Gender and Sexuality in the Post-Post-Soviet Space (PZK_162)
About Study Course
Objective
To build knowledge on gender-sensitive and inclusive analysis of political, social and economic dynamic in the post-Soviet space (the Baltic States, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Southern Caucasus, Central Asia, and contemporary Russia) and to contribute to a critical analytical skill of the students by introducing gender and sexuality studies as a lens of analysis.
Prerequisites
Overall knowledge of the political, economic, and cultural characteristics of the post-Soviet space (the Baltic States, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Southern Caucasus, Central Asia, and contemporary Russia).
Learning outcomes
Students will have an in-depth knowledge of the concepts of gender and sexuality. With the specialization of this topic in the post-post-Soviet space, students will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of these issues in the post-post-Soviet space, as well as be able to describe the impact of gender and sexuality concepts on the development of the post-post-Soviet space. Although detailed, this knowledge will carry a broad contextual coverage of the historical, current and prospective framework of the political, academic and business environment.
Students will analyze a large amount of data on the historical development of the concepts of gender and sexuality and their formation in the post-post space, including their characteristics. This will strengthen students' general ability to critically select sources of information, as well as to comprehensively present their conclusions and answer questions not only about the course, but also other directly and indirectly related topics. Students will explain the perspectives and challenges of possible development of the concepts of gender and sexuality in the post-post-Soviet space in an argumentative and in-depth way and will perform a critical analysis of problem situations.
At the end of the study course, students will evaluate and argue the influence of various factors on the formation of gender and sexuality in the post-post-Soviet space. Students will provide recommendations and create new predictions about the prospective impact and role of gender and sexuality in the development of the post-post-Soviet space. In other words, based on past experience of the role of the Soviet Union in gender and gender issues and historical and present development perspectives, students will forecast future curves and apply the identified regularities in the creation of future scenarios.
