The possibilities of feminist sociology: a workshop

Please note this event is now fully booked.

What are the possibilities and challenges of feminist sociology in the 21st century? In many ways sociology has been transformed by feminist scholarship: theoretically, methodologically, epistemologically and in terms of both content, perspective and scope (Walby 2011, Connell 1987). The gendered nature of social life and the use of gender as a category of analysis are now both firmly established in mainstream sociology. But what becomes of the transformative force of feminism when its insights are incorporated into a discipline?  Recent analyses have highlighted a continuing struggle over the politics of knowledge, including the rendering invisible of feminist scholarship as it is recapitulated or drawn on in ‘general’ research (Skeggs 2008, Marx Ferree et al. 2006). Indeed does ‘feminist sociology’ still exist as a meaningful and/or productive entity or category?  How do intersectional analyses and the development of southern theory alter its remit? What are the cohesions and tensions between feminist and queer perspectives?

This workshop will explore the possibilities and challenges of feminist sociology from an Australian perspective. It is part of a series of events organised as part of the ARC project Gendered Excellence in the Social SciencesThis event is now fully booked but you can find out about other events related to this project here.

This event is supported by the ANU School of Sociology and the ANU Gender Institute.

Contact: rebecca.pearse@anu.edu.au

Image credit: Ghada Amer, Diagonals in Red, 2000

Date & time

Fri 30 Sep 2016, 12–5pm

Location

Jean Martin Room, Beryl Rawson Building, ANU

Speakers

Prof Lisa Adkins, University of Newcastle; A/ Prof Kathleen Butler, University of Newcastle; Dr Genine Hook, Latrobe University; Prof Mary-Lou Rasmussen, ANU; Dr Anna Hickey-Moody, University of Sydney; Convenor: A/Prof Helen Keane, ANU

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