The Possibilities of Feminist Sociology: A Workshop
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 Sciences.
Convenor: Associate Professor Helen Keane, ANU.
Presenters: Professor Lisa Adkins, University of Newcastle; Associate Professor Kathleen Butler, University of Newcastle; Dr Genine Hook, Latrobe University; Professor Mary-Lou Rasmussen, ANU; Professor Catherine Waldby, ANU.
This event is supported by the ANU Gender Institute and the ANU School of Sociology
Attendance is free but places are limited to 20.
Please RSVP to register your attendance and for catering purposes:
rebecca.pearse@anu.edu.au