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September 30th-December 9th
Every Thursday, 9:00-10:30am Eastern Time
Description: This 10-week seminar is designed for students who want to start research with a feminist theoretical framework. While this course focuses on technique, it also hones in on the theoretical background of feminist research including, epistemology critiques and feminist standpoints. Course discussions will revolve around feminist theories, epistemologies and research methods within feminist frameworks. This seminar also provides an opportunity to present a research project that will allow for the students to express themselves and their research in different ways.
More Information: Participants who successfully complete the seminar requirements will receive a certificate of satisfactory completion from the Dean of The New School for Social Research. In order to obtain a certificate of satisfactory completion, a registrant must attend at least 8 of 10 seminar sessions and participate in at least 2 seminar sessions by posing questions or raising subjects for discussion.
Registration will remain open for the duration of the seminar. Registrants will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link each week.
The seminar sessions will be recorded and available to registrants.
Seminar Leaders:
Asli Kotaman is an Associate Researcher at the University of Bonn. Her studies focus on video activism within feminist perspectives.
Pelin Yalçinoğlu Kaplan specializes in science teaching and learning and elementary education. She is one of the founders of the Eskisehir School where she is the lecturer and coordinator of the Gender Workshop.
September 30: Introduction to Feminist Methodology
October 7: Critque of Positivism, Science and Feminism
October 14: Feminist Methodology and Epistemology
October 21: Researcher’s Positionality and Issue of Objectivity in Feminist Research
October 28: Participatory Research and Ethics
November 4: Observation, Interview, Action Research
November 11: History of Feminist Movements
November 18: Feminism History in Turkey and in the Ottoman Empire
November 25: Thanksgiving Holiday in U.S. – No Class
December 2: Digital Feminist Activism and Media, A New Research Methodology for New Media, Internet-based Research
December 9: How Does a Literature Amplify the Study of Feminism?
All readings below are suggestions – they are not required.
Week 1: Reading for September 30th, 2021
- Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Patricia Leavy, and Michelle L. Yaiser, “Feminist Approaches to Research as a Process: Reconceptualizing Epistemology, Methodology, and Method”
- Maria Mies. Towards a Methodology of Women’s Studies
- Film of the Week: On the Basis of Sex, Director: Mimi Leder
Discussion questions: Discussion Questions: What is science? How do you define feminism? What is feminist research? What makes a film feminist?
Week 2: Reading for October 7th, 2021
- Harding, Sandra. “Is There a Feminist Method?” Feminism and Methodology, Social Science Issues. Ed. Sandra Harding. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1987. 1-14.
- Ahmed Sara, (2000). ‘Whose Counting?’, Feminist Theory, 1, 1: 119-125.
- Film of the Week: Suffragette
Discussion Question: What is the relation between epistemology and methodology?
Week 3: Reading for October 14th, 2021
Discussion Questions: What are the challenges of doing feminist research? Can we talk about a specific methodology for feminist research?
Week 4: Reading for October 21st, 2021
- Wolf, D. (1993). Introduction: Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 13(3), 1-8
- England, K. (1994). Getting personal: Reflexivity, Positionality and Feminist Research. The Professional Geographer 46(1): 80-89.
- Film of the Week: Hidden Figures
- Guest Speaker: Dr. Nehir Gündoğdu, Kilis University, Editor of book: Feminist Methodology in Turkey
Discussion Questions: What is our understanding of objectivity? Are science and scientists objective? Should they be objective? Does the culture you grew up in have different expectations for boys and girls? At what age do distinctions between the genders start?
Week 5: Reading for October 28th, 2021
- Corin Glesne, “Field Relations: Researcher Roles, Rapport and Reflexivity” (Chapter 5) in Becoming Qualitative Researchers, Pearson 2016
- Guest Speaker: Dr. Güneş Koç, Arel University
Discussion Questions: What is participatory research? How to decide researcher’s roles and position in the research field? How to balance the role of researcher? What is reflexivity in the research? How do we construct validity in feminist research? How do we know what is right when doing research? What is ethical and what is not?
Week 6: Reading for November 4th, 2021
- Corin Glesne, “Making Words Fly: Developing Understanding Through Interviewing” (Chapter 4) in Becoming Qualitative Researchers, Pearson 2016
- Guest Speaker: Dr. Zeynep Gülru Göker, Sabancı University
Discussion Questions: How do we learn from others? What are the ways of collecting data and producing knowledge in the feminist research framework?
Week 7: Reading for November 11th, 2021
- Film of the Week: Persepolis
- Guest Speaker: Dr. Selime Büyükgöze, Mor Çatı “Feminist politics in Turkey: from consciousness raisings to the streets”
Discussion Questions: What have feminist movements achieved in your country?
Week 8: Reading for November 18th, 2021
- Guest Speaker: Dr. Zeynep Kutluata, Kadir Has University Visiting Lecturer, the history of feminism in Turkey
November 25th, 2021 – Thanksgiving Holiday, No Class
Week 9: Reading for December 2nd, 2021
- Guest Speaker: Gulum Sener, What is Digital Feminism and how do we associate feminism with activism?
- Guest Speaker: Ozge Celikaslan, activist, feminist and videograph, founder of Bak-Ma: What is digital archiving?
Discussion Questions: What is Digital Feminism and how do we associate feminism with activism? What is digital archiving?
Week 10: Reading for December 9th, 2021
- Guest Speaker: Dr. Deniz Gündoğan İbrişim, “Shifting the Paradigm: towards a Feminist and Queer Poetics of Narrative”
Closing statements. Future expectations and future research plans will be discussed.
Additional Reading
- Anderson, Elizabeth, “Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)
- Sandra Harding. Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology: What is “Strong Objectivity “ The Centennial Review Vol. 36, No. 3 (FALL 1992), pp. 437-470.
- Corin Glesne “But Is it Ethical? Considering what is “Right”” (Chapter 6) in Becoming Qualitative Researchers, Pearson 2016.
- Susan Lanser “Toward a Feminist Narratology” Penn State University Press, 1986.
- Angela Carter “The Bloody Chamber”, 1979.
- Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1949.