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Module Title	Gender, body & performance
School	School of Geog Earth & Env Sci
Department	Geography
Module Code	03 23145
Module Lead	Phil Jones
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
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Co-requisites
Restrictions	For 2010-11 GGM209 Cities, Townscapes, Societies, Cultures, from 2011-12 onward, new Year 2 Module 'Cultural Geography'
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Seminar-11 hours Guided independent study-169 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	Geographies of gender and the body have become increasingly prominent within academic debates over the last decade. This module will combine an exploration of this growing body of theory, with a series of practical exercises and activities which will provide insights into the operationalisation of these concepts. Non-represenational and performative theories will form the core of the course and these will be examined to see how they can be used to inform a variety of different issues: - Introduction to psychogeography and phenomenology - Feminist epistemology and positionality - The gendering of space - Performativity - Bodies and affect - Emotional geographies - Geographies of sex - Everyday geographies - Site specific art Student-centred work will be undertaken to explore these themes within the urban spaces of Birmingham. A variety of 'performances' will be undertaken including guerrilla lecturing, psychogeographic mapping, geospatial game playing and artistic interventions. All of these activities will be reviewed for potential field hazards and ethical issues before students will be permitted to engage in them. The field work will form the basis of fortnightly workshops with non-assessed informal presentations to feedback on the performances. The performances will then be written up into a 3000 word portfolio which will form 50% of the marks for the module.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module the student should be able to: understand the key debates in the literature on geography, gender and the body apply performative theories to a variety of field-based activities, synthesising different approaches critically evaluate everyday relations between bodies and spaces through key theoretical lenses
Assessment	23145-01 : Sessional Examination : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (50%) 23145-02 : Portfolio : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	1.5hour exam (50%) 3000 word portfolio documenting and analysing the field data (50%)
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