COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRITICAL STUDIES ON MEN, MASCULINITIES AND GOVARNANCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6030 CRITICAL STUDIES ON MEN, MASCULINITIES AND GOVARNANCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMIR ÖZEREN

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

The objective is to problematize masculinity and masculine identities regarding how it is/they are constructed at organisations with an interdisciplinary approach. The emergence and theoretical progress of the field of masculinity studies as an academic discipline in the world as well as in Turkey will be examined.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to gain the ability to use the basic concepts and terminology of masculinity studies
2   to question mainstream management thought from the viewpoint of masculine roles and domination
3   to be able to analyze gender in terms of masculine roles and construction processes of masculinity
4   to explore the gendered and masculine nature of organisations
5   to be able to make connections with other areas where masculinity studies intersect (such as feminism, queer, race, class, ethnicity, etc.) and to make analytical inferences

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to masculinity studies: Understanding the socially constructed nature of masculinity
2 The emergence and development of masculinity studies as an academic discipline: An anthropological overview of masculinity
3 Hegemonic masculinity and organisations
4 Understanding the gendered and masculine nature of organisations
5 From mainstream management towards critical management studies
6 Gender as masculine domination and Habitus
7 Masculinity Crisis and Violence
8 Masculinity Studies in Academia
9 `Other Males and Masculinities on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
10 Masculinity and Intersectionality
11 Gender of Turkish Modernization: `Males establish the state, females establish the family
12 Manhood on the fault line: Examining manhood under the frame of working and employment
13 The fatherhood in masculinity studies. The changing roles of fatherhood in Turkey: (Pro)Feminist fathers
14 Student presentations, overall evaluations and concluding remarks

Recomended or Required Reading

Sancar, S. (2011). Erkeklik: imkânsız iktidar: ailede, piyasada ve sokakta erkekler. Metis.
Boratav, H. B., Fişek, G. O., & Eslen-Ziya, H. (2017). Erkekliğin Türkiye halleri. Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Sancar, Serpil. Türk Modernleşmesinin Cinsiyeti: Erkekler Devlet Kadınlar Aile Kurar. Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları 2012.
Kandiyoti, Deniz. Bargaining with Patriarchy , Gender & Society, Cilt:2, Sayı:3, 1988.
Acker, J. (1990). Hierarchies, jobs, bodies: A theory of gendered organizations. Gender & society, 4(2), 139-158.
Acker, J. (2012). Gendered organizations and intersectionality: problems and possibilities. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 31(3), 214-224.
Connell, R. W., & Messerschmidt, J. W. (2005). Hegemonic masculinity: Rethinking the concept. Gender & society, 19(6), 829-859.
Hodges, M. J., & Budig, M. J. (2010). Who gets the daddy bonus Organizational hegemonic masculinity and the impact of fatherhood on earnings. Gender & Society, 24(6), 717-745.
Murgia, A., & Poggio, B. (2009). Challenging hegemonic masculinities: men's stories on gender culture in organizations. Organization, 16(3), 407-423.
Plester, B. (2015). 'Take it like a man!': Performing hegemonic masculinity through organizational humour. Ephemera, 15(3), 537.
Türkoğlu, Beril. Fay Hattında Erkeklikler: Çalışma ve Işşizlik Ekseninde Erkeğe Bakış , Mülkiye Dergisi, Cilt:37: Sayı:4,2013.
Duva Kaya, Özlem. Ontolojik Bir Problem Olarak Erkeklik: Antikiteden Moderniteye Aklın Eril Karakteri , Posseible, Sayı:5, 2014.
Onur, Hilal ve Berrin Koyuncu. Hegemonik Erkekliğin Görünmeyen Yüzü: Sosyalizasyon Sürecinde Erkeklik Oluşumları ve Krizleri Üzerine Düşünceler , Toplum ve Bilim, Sayı: 101, 2004.
Demren, Çağdaş. Hegemonik Erkeklik: Erkeklik Kavramlarına Antropolojik Bakış , (der.Belkis Kümbetoğlu ve Hande Birkalan Gedik), Gelenekten Geleceğe Antropoloji.Istanbul: Epsilon 2005.
Özbay, Cenk. Türkiye de Hegemonik Erkekliği Aramak , Doğu Batı, Sayı 63, 2012.
Kimmel, Michael S. Homofobi Olarak Erkeklik: Toplumsal Cinsiyet Kimliğinin Inşasında Korku, Utanç ve Sessizlik ,Fe Dergi,Cilt: 5, Sayı:2,2013.
Barutçu, Atilla ve Naz Hıdır. Türkiye de Babalığın Değişen Rolleri: (Pro)Feminist Babalar Fe Dergisi, Cilt: 8, Sayı: 2, 2016.
Özkazanç, Alev ve Erman Örsan Yetiş. Erkeklik Ve Kadına Şiddet Sorunu: Eleştirel Bir Literatür Değerlendirmesi , Fe Dergi, Cilt: 8, Sayı: 2, 2016.
Altınoluk, Duygu. Cinsiyetlendirilmiş Kurum Olarak Akademi: Erkek Akademisyenlerin Öteki Üzerinden Erkeklik Inşaları , Masculinities: a Journal Of Identity And Culture, Sayı: 8, 2017.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1- The project should be presented as 20-40 pages of written text within the scope of the research title assigned to the students. It is important that the project should be written in line with academic ethics (free from plagiarism) and should reflect critical
thinking. It is important for students to be able to explain each stage of the project, present the project to their classmates, answer the questions directed to them, and carry out the original value of the research.

2- The students are expected to be able to identify the key issues by questioning case studies presented to them, to deconstruct the texts in the reading list, to critically filter them and develop some analytical findings and propositions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes.
2. Violations of plagiarism of any kind will result in disciplinary steps being taken.
3. Active participation is expected in group works and class discussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr.Emir Ozeren
emir.ozeren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 136

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.14
LO.25544
LO.355544
LO.455444
LO.555555

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