General provisions

The Centre for Gender Research is responsible for this course.

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university

Learning outcomes

Following successful completion of the course students will be able to:

- Identify different ways that family, kinship and reproduction are conceptualised and represented.

- Discuss these different conceptualisations and representations in relation to relevant theories and approaches.

- Develop theoretically informed arguments in relation to issues of family, kinship and reproduction in relation to specific topics.

- Situate debates in relation to issues of power, inequality and global contexts.

- Actively participate in seminar discussions and present written and oral arguments in the independent and critical manner expected at the advanced level.

Content

Few questions raise more heated debate than those pertaining to family, kinship and reproduction, and indeed, few areas demonstrate more clearly the interconnectedness of the private and the public. The material addressed in this course attends to issues such as reproductive technologies (ARTs) and rights, friendship and intimacy, parenthood, queer families, violence, and practical and conceptual borders between kin and non-kin. The theoretical basis for the course is in interdisciplinary gender studies, and the course offers critical perspectives on family, kinship and reproduction. Students are encouraged to identify different conceptualizations and theoretical traditions in relation to family, kinship and reproduction and then to interrogate these debates in relation to power, inequality and global contexts.

Instruction

The course is delivered through a series of mandatory lectures and/or seminars.

Assessment

All seminars are part of the examination and include written and oral assignments. In addition students are expected to complete a written paper based on the theme of the course. All essays will undergo a plagiarism check.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.