2014-04-15 IPD 1 syllabus 2014 1 Weekly Readings (2014.4.15

2014-04-15 IPD 1 syllabus 2014
Weekly Readings (2014.4.15)
This is a provisional syllabus and will be revised according to the needs and interests of the
students. Often there are additions or changes in the readings. These will be announced in
class. Please be sure to check for changes if you are absent.
1. Introduction
4/10
2. Structural violence, Popoki and Peace 4/17
(1) Galtung, Johan. “Cultural Violence.” Journal of Peace Research, Vol.27, no.3, 1990, pp.291-305
(2) Confortini, Catia C. “Galtung, Violence, and Gender: The Case for a Peace Studies/Feminism
Alliance.” Peace and Change, Vol.31, No.3, July 2006, pp.333-367.
(3) Munck, Ronaldo. “Introduction: Deconstructing Violence: Power, Force, and Social Transformation.”
Latin American Perspectives, 35:5:3-19, Violence: Power, Force, and Social Transformation (Sep.,
2008).
Further study
(1) ‘Nuclear Ginza’ (YouTube, this one is posted on the Tokyo Subculture Research Center Site)
http://www.japansubculture.com/2011/04/nuclear-ginza-japans-secret-at-risk-labor-force-and-the-fukushi
ma-disaster/
(A three-part documentary on the contamination of workers at Japan’s nuclear plants made in 1995)
3. Other views of power and violence 4/24
(1) Foucault, Michel. “The Subject and Power.” Critical Inquiry 8:4 (Summer, 1982), pp.777-795.
(2) Das, Veena. “Violence, Gender, and Subjectivity.” Annual Review of Anthropology 37(2008),
pp.283-299.
(3) Zalewski, Marysia and Runyan, Anne Sisson. “Taking Feminist Violence Seriously in Feminist IR.”
International Feminist Journal of Politics. 15:3, 293-313, DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2013.766102
Further study
(1) Deveaux, Monique. “Feminism and Empowerment: A critical reading of Foucault” Feminist Studies
20:2 (1994), pp.223-247.
(2) Arendt, Hannah. “Reflections on Violence.” NY Times Review of Books, February 27, 1969. Available
at:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1969/feb/27/a-special-supplement-reflections-on-violence/
4. Gender, Sex and Sexuality 5/1
(1) Fausto-Sterling, Anne. “The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough.” (Williams, Christine
L. and Arlene Stein, eds. Sexuality and Gender, Blackwell, 2002, pp.468-473).
(2) Cornwall, Andrea & Susie Jolly. “Development with a Body: making connections between sexuality,
human rights and development” in Cornwall, Correa and Jolly, Development with a Body: Sexuality,
Human Rights and Development.” Zed Books, 2008, pp.1-22.
(3) Weeks, Jeffrey. Sexuality. Second edition, Chapter 2: “The Invention of Sexuality,” Routlege, 2003,
pp.11-40.
Further Study
The following sites may be of interest.
**(1) Transsexual and Transgendered News
http://www.lauras-playground.com/trans_news.htm
See for example, Koyama, Emi. “From Social Construction to Social Justice: Transforming How We
Teach About Intersexuality”
**(2) Intersex Initiative http://www.intersexinitiative.org/
5．Feminism, Gender and IR 5/8
Introducing Basic Concepts of Feminist IR
(1) Introduction and Chapter 1: “Gender in International Relations.” In Steans, Jill, Gender and
International Relations, 3nd edition. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013, pp.1-24
(We will use this textbook to get an understanding of Feminist IR)
(2) Chapter 2: “Feminist International Relations,” Steans 2013: 25-46)
(3) Carver, Terrell, et al “Gendering Jones: Feminisms, IRs, Masculinities.” Review of International
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Studies, 24: 2 (Apr., 1998), pp. 283-297
Further study
(1) Peacock, Dean. “We exist! Voices of male feminism.” (Wilson, et. al, pp.187-200)
6. Using Gender as a Lens 5/15
(1) Chapter 3: “States, Nations and Citizenship,” (Steans 2013: 47-69)
(2) Mohanty, Chandra Talpade. “Under Western Eyes” Revisited: Feminist Solidarity through Anticapitalist
Struggles.” Signs, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Winter 2003), pp. 499-535
(3) Trask, Haunani Kay. “The Color of Violence.” Social Justice, 31:4(98); 2004, pp.8-16
Further study
(1) Mohanty, Chandra Talpade. “Under Western Eyes: Feminist scholarship and Colonial Discourses.”
Boundary 2, 12:3 (1984), pp.333-358
(2) Youngs, Gillian. “Feminist International Relations: a contradiction in terms? Or: why women and
gender are essential to understanding the world we live in.” International Affairs 80:1 2004, pp.75-87.
7. Gender and Human Rights 5/22
One of the important issues facing the international community today
(1) Chapter 4: “Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights” (Steans 2013:70-95)
(2) Shill, Kate, “Sexual Rights are Human Rights” (Correa and Jolly 2008:45-53).
(3) UN Women. “In Pursuit of Justice,” Progress of the World’s Women 2011-12, pp.1-15.
(The theme of this year’s report is gender justice. This brief introduction will explain some of the important
documents and ideas in this area).
Further study
(1) UNIFEM. Trafficking in Persons: A Gender and Rights Perspective: Briefing Kit (2002)
http://www.unifem.org/materials/item_detail.php?ProductID=51
(2) International Framework for Action To Implement the Trafficking in Persons Protocol
http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Framework_for_Action_TIP.pdf
(3) Online Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons
http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Toolkit-files/07-89375_Ebook[1].pdf
8. Women in War and Peace 5/29
Some views from Feminist IR on War and Peace
(1) Chapter 5: “Conflict, Peace and Violence,” (Steans 2013: 95-115)
(2) UN Women. Chapter 4 “Justice for Women During and After Conflict” In Pursuit of Justice Progress of
the World’s Women 2011-2012 pp.80-103.
(3) Hansen, Lene (2000) “Gender, Nation, War: Bosnia and the Construction of Security.” International
Feminist Journal of Politics, 3:1, pp.55-75, DOI: 10.1080/14616740010019848
Further study
(1) Sjorborg and Via, “Introduction” in Sjoberg, Laura and Sandra Via, eds. Gender, War and Militarism:
Feminist Perspectives. Praeger, 2010, pp.1-13
(2) Peterson, V. Spike. “Gendered Identities, Ideologies, and Practices in the Context of War and
Militarism” in Sjoberg, Laura and Sandra Via, eds. Gender, War and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives.
Praeger, 2010, pp.17-41
(3) Cockburn, Cynthia (2010) “Gender Relations as Causal in Militarization and War.” International
Feminist Journal of Politics, 12:2, 139-157
9. Gender, Conflict and UNSC Resolution 1325 6/5
(1) Chapter 6: “Security and Peacekeeping.” (Steans 2013:116-139)
(2) Shepard, Laura “Sex, Security and Superhero(in)es: From 1325 to 1820 and Beyond.” International
Feminist Journal of Politics. 13:4, 504-521
(3) Dharmapuri, Sahana. “Just Add women and Stir?” Parameters, Spring 2011, pp.56-70.
Further Reference:
(1) Resolution 1325 (2000) http://www.un.org/events/res_1325e.pdf
(2) Resolution 1325, Annotated and Explained (UNIFEM 2004)
pacific.unifem.org/documents/annotated_1325.pdf
(3) The Hague Declaration on Women and Peace-building
http://www.wunrn.com/news/2009/07_09/07_06_09/070609_hague_files/Hague%20Declaration%20
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10. Narratives: Stories of Violence 6/12 VIDEO “Sacrifice”
(1) Chapter 7: “Telling Stories,” (Steans 2013: 140-158)
(2) Farmer, Paul. “On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below.” Race/ethnicity:
Multidisciplinary Global contexts, 3:1(2009), pp.11-28
(3) Magar, Veronica. “Rescue and Rehabilitation: A Critical Analysis of Sex Workers’ Antitrafficking
Response in India.” Signs, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Spring 2012), pp. 619-644
Further study
(1) Alexander, Ronni (2012) “Remembering Hiroshima: Bio-Politics, Popoki and Sensual Expressions of
War,” International Feminist Journal of Politics, 14:2, 202-222, DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2012.659852
(2) Umut Özkaleli & Ömür Yilmaz (2013) ‘What Was My War Like?’ International Feminist Journal of
Politics, DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2013.833700
11. Questioning Gender and Development
6/19
A taste of the ways Feminist IR scholars criticize aspects of development
(1) Chapter 8: “Global Political Economy,” (Steans 2013:159-81)
(2) Jacqueline Leckie. “Development, Gender and Security in a New Millenium,” in Leckie, ed.
Development in an Insecure and Gendered World: The Relevance of the Millennium Development
Goals, Ashgate 2009: 3-28)
(3) Christine Sylvester. “Bare Life as a Development/Postcolonial Problematic.” (Leckie 2009:31-50)
Further study
(1) Tripathy, Jyotirmaya. “How Gendered is Gender and Development? Culture, masculinity, and gender
difference.” Development in Practice 20:1 (2010), pp.113-121
12. Violence around us (1): Preparation for the Field Trip
6/26
Presentations on homelessness in your countries (1)
(1) Katz, Richard. “Japan’s Skid Row” Foreign Policy No.136 (May-June 2003) pp.89-90
(2) Okamoto, Yoshihiro. “A Comparative Study of Homelessness in the UK and Japan.” Journal of Social
Issues, Vol. 63, No. 3, 2007, pp. 525--542
(3) Kasza, Gregory. “War and Welfare Policy in Japan.” The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol.61, No.2 (May
2002), pp.417-435
(4) Wright, Talmadge. “Resisting Homelessness: Global, National, and Local Solutions.” Contemporary
Sociology, Vol. 29, No. 1, Utopian Visions: Engaged Sociologies for the 21st Century (Jan., 2000), pp.
27-43
13. Violence around us (2): Preparation for the Field Trip
7/3
Presentations on homelessness in your countries (2)
(1) Mizuuchi, Toshio. “Growth of Rough Sleepers in Osaka and the recent Evolution of Actions of
Government, NPO and Volunteer Organizations.” What’s Happening on the Street? (Chulalongkorn
University) pp.32-60.
(http://160.193.81.127/homeless/research/pdf/07mizuuchi.pdf)
(2) Aoki, Hideo. (2003) “Homelessness in Osaka: Globalisation, Yoseba and Disemployment.” Urban
Studies, 40:2, 361-378
14. Day Labor and Homelessness: video and discussion of readings 7/10
(1) Arimura, Sen. Chapters 1 & 3. Excerpts from The Alternative Side of the Rising Sun. Nihon Kikanshi
Shuppan Center, 1998.
(2) Norma, Caroline. “A Past Re-imagined for the Geisha: Saviour of the 1950’s Japanese Sex Industry.”
Asia Institute http://www.gsa.unimelb.edu.au/Traffic10/T10_NORMA.pdf
(3) Handouts on Kamagasaki, including newspaper clippings (details to be given in class)
15. Kamagasaki Field Trip
7/12 (Saturday)
16. Kamagasaki follow-up session & last class 7/17 Thank you letters, etc. due
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