Students taking the course are given the opportunity to design final projects that put their academic and/or creative interests in the context of gender and space. This has precipitated a wide and exciting variety of objects of inquiry and formats of exploration.
The projects are in their initial planning stages, but here is a sneak peek of what readers can look forward to:
-A short, documentary film exploring one individual's relationship to the private spaces of others
-A short story that explores the relationship of a home to the identity practices of three generations of the family that live within it
-Spatial ethnographies that locate group identities and social practices within the structures of the formal spaces they inhabit
-Critiques of scientific research about space and gender
-A website featuring feminist analysis of ancient Chinese architecture
...and more!
Students will also soon be turning in their mid-term projects, which ask them to either do a spatial ethnography or to keep a consumption diary that maps the things they purchase onto a world map. Both projects ask students to reflect on the relationship between the environment and the exercise of power and identity.
Keep reading for updates on how these projects develop!
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