GWSS 490 A: Special Topics in Women Studies

GENDERED OBJECTS OBJECTS ARE LADEN WITH POWER RELATIONS AND PERSONAL MEANING, BUT WE OFTEN OVERLOOK OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM AND THE FUNCTIONS THEY PERFORM IN DIFFERENT SCALES AND CONTEXTS. USING A TRANSNATIONAL AND INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST FRAMEWORK AND INTEGRATING PERSPECTIVES FROM ARCHEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, ART HISTORY, MUSEOLOGY, AND CULTURAL STUDIES, THIS COURSE GUIDES STUDENTS IN A WIDE-RANGING AND INNOVATIVE EXPLORATION OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OBJECTS. OPEN TO STUDENTS FROM ALL DISCIPLINES AND PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CURATORIAL WORK, ARCHIVAL WORK, AND/OR RESEARCH THAT FOCUSES ON MATERIAL CULTURE.