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Syllabus Human rights feminism and social change - 54259
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Last update 12-10-2020
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Gender Studies

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Tal Nitsan


Coordinator Office Hours: coordinate by email

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Tal Nizan

Course/Module description:
This course deals with mechanisms for social change in the neoliberal era and how they operate in global and local realities. Our departure points will be the human rights paradigm and the feminist movement and their intersections. The core part of the course will focus on a series of mechanisms, perceptions and practices for promoting social change. We will analyze connections between local grassroots organizations, state organizations and international organizations; between reformative and revolutionary approaches. Together with the different approaches, we will examine a variety of practices: advocacy, legislation, communication, education and the arts. We will ask: How do political trends and processes affect activism for social change (in a variety of global locations)? How mechanisms for promoting social justice are actually used to maintain the social reality? How can critical reading of these mechanisms promote social change (generally and specifically)?

Course/Module aims:
The course aims to promote a deep and complex understanding of social change processes

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The tools acquired in the course will enable students to analyze diverse modes of activism (different social movements, diverse practices) in global and local contexts.

Attendance requirements(%):
Obligatory attendance

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: This class combines theoretical academic texts with principles of feminist pedagogy that sees learners as agents of knowledge and change and promotes participatory and collaborative learning.

Course/Module Content:
Human Rights
FeminismS
Women’s Human Rights
Legislation
NGOization
Subversive Spaces
Education, Teaching and Learning
HERstories


Required Reading:
available on the course web page

Additional Reading Material:

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 20 %
Assignments 60 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
Given the spread of the Corona Virus, clases will be delivered through ZOOM.

Students who wish to write a seminar paper in this course are requested to coordinate this with the lecturer in advance.

Detailed instructions for the seminar writing process (to be marked separately) are available on the course webpage
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
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