Undergraduate Course: Gender, Sexuality and the City (GEGR10027)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course examines constructions of gender and sexuality in western, urban societies. It explores the assumptions about gender and sexuality implicit in the physical fabric and the layout of urban environments, showing how class-specific gender ideologies are expressed in urban landscapes. The consequences for women's and men's experiences of urban space are examined, and attention is drawn to the importance of differences within as well as between gender categories. Differences associated with class, race, age, embodiment and sexual orientation are considered in this context. The course considers ways in which particular groups are constrained or disadvantaged by urban life, and the ways in which the city offers scope for redefining and diversifying understandings of gender and sexuality. Students are expected to examine issues discussed in the literature on gender, sexuality and the city in the context of Edinburgh, drawing on their own experiences of urban life together with group field projects conducted during the course. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
- To provide a grounding in the field of gender, sexuality and the city;
- to problematise taken-for-granted features of urban life;
- to provide an appreciation of the diverse approaches to studying gender, sexuality and the city;
- to enhance understanding of the operation of inter-related conceptual dichotomies including male/female, femininity/masculinity, city/country, urban/rural, public/private, home/work, sex/gender;
- to provide an appreciation of the relationship between gender and other dimensions of inequality in late twentieth century urban societies;
- to provide an appreciation of the complex and varied experiences of urban living in western societies;
- to offer opportunities to enhance a wide range of study skills.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Liz Bondi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2529
Email: Liz.Bondi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Catherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: cathy.campbell@ed.ac.uk |
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