Module I : Doing and undoing gender. Ethnomethodological approaches in Gender Studies
29-30 mars 2012, Neuchâtel
Intervenant·e·s :
- Kristen Schilt, University of Chicago
- Stefan Hirschauer, University of Mainz
Lors de ce module seront abordées les dernières tendances dans les Etudes Genre. Il s’agira de mettre à jour et de discuter des approches et des problématiques nouvelles, soulevées depuis quelques années, dans les sciences humaines et sociales. Genre et hétéronormativité, genre et corps, genre et sexualité sont quelques-uns des thèmes abordés lors de ce module et seront traitées, entre autres, les approches de l’intersectionnalité, du doing gender et du « ethnographier le genre ».
Module II : Work in Progress in Gender Studies
20 avril 2012, Lausanne
Le Work in Progress du Centre LIEGE permet aux doctorant·e·s notamment de présenter l’avancement de leurs travaux de recherche face à un public spécialisé en genre. Habituellement, les papiers sont discutés par des membres du réseau LIEGE, présentes lors de cette rencontre. Pour le programme CUSO en Etudes Genre, il représente une plate-forme où les doctorant·e·s peuvent présenter leurs recherches.
What is coalition? Reflections on the conditions of alliance formation with Judith Butler’s work
14-14 mai 2012, Genève
Intervenante :
- Prof. Judith Butler
14-15 May 2012 : European Conference - In English - Registration required
14 May 2012 : Public Lecture- In French - Free Entrance
Module III : Critical discourse analysis
11-12 juin 2012
Intervenantes :
- Philomena Essed, Prof. Critical Race, Gender and Leadership Studies, Université d’Antioch, Californie
- Rosemary Moeketsi, Prof., Executive Dean, College of Human Sciences, UNISA, Afrique du Sud
Discourse
Discourse as dialogue, conversation or text has been a pertinent area of research in linguistics, social psychology, communication, and in media studies. But also philosophy and the broader social sciences have claimed discourse as an area of research. Discourse, as a social concept, particularly in relation to knowledge and power gained prominence through Foucault and other philosophers in the 1980s and has since been adopted throughout the social sciences.
Discourse analysis
Discourse analysis is strongly grounded in linguistics starting from Transformational Generative Grammar by scholars such as Noam Chomsky (1954, Householder 1959, Katz and Fodor 1964). Discourse Analysis, both as a discipline and as a method for empirical research, integrates context as indispensable aspect. Discourse can be produced in oral, textual and visual forms. Human beings speak, write or make gestures with a certain purpose in mind (or sometimes not so consciously). Successful discourse therefore is when an utterance is made and is understood in the sense that the speaker meant. In discourse, therefore, the following questions are pertinent: who, when, where, why, what, how (cf Hymes 1967ff). The context of discourse, also known as its universe, is one of the key elements of discourse production and interpretation. The study of context shows that text, talk and visual presentations often mean more that they actually say on the surface.
When Discourse Analysis meets Critical Analysis
One particular interdisciplinary area is Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) which focuses on discourse and power and in particular on the discursive reproduction of social inequality. It can also show how social relations, including social inequality can be challenged discursively. Critical Discourse Analysis has been used extensively in the study of gender relations, ethnic relations, racism studies and so on. People’s values and sense of self are often expressed through discourse. The discursive construction of gender identities is a case in point. Critical Discourse Analysis reveals underlying meanings through the analysis of statements, documents, or stories.
Critical Discourse Analysis, though emerging from the field of language has also many applications that are accessible and useful for students in the broader area of the humanities and in the social sciences. In fact, Critical Discourse Analysis is an interdisciplinary field.
The range of Critical Discourse Analysis is too large to capture its full meaning in the two-day workshop. Participants who really want to specialize in Critical Discourse Analysis may want to pursue more extended training. But they can get a good impression by browsing, for instance, through the journals of Discourse and Society and Critical Discourse Studies. Themodule is meant to trigger initial interest in this area and to explore, together with participants, how CDA can be useful in their own research.
This will be a WORKshop. We intend to introduce participants to critical discourse analysis by way of its practical application.
Module IV : Swiss International Summer School in Gender Studies
27.08-02.09.2012, Lausanne
Intervenantes :
- Elsa Dorlin, Prof., Sciences politiques, Université de Paris-VIII
- Sabine Hark, Prof., Faculté des lettres, Université technique de Berlin
- Patricia Hill Collins, Prof. (distinguée), Sociologie, Université du Maryland (USA)
- Véronique Mottier, Prof., Faculté des sciences sociales et politiques, Université de Lausanne / Université de Cambridge
Depuis 2010, le réseau « Etudes Genre CH » organise une Swiss International Summer School qui se tient chaque deux ans. Le thème de la Summer School 2012 est : « Reading Power Relations : Gender in Contextual Perspective ». En 2012, elle se tiendra conjointement au 6e Congrès international de la Recherche féministe francophone. Il s’agit d’une rencontre sur cinq jours entre des doctorant·e·s sélectionné·e·s pour la proximité de leurs recherches avec le thème de la Summer School et des expertes étrangères de renommée internationale qui discutent des présentations et qui mènent des Masterclasses.
