Feminist Practices - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Feminist Practices write by Dr Lori A Brown. This book was released on 2013-06-28. Feminist Practices available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Women continue to be extremely under-represented in the architectural profession. Despite equal numbers of male and female students entering architectural studies, there is at least 17-25% attrition of female students and not all remaining become practicing architects. In both the academic and the professional fields of architecture, positions of power and authority are almost entirely male, and as such, the profession is defined by a heterosexual, Eurasian male perspective. This book argues that it is vital for all architectural students and practitioners to be exposed to a diversity of contemporary architectural practices, as this might provide a first step into broadening awareness and transforming architectural engagement. It considers the relationships between feminist methodologies and the various approaches toward design and their impact upon our understanding and relationship to the built environment. In doing so, this collection challenges two conventional ideas: firstly, the definition of architecture and secondly, what constitutes a feminist practice. This collection of up-and-coming female architects and designers use a wide range of local and global examples of their work to question different aspects of these two conventional ideas. While focusing on feminist perspectives, the book offers insights into many different issues, concerns and interpretations of architecture, proposing through these types of engagement, architecture can become more culturally, politically and environmentally relevant. This 'next generation' of architects claim feminism as their own and through doing so, help define what feminism means and how it is evolving in the 21st century.
Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing, and Criticism
Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing, and Criticism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing, and Criticism write by Lauren Fournier. This book was released on 2021-02-23. Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing, and Criticism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Autotheory--the commingling of theory and philosophy with autobiography--as a mode of critical artistic practice indebted to feminist writing and activism. In the 2010s, the term "autotheory" began to trend in literary spheres, where it was used to describe books in which memoir and autobiography fused with theory and philosophy. In this book, Lauren Fournier extends the meaning of the term, applying it to other disciplines and practices. Fournier provides a long-awaited account of autotheory, situating it as a mode of contemporary, post-1960s artistic practice that is indebted to feminist writing, art, and activism. Investigating a series of works by writers and artists including Chris Kraus and Adrian Piper, she considers the politics, aesthetics, and ethics of autotheory.
Feminist Practices
Feminist Practices - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Feminist Practices write by Mary Hawkesworth. This book was released on 2013-11-01. Feminist Practices available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A classroom resource for instructors that includes full syllabi and teaching modules, Feminist Practices will be of interest to anyone who teaches in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Feminist Practices is intended for use in classrooms and to spark creative ideas for teaching a diverse array of topics. What makes a practice feminist? What is at stake in claiming the feminist label? Whether within a university context or in larger national and global ones, feminist projects involve challenging established relations of power (critique), envisioning alternative possibilities (theory), and employing activism to change social relations. By taking diverse forms of feminist practice as its focal point, this course reader investigates how to study the complexity of women’s and men’s lives in ways that take race, gender-power, ethnicity, class, and nationality seriously. Feminist Practices also shows how the production of such feminist knowledge challenges long-established beliefs about the world. Topics covered include • Gendered labor, • Commercialization of sexuality and reproduction, • Love and marriage in the twenty-first century, • Violence against women, • Varieties of feminist activism, and • Women’s leadership and governance. Feminist Practices draws upon articles published in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society to explore the nature of feminist practices in the twenty-first century and the range of issues these practices address. Organized thematically the collection captures the complexity of a global movement that emerges in the context of local struggles over diverse modes of injustice.
Transforming Feminist Practice
Transforming Feminist Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transforming Feminist Practice write by Leela Fernandes. This book was released on 2003. Transforming Feminist Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Leela Fernandes' years of teaching women studies courses at Rutgers--where she has seen frustration, paralysis and depression take hold of young students grappling with the hard realities of social activism--led her to examine the state of contemporary feminism and social justice movements. The result is an accessible social critique that goes directly to the heart of the issues. Transforming Feminist Practice takes a hard, unrelenting look at: * Social justice organizations--their need to show results (for funding), the egotism that filters in, and the replication of power bases that work against social justice goals * Academia--its emphasis on publishing, the pretensions and posturing that result, and the use of western contexts to study non-western cultures * Identity politics--that, though necessary for policy change, make it difficult to forge bridges for social justice work Fernandes' solution refocuses the struggle and opens dialogue for a new era. She suggests that feminists, as well as other social justice activists, find a non-institutional, personal spiritual base that will give them the humility and strength needed for their work. Citing the active political effect of spiritual leaders like Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr., she challenges contemporary activists to rethink what they need to do personally to sustain a thoughtful, ethical base for a lifelong struggle. Leela Fernandes is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Rutgers University, specializing in feminist approaches to the study of class politics. She is the author of Producing Workers: The Politics of Gender, Class and Culture in the Calcutta Jute Mills, as well as numerous articles and book reviews. Originally from India, she has lived in the U.S. for the past twenty years.
Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to Practice
Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to Practice write by Patricia Leavy. This book was released on 2018-08-09. Contemporary Feminist Research from Theory to Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Exploring the breadth of contemporary feminist research practices, this engaging text immerses the reader in cutting-edge theories, methods, and practical strategies. Chapters review theoretical work and describe approaches to conducting quantitative, qualitative, and community-based research with participants; doing content or media analysis; and evaluating programs or interventions. Ethical issues are addressed and innovative uses of digital media highlighted. The focus is studying gender inequities as they are experienced by individuals and groups from diverse cultural, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and with diverse gender identities. Delving into the process of writing and publishing feminist research, the text covers timely topics such as public scholarship, activism, and arts-based practices. The companion website features interviews with prominent feminist researchers. Pedagogical Features *Case examples of feminist research. *Running glossary of key terms. *Boxes highlighting hot topics and key points for practice. *End-of-chapter discussion questions and activities. *End-of-chapter annotated suggested reading (books, articles, and online resources). *Sample letters to research participants. *Appendix of feminist scholars organized by discipline.
