This course examines the changes in gender relations and the lives of women in the global South as effected by the development process and their incorporation into global economic and political systems. Special focus is given to the interconnection of gender issues, development, and environmental problems in postcolonial societies or the Global South. Students learn how the history of colonization, and local as well as global inequalities, affect gender relations and environmental conditions in various countries and how development programs and policies may alter the position of women and gender relations. The course also addresses the agency of postcolonial societies to decolonize development and gender relations. Prerequisite: SOC 1000 Introduction to Sociology or ANT 2000 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology or SOC 1030 Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, or permission of instructor.
- Teacher: Siti Kusujiarti