| TTIT70 | Communication and Gender, 3 ECTS credits. /Tema: Kommunikation och genus/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 10 |
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Area of Education: Social Sciences Subject area: Swedish/Gender Theory |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): B
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| Aim: The theme has two interrelated goals. Firstly, to give the student an understanding of how science and technology can be seen from a gender perspective; secondly, to develop the students skills and knowledge about oral presentation. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) TTIT 14 or TTIT 29 The Engineer in Society. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The theme is given in the form of lectures, seminars and tutorials. |
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| Course contents: In the theme, how we speak about and describe technology and science, in both popular scientific and scientific contexts, is problemized. We discuss how this affects our conceptions of gender/sex. Discussions and analyses are based on historical examples of the situation for women and men in academia and society. The introduction to the gender perspective on science and technology is combined with exercises in oral argumentation. |
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| Course literature: (in Swedish) - Merkel, Magnus (2002). Rapportskrivning. En lathund för studenter. Bokakademin. - Mellström, Ulf (1999): Män och deras maskiner, Nya Doxa, Falun S. 7-22 - Martin, Emily (1991): The egg and the sperm: How science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles, Signs, vol.16 no 3, p.485-501 - Karlsson, Sten O (1996) "Att bli cyborg: Feminism i hyperkontrollens tidsålder," (Red. Sundin, Elisabeth & Berner, Boel), Från symaskin till cyborg, Nerenius & Santérus Förlag, Stockholm s 217-248. - Johansson, Thomas (2001) "Haraways cyborg", ( Red. Kallin, Lena & Palmquist, Lena), Från Siffror till Surfing: Könsperspektiv på Informationsteknik, Institutionen För Datavetenskap Umeå universitet, s.102-109 - Cohn, Carol (1987): Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defence Intellectuals, Signs, vol.12, no 4. p.687-718 - Waldén Louise(1996): ”Dessa Levande Symaskiner”, Red. Sundin, Elisabeth & Berner, Boel, Från Symaskin Till Cyborg, Nerenius & Santérus Förlag, Stockholm, s.249-266 |
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| Examination: | |||
| Oral examination Written report |
0,5 p 1,5 p |
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| Grades are given as ‘Fail’ or ‘Pass’. Compulsory attendance – 75% minimum at lectures and seminars. | |||
Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: TEMA. Director of Studies: Ulrika Andersson Examiner: Ulrika Andersson Link to the course homepage at the department |
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