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: 2020/2021 - 2S (since 08-02-2021 to 29-05-2021)

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	16	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

Considering the recommendations to maintain lectures in the presence mode, they will be performed when possible. Due to the scarcity of phisical space, this discipline will occurr both in the presence and online modes, also with syncroninc moments of teaching.