Gender at Work in The World (GEND30003)

This subject explores diverse scenes, sites and spaces around the world where gender is "at work." It draws on key theoretical and conceptual approaches canvassed across the undergraduate Major and complicates the canon by engaging with contemporary scholarly debates and emerging perspectives in the field across real-world contexts. By focusing on specific case studies, we will explore how knowledge about sex, gender, sexuality, race and ability is constructed within and outside the Academy, and how certain kinds of knowledge are privileged over others. We will question how these knoweldges are made to matter and, conversely, how they are being challenged. The subject will provide Gender Studies students with the opportunity to reflect on, expand and synthesize the rich skills base from the Humanities and Social Sciences which they have cultivated during their studies. Additionally it offers an essential forum for discussion about how these skills are productively applied in research as well as the professional workplace, with regular contributions from external guests and alumni.