module
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ARAM230: Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Gender, Sexuality & Settler Colonialism
- Gendering Political Violence
- Nationalism & the Construction of Collective Identities
- Borders, Boundaries & the Politics of Space
- Displacement & Diaspora
- Embodiment: Experiences of Control & Carcerality
- The Politics of Everyday Life: Normalcy &‘Getting By’
- Feminist Praxis & Women’s Activism
- Queer Politics: Pinkwashing & Homonationalism
- Resistance: From Ordinary Actions to Popular Protest
- Anti-colonial Politics & De-colonial Projects
- Toward New Political Futures: Imagination and Cultural Production
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x 2-hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 55 | Weekly reading (5 hours per week) |
| Guided Independent Study | 11 | Class/seminar prep (1 hour per week) |
| Guided Independent Study | 30 | Project (20 hours researching/coordinating, 10 hours writing/preparing presentation) |
| Guided Independent Study | 32 | Essay (20 hours reading, 12 hours writing) |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Other Learning Resources
Videos/films, TV programmes, online materials (news sites, blogs, social media), images, podcasts, play scripts, music, memoirs.