How can we understand the relationship between gender and environment? And what can feminist thinking contribute to debates on the current ecological crisis and the needed sustainability transition? Drawing on feminist and gender scholarship the course introduces students to key theories and debates including ecofeminism and feminist political ecology. Over the course of the seminar we will look at early critiques of the women-environment nexus to more recent debates on care politics or posthumanism. Through diverse empirical examples of topics such as agri-food regimes, climate change, natural resources and environmental activism this course will address the gender dimensions of environmental issues.
The content of this course is expanded by the course “Qualitative research and feminist methodologies in Food Studies” (Tuesday, 2-4 pm) by Meike Brückner.
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Dounia Biedermann
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Meike Brückner