Feminist postcolonialism and critical race studies

The purpose of the course is to introduce students to feminist postcolonial theory and critical race studies from a gender perspective. The course provides an overview of postcolonial debates in gender studies, including their development and their impact on gender studies and feminist knowledge production. Students learn about indigenous epistemologies, black feminism, and Muslim feminism, as well as other marginalised voices in gender studies. The aim is to promote independent thinking about relations between Nordic colonialism, settler colonialism, and racial oppression in relation to social categories such as gender, race, ethnicity, and religion. The course examines how such power relations contribute to local and global inequalities.

For a better understanding of these theoretical issues, students discuss historical cases and contemporary examples to analyse colonial structures, institutional racism, Islamophobia, migration and integration processes, oppression of indigenous peoples, and the representation of minorities. The course offers students a chance to learn about the everyday connections between race, ethnicity, and gender, and also the opportunity to engage in in-depth study of feminist postcolonialism and critical race studies.

Progressive specialisation: G1F (has less than 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: 15 ECTS credits in Social Science, the Humanities, Pedagogy, or Health Science, and upper secondary level English 6, or equivalent

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.