Deconstruction of Patriarchal Culture for the Prevention of Gender Violence

Code:

OP213

Acronym:

DCPPVG

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Social Studies/Public Policies / Educational Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=407245
Responsible unit:	Education Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Educational Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCED	12	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

- Develop concepts on culture and gender and domestic violence, in diverse theoretical perspectives;


- Critical analysis on educational and cultural settings and power mechanisms in the social production of a culture that tolerates gender violence;

- Reflect upon the connection between power dinamics, social movements and social change in the socio-historic construction around gender violence, family violence, as well as violence against elderly and against children;

- Identify and critical analysis of models and social policies in intervention for cultural and educational change concerning gender violence;

- Elaboration of small educative intervention projects in the field of social and cultural change of gender violence in a multidisciplinary perspective.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is expected that students will learn:

- to critically analyze theoretical perspetives related to culture and gender violence;

- to develop skills to improve horizontalization of communication, in a dynamic hermeneutic framework;  

- to analyze possibilities of creating social educacational change;

- to analyze conflict and power dinamics both in reproduction and in change concerning culture and gender violence;

- to analyze possible relations between social and educational change in order to prevent gender violence. 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

MCED Regulation

Program

 

1. Culture – a polissemy concept in the diverse social sciences: antropology, sociology, historiography, education, women’s studies, feminist studies, gender studies and queer studies;

 

2. Patriarchy(s): diverse perspetives in its conceptualization – problems, dilemas and possibilities;

 

 

3. The contribution of postcolonial studies and decolonial studies for the problematizarion of culture and gender violence;

 

4. Culture, hegemony and social change;

 

5. Hegemonic culture and gender violence: the cultural foundations of patriarchal societies and gender order;

 

6. Cultural production and social change: an educational perspective on deconstructing patriarchal culture;

 

7. Intervention projects for deconstructing patriarchal culture and preventing gender violence.

 

 

Mandatory literature

Ahmed, Bipasha; Reavey, Paula & Majumdar, Anamika; “Constructions of ‘Culture’ in Accounts of South Asian Women Survivors of Sexual Violence”, 2009
Sokolof, Natalie; Domestic Violence at the Margins. Readings on Race, Class, Gender and Culture, 2010
Gill, Aisha; Interrogating cultural narratives about ‘honour’- based violence, 2014
Bosch-Rol, Esperanza; Ferrer-Pérez, Victoria A., & Alzamora-Mir, Ana; El laberinto patriarcal. Reflexiones teórico-prácticas sobre la violencia contra las mujeres, 2006
Sardenberg, Cecília M.B. ; Liberal vs. Liberating Empowerment: A Latin American Feminist Perspective on Conceptualising Women’s Empowerment, 2008
Rodríguez Castro, Yolanda; Magalhães, Maria José; Lameiras Fernández, María & Faílde Garrido, Jose María; 
A situación da violencia de xénero en Portugal , 2011
Magalhães, Maria José; Rodriguez-Castro, Yolanda & Alonso, Patrícia ; Elderly Victims of Gender Violence in Portugal: Invisible and Not Heard?, 2016
Magalhães, Maria José & Cruz, Angélica Lima ; Violência simbólica contra as mulheres na arte e na vida: o caso de Susana e os Velhos”, 2014
Araújo, Helena C., Laura Fonseca, Maria José Magalhães & Carlinda Leite ; “Em busca da Interculturalidade entre Mulheres Ciganas e Padjas na Educação”, 2002
Coimbra, Artemisa; “Crónicas de Mortes Anunciadas : violência doméstica, imprensa e questões de género em articulação com a educação da cidadania ”, , 2008
Felgueiras, Raquel; Cruz, Angélica Lima; Magalhães, Maria José; Narrativas Visuais: arte participativa com mulheres e jovens vítimas de violência”, 2017
Rodriguez-Castro, Yolanda; Alonso-Ruido, Patricia & Magalhães, Maria José; “Violencia de género em Portugal: Análise de los discursos de los equipos técnicos de atención a las víctimas”, 2016
Magalhães, Maria José: Pontedeira, Cátia; Guerreiro, Ana & Ribeiro, Patrícia ; “Integrating the Prevention of Gender-based Violence in the Curriculum Design and Development with High School Teachers”, 2015
Cordeiro, Joana; Magalhães, Maria José; Costa, Diana; Mendes, Tatiana; “Towards a gender violence prevention curriculum: Contributions from teacher education”, 2015
Magalhães, Maria José: Teixeira, Ana M.; Dias, Ana T. ; “Prevention of gender violence in kindergarten: A look from curriculum studies”, 2015
Walsh, Catherine (ed.) ; Pensamiento Crítico Y Matriz (De)Colonia,. Reflexiones Latinoamericanas,, 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

The course will emphasize active, dialogic and committed pedagogies, as well as content pedagogy in a small proportion:

Pedagogic strategies will be:

- Oral reports of students experiences;

- Presentation of articles (or book chapters) by groups of students with focus on the issue of the course;

- Brief comparative analysis of diverse theoretical explanations in culture and gender violence – group work; or, alternatively:

- Analysis or elaboration of small intervention projects for deconstructing patriarchal culture and preventing gender violence;

- Analysis of patriarchal culture in quotidian situations and its characterization for gender violence; individual assignment.

keywords

Social sciences > Educational sciences
Social sciences > Political sciences > Public policy > Cultural policy

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	50,00
Trabalho de investigação	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Distributed with final exam.

Attending conditions: attending and participating in, at least, 75% of the classes (minimum 8 grades).

Evaluation formula: oral presentation of an article or book chapter in group 20%, group work about an analysis of a quotidian situation 30%, individual assignment  50%.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed with final exam.

Attending conditions: attending and participating in, at least, 75% of the classes (minimum 8 grades).

Evaluation formula: oral presentation of an article or book chapter in group 50%, individual analysis of a quotidian situation 50%;

Examinations or Special Assignments

The general rule of the University is applied.

Internship work/project

None.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

General rule is applied.

Classification improvement

Students can improve their works, at leat once.

Observations

None.