Spring 2022 - GSWS 800 G100

Toolkit for GSWS Research (5)

Class Number: 6340

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An interdisciplinary seminar introducing a variety of methodological approaches to research in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. Students will examine the theories, purpose, scope, and strategies for feminist approaches to research. Students will study examples of research and criticism from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Emphasis will be placed on rigorous and creative approaches to research design, as well as practical application of research methods. Students will apply methods studied in the course to their own areas of concentration.

COURSE DETAILS:

To what ends, and for whose benefit, do we undertake research? What forms of knowledge are perceived to be valid and valuable? Whose voices “count”? These are some of the questions that serve as the basis for this course, in which we grapple with the what, the why, and the how of doing research.

Our discussion will move between theory and method and will include opportunities for applied research practice with methods used in critical social sciences and historical fields of study. We will evaluate survey tools, visit an archive (virtually & in person), create a datawalk, and undertake an interview.

Along the way, we will return regularly to questions of knowledge production: how do we understand experience as expertise? How can practices of relational accountability reshape our approach to the (human and non-human) communities with whom we work? We will wrestle with these and other questions, while also attending to the context in which we are situated: how we negotiate the push-and-pull between feminist enactments of solidarity and efforts toward decolonization on the one hand, and exercises of (academic) hegemonic power and on the other hand.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

For more detailed information please see the GSWS website:
http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/graduate/courses/Educational_Goals.html

Grading

  • Participation 15%
  • Article review 20%
  • Interview portfolio 20%
  • Datawalk 20%
  • Peer review of Interview & Datawalk 25%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Various content (journal articles, videos, podcasts, etc.) available on Canvas and/or via SFU library databases.


Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2022

Teaching at SFU in spring 2022 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with safety plans in place.  Some courses will still be offered through remote methods, and if so, this will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required.  You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the spring 2022 term.