, b. (1989) Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black. Boston: South End Press. Hull, G. T., Patricia B. S., and Smith, B. (eds) (1982) All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies. Old Westbury: The Feminist Press. Kishimoto, K. and Mwangi, M. (2009) ‘Critiquing the Rhetoric of “Safety” in Feminist Pedagogy: Women of Color Offering an Account of Ourselves’, Feminist Teacher, 19(2): 87-102. Lewis, M. M. (2011) ‘Body of Knowledge: Black Queer Feminist Pedagogy, Praxis, and Embodied Text’, Journal of Lesbian Studies, 15(1): 49-57. Lorde, A. (2017) Your Silence Will Not Protect You. London: Silver Press. Lugones, M. (2010) ‘Toward a Decolonial Feminism’. Hypatia, 25(4): 742-759. Moraga, C. and Anzaldua, G. (eds) (1984) This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. New York: Kitchen Table. Mirza, H.S. (1997) Black British Feminism: A Reader. London: Routledge.
Payne, C. (1989) ‘Ella Baker and Models of Social Change’, Signs, 14(4): 885-898. Ransby, B. (2003) Ella Baker and The Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Sudbury, J. (1998) Other Kinds of Dreams: Black Women’s Organisations and the Politics of Transformation. Routledge: London. Tormos, F. (2017) ‘Intersectional Solidarity’, Politics, Groups, and Identities, 5(4): 707-720. Yuval-Davis, N. (2012) The Politics of Belonging: Intersectional Contestations. London: Sage

Subject specific skills

Communication
Team work
Critical thinking
Problem solving
Time management

Transferable skills

Communication
Team work
Critical thinking
Problem solving
Time management