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Course Code: 
ANT 583
Course Type: 
Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
7
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 

The aim of this course is to survey the literature on culture and gender in anthropology and to consider the shifts in thinking about gender. It asks the question, for example, how anthropology approached to sex and gender, what “women’s anthropology” means and differs from mainstream anthropology, and in what dimensions and capacity the feminist anthropology is different from conventional anthropology and so on.

Course Content: 

As an analytical category, the term “gender” became a key concept in social sciences starting in the 1960s, replacing the term “woman.” This shift aimed at discerning the realm of the biological and that of cultural. Throughout the course, we consider examples based fieldwork elucidating epistemology, praxis, and textual representation in/of sex and gender and power in different cultures. Throughout the course, students will be asked to be prepared for the discussion of weekly readings and to deliver short weekly papers.

Teaching Methods: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion 4: Simulation 5: Case Study
Assessment Methods: 
A: Testing, B: Multiple Choice C: Homework D: Fill in the blanks E: True or false F: Oral exam G: Portfolio

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Program Learning Outcomes Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
1)  Discusses categories of woman, sex, and gender 1,2,4,5 1,2,3 A,C
2)   Provides an approach to anthropoly based on gender 1,2,4,5 1,2,3 A,C
3)   Reviews anthropological literature on culture and gender 1,2,4,5 1,2,3 A,C
4)  Analyzes theoretical frameworks and approaches of gender 1,2,4,5 1,2,3 A,C
5)   Examines ethnographies based on gender perspective 1,2,4,5 1,2,3 A,C

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week Topics Study Materials
1 INTRODUCTION  
2 Gender and Theoretical Orientations Scott
3 Study of Gender  in Anthropology Mascia Lees and Johnson Black
4 Woman and Gender in Anthropology Rosaldo, Rapp
5 Woman and Culture 2 Slocum, Sacks
6 Evolutionary Models and Their Criticisms Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 3, pp: 20-39.
7 MIDTERM  
8 Psychological Models Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 4, pp: 40-46. Chodorow
9 Materialist Orientations and Their Criticisms Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 5, pp:  47-67. Sacks,
10 Stuructural Approaches and Their Criticisms Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 6, pp:  68-79. Ortner,
11 Discourse Analysis and Sociolinguistics Approach Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 7, pp:  80-91. Gal.
12 Reflexive Approach and Anthropology Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 8 and 9, pp:  92-106. Birkalan-Gedik
13 Sex and Gender/Biology and Culture Rapp and Ross
14 REVIEW  
15 FINAL  

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook  
Additional Resources Scott, Joan. 1988. “Gender as a Useful Category of Historical Analysis,” In Gender and the Politics of History. New York: Columbia University Press, pp:  28-50.

Frances E. Mascia-Lees and Nancy Johnson Black.  2000. Gender and Anthropology, Illinois: Waveland Press. Ch.1 and 2, pp: 1-19.

Rosaldo, Michelle Zimbalist, 1974. “Woman, Culture, and Society: A Theoretical Overview.” In Women, Culture and Society.  Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo and Louise Lamphere, (eds). California: Stanford University Press, pp: 17-42.

Rayna R. Reiter. 1975. “Introduction.” In Toward and Anthropology of Women.  New York:  Monthly Review Press, pp:  11-19.

Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 4, pp: 40-46.

Chodorow, Nancy. 1974. “Family Structure and Feminine Personality.” In Woman, Culture and Society.   (Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo and Louise Lamphere).  Stanford:  Stanford University Press, pp: 43-66.

Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 5, pp:  47-67.

Sacks, Karen. 1975. “Engels Revisited:  The Organization of Production, and Private Property. In Toward an Anthropology of Women. Rayna R. Reiter (ed.). New York: Monthly Review Press, pp:  211-234.

Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 6, pp:  68-79.

Ortner, Sherry, 1974. “Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture?”  In Women, Culture and Society.  Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo and Louise Lamphere, (eds). California: Stanford University Press, pp: 67-87.

Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 7, pp:  80-91.

Susan Gal. 1991. “Between Speech and Silence,” in Gender at the Crossroads of Knowledge: Feminist Anthropology in the Post-Modern Era. Ed. by Micaela di Leonardo.  Berkeley: University of California Press, pp: 175-203.

Gender and Anthropology, Ch. 8 and 9, pp:  92-106.

Birkalan-Gedik, Hande. 2009. “Türkiye’de Feminizmi ve Antropolojiyi Yeniden Düşünmek: Feminist Antropoloji Üzerine Bir Deneme.” Cogito Feminizm Özel Sayısı (58):  285-338.

Rapp, Rayna ve Ellen Ross. 1981. “Sex and Society: A Research Note from Anthropology and Social History.” Comparative Studies in Society and History (23/1): 51-72.

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents  
Assignments  
Exams  

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES NUMBER PERCENTAGE
Midterm 1 30
Class participation, presentations and attendance 1 30
Final 1 40
Total   100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE   40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE   60
Total   100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5  
1 Trains reputable academics who know the place of anthropology in the broader field of social sciences and its conceptual structure, who have absorbed the theoretical foundations and who can adopt the theoretical approaches to their original research,       X    
2 Equips students with the technical and cultural knowledge, methods, ethical concerns to be able to bring together the theory and practice to express in written and oral format; with a tendency to inquire, examine and improve themselves,         X  
3 Trains anthropologists who follow up both national and international publications related to their areas of interest in anthropology and other social sciences, who are able to interpret and analyze the current events from an anthropological perspective,       X    
4 Trains anthropologists who can apply the anthropological approach both in their professional – media and advertisement, research, strategy, NGOs etc.- and their personal lives.         X  
5 Trains anthropologists who can apply the anthropological approach both in their professional – media and advertisement, research, strategy, NGOs etc.- and their personal lives.       X    

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities Quantity Duration
(Hour)
Total
Workload
(Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 15 3 45
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 15 3 45
Mid-terms 1 50 50
Homework 1 45 45
Final examination 1 70 70
Total Work Load     255
Total Work Load / 25 (h)     10.2
ECTS Credit of the Course     10