COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

Ecofeminism is a field of study which considers the hierarchical human-nature and male-female relationships in the same context, underlining the parallels between and the simultaneity of their emergence and workings. It also emphasizes the impossibility of annihilating other forms of power relationships without an awareness of these two closely knitted fundamental power relationships. The major common denominator between these two hierarchical forms, which makes them seem unshakable, is that they both rely on supposedly natural differences. The aim of this course is, firstly, to deconstruct and demystify the hierarchical human-nature and male-female relations which present themselves as natural and, secondly, based on the associations between women and nature, to demonstrate with examples the construction of all forms of power relationships, be it class, race or gender, on the basis of these two forms of power relations. After such theoretical foundations, various definitions, branches and fields of Ecofeminism will be introduced along with its relations with other feminisms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution.
---., Earthcare: Women and the Environment.
---, Ed., Major Problems in American Environmental History.
Karen J. Warren, Ed., Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature.
Patrick D. Murphy, Literature, Nature, and Other.
Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva, Ecofeminism.
Noel Sturgeon, Ecofeminist Natures: Race Gender, Feminist Theory and Political Action.
Josephine Donovan, Feminist Theory: Intellectual Traditions
---., A Feminist Caring Ethic fort he Treatment of Animals
Carol J. Adams, Beyond Animal Rights: A Feminist Tradition in the Care of Animals
Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromm, Eds., The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology.
George Sessions (ed.), Deep Ecology fort he 21st Century: Readings on the Philosophy and Practice of the New Environmentalism.
Sherry B. Ortner, Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo, Woman, Culture, and Society: A Theoretical Overview

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, class discussions, student assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

to be announced

Assessment Criteria

to be announced

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures
2. All kinds of palagiarism and attept of palagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment
3. Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions
4. Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gokcenils@yahoo.com

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes