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GEN&WS 504

FEMINIST GEOGRAPHY: THEORETICAL APPROACHES

3 credits.

Provides an opening to some of the key debates and practices in feminist (political) geography. Feminist geography focuses on questions of power, difference, embodiment, and social change. How are feminist geographies in conversation with or part of other fields of inquiry, such as critical ethnic studies and Indigenous studies, which also focus on questions of difference, epistemologies of knowledge, and social transformation and/or decolonization? That is, what are the relationships of feminist geographic inquiry to liberatory projects of ending racism, capitalism, settler colonialism, and heteropatriarchy. Explore how feminist theories and approaches in geography transformed prevailing political geographic questions and concerns, such as power, politics, territory, boundaries, sovereignty, and violence. What do feminist principles and debates over feminist politics and methods bring to (political) geography?

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Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the major trajectories of feminist perspectives in (political) geography. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Gain the ability to discuss some of the relationships between feminist geography and broader feminist inquiry and politics. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Gain the ability to develop feminist questions for research and/or action relevant to your project. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Explain the relevance of feminist theory, methods, and/or practice to your project. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Explore how issues of difference and positionality inform your project and study of geography. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Articulate key debates over feminist (geographic) theory for your field and directions these debates suggest for your thesis or dissertation research. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the major trajectories of feminist perspectives in (political) geography. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Gain the ability to discuss some of the relationships between feminist geography and broader feminist inquiry and politics. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Gain the ability to develop feminist questions for research and/or action relevant to your project. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Explain the relevance of feminist theory, methods, and/or practice to your project. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Explore how issues of difference and positionality inform your project and study of geography. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Articulate key debates over feminist (geographic) theory for your field and directions these debates suggest for your thesis or dissertation research. Audience: Graduate

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