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3. (South) African Feminisms

This is an exemplary course which combines various topics from the other courses—Transnational Feminism, Indian Feminism, (South) African Feminism, and Islamic Feminisms—into...

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Lecture 1: The Meaning of Freedom and Democracy for Women

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Group Discussion Questions:

• What specific characteristic of women's sexuality and gender provides them with potential authoritative power?
• Look at the longue duree history of South Africa and analyse how and why patriarchy transformed the power hierarchy.
• How did colonialism affect notions of sexuality in both South Africa?
• After listening to the discussions in the lecture and going through the slides, what was common in how sexuality was perceived and constructed?
• Androcentrism (male centredness and male control) crosses different modes of living. What do you think makes this possible?

Lecture 2: The Struggle for Gender Equality and the Transition to Democracy  

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Group Discussion Questions:

• What kind of claims are the women making in this protest?
• What does the symbolism of the public form, nakedness, suggest in theoretical terms?
• What can we deduce about the disconnect between paper rights and lived relations of gender power in particular cultural contexts?

Lecture 3: (South) African Feminism(s): Navigating Intersectionality in the Everyday – Current Debates 

Lecture 4: Gender Violence - A Central Trope in the Age of Democracy: The Zuma Rape Trial

Lecture 5: Patriarchy and Androcentrism: Hegemonic Masculinities, Heteronormativity and Plural Sexualities in South Africa 

Lecture 6: The Gendered Refugee Regime in South Africa – Open Door to Securitization

Lecture 7: The Gendered Effects of Coronavirus 

Student Presentation by Julika Huelsemann: Literature Analysis on the article on Nudity, Protest, and Law in Uganda

Student Presentation by Jella Arnold: A Feminist View of the Rhodes Must Fall Movement and Fees Must Fall Movement

TraGS is a participatory learning tool and a resource for students and teachers. With the aim to develop transnational perspectives in Gender Studies a diverse team worked on introducing you to Indian, (South)African, Islamic and Transnational Feminisms and you find modules on those four topics. We then also go beyond these repositories and include two modules on cross cutting and exemplary themes: forced migration and gender-based violence. You find all this in ‘Content’. Additionally, we provide a ‘Framework’—looking at glossaries, archives, didactics as some elements to discuss and to further develop the discourse: What are transnational perspectives in Gender Studies? Is it possible to go beyond national and cultural positionings and standpoints? 

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