Overview

Using a decolonial feminist perspective this topic explores various campaigns for social and political change around the globe. The topic begins with an overview of key concerns in decolonial and anti-capitalist feminist thought offering students critical conceptual frameworks with which to explore resistance movements in Australia and further abroad in … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

The topic aims to provide students with in-depth exposure to some of the main theoretical approaches in contemporary political feminist philosophy. This will include decolonial feminist philosophy and feminist approaches to ‘the commons’. The topic will facilitate students’ critical engagement with various feminist social and political campaigns for change in Australia and around the globe.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Evaluate critically theoretical approaches in contemporary political feminist philosophy and decolonial theory
2.
Appraise the connections between feminist and decolonial theory and the various feminist social and political campaigns for change in Australia and around the globe with an appropriate vocabulary
3.
Evaluate the politics of your own social location in terms of sexuality, race, gender and class using critical thinking and independent judgement
4.
Debate issues arising from debates relating to feminism and coloniality

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