The impact of geography of women’s access to power
Power Dynamics and Gender Inequality
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Required Readings for the course if you would like to pull out a few quotes from a couple of them:
(Professor’s book) Cooney, Kara, When Women Ruled the World (Washington, DC 2018)
- Diamond, Jared, The World Until Yesterday (Penguin Books 2013)
- Haywood, John, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations (London 2005)
- Many other required articles and book sections are available online through the course website, with login. Some are required; some are just pertinent and interesting. I will add as the course continues.
Assignment #3: Reflections and Lessons Learned (1-2 pages) In this course you were presented with a number of foundational theories on the origins and perpetuation of gender inequality. These include, but are not limited to: • how power is defined; • the impact of geography of women’s access to power; • the effectiveness of Mann’s IEMP model for women in the ancient world (and the potential role of Sexual and Family power); • how subsistence strategy affects societal organization in regard to gender; • the degree of political centralization and how it affects women’s access and ability to hold on to power; and, • how patterns can be perpetuated/maintained as well as what causes them to be broken. Through a global survey of antiquity, we have examined how systemic gender inequality manifests in a number of soci-al systems and developed the tools necessary to analyze how and why various social systems allow some women into power more easily than others. As we end this course, your last assignment will be to reflect on lessons learned. In a one to two-page reflection, please respond to the following question: How has this course altered, shaped, or reinforced your understanding of gender inequality in your own society?
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Assignment #3: Reflections and Lessons Learned (1-2 pages) In this course you were presented with a number of foundational theories on the origins and perpetuation of gender inequality. These include, but are not limited to: • how power is defined; • the impact of geography of women’s access to power; • the effectiveness of Mann’s IEMP model for women in the ancient world (and the potential role of Sexual and Family power); • how subsistence strategy affects societal organization in regard to gender; • the degree of political centralization and how it affects women’s access and ability to hold on to power; and, • how patterns can be perpetuated/maintained as well as what causes them to be broken. Through a global survey of antiquity, we have examined how systemic gender inequality manifests in a number of social systems and developed the tools necessary to analyze how and why various social systems allow some women into power more easily than others. As we end this course, your last assignment will be to reflect on lessons learned. In a one to two-page reflection, please respond to the following question: How has this course altered, shaped, or reinforced your understanding of gender inequality in your own society? RUBRIC A-range: Student provides thoughtful reflection that addresses one or more ways this course has shaped their perspective/outlook on power dynamics in modern society. Assignment meets the page requirement and provides evidence for reflection. B-range: Student addresses one or more ways this course has shaped their perspective/outlook on power dynamics in modern society, but may over-summarize course material or focus too much on modern power dynamics without addressing the course material for a portion of the paper. Assignment meets the page requirement and provides evidence for reflection. C-range: Student relies too heavily on summarizing course material in their reflection, or focuses too much on modern power dynamics without referencing the course material. Assignment meets the page requirement and there is some evidence of reflection. Below C: Student does not meet the minimum 1-page requirement or does not adequately respond to the question. Discussion reflects a lack of understanding about the material or does not address the question adequately.
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