WEEKLY TOPICS AND ASSIGNMENTS WEEK ONE: Wed, January 23 Getting to know each other and the topic Get to know each other and the course. SECTION ONE: WADING IN WEEK TWO: Monday, January 28 & Wednesday, January 30 Monday: Competing Frameworks in the Field Research Methods and Perspectives Lead: Lauren Martin Readings: A Sex Trafficking “Saving Bobbi: Teen’s Ordeal” Minneapolis Star Tribune, Lies, Damned Lies, and Sex Work Statistics, Maggie McNeill: to decriminalize the sex trade, Cindy McCain: Amnesty International’s dangerous proposal and Negotiating Sex Work,“ Introduction” (pp. xiii-xl) Chapter 2, “Researching Sexuality: The Politics of Location Approach for Studying Sex Work” (pages 3-27) and Perspectives on the Politics of Sex “Sex Trafficking: An Introduction” “Theoretical Nichols, p. 1-38 Trafficking”, Wednesday: Intersectionality and discussion of class project Lead: Debra Fitzpatrick Readings: Olena Hankivsky and and Public Policy: Some Lessons Renee Cormier, “Intersectionality Research Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 1 (MARCH 2011), pp. from Existing Models,” Political 217-229 Tiffany Manuel (2006) Envisioning the Possibilities for a Good Life: Exploring the Public Policy Implications of Intersectionality Theory, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 4, 173-203, DOI: 10.1300/J501v28n03_08 the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women “Mapping of 1991 Color,” Kimberlee Crenshaw, Stanford Law Review,
WEEKLY TOPICS AND ASSIGNMENTS WEEK ONE: Wed, January 23 Getting to know each other and the topic Get to know each other and the course. SECTION ONE: WADING IN WEEK TWO: Monday, January 28 & Wednesday, January 30 Monday: Competing Frameworks in the Field Research Methods and Perspectives Lead: Lauren Martin Readings: “Saving Bobbi: A Teen’s Sex Trafficking Ordeal” Minneapolis Star Tribune, Lies, Damned Lies, and Sex Work Statistics, Maggie McNeill: Amnesty International’s dangerous proposal to decriminalize the sex trade, Cindy McCain: Negotiating Sex Work,“ Introduction” (pp. xiii-xl) and Chapter 2, “Researching Sexuality: The Politics of Location Approach for Studying Sex Work” (pages 3-27) “Sex Trafficking: An Introduction” and “Theoretical Perspectives on the Politics of Sex Trafficking”, Nichols, p. 1-38 Wednesday: Intersectionality and discussion of class project Lead: Debra Fitzpatrick Readings: Olena Hankivsky and Renee Cormier, “Intersectionality and Public Policy: Some Lessons from Existing Models,” Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 1 (MARCH 2011), pp. 217-229 Tiffany Manuel (2006) Envisioning the Possibilities for a Good Life: Exploring the Public Policy Implications of Intersectionality Theory, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 173-203, DOI: 10.1300/J501v28n03_08 “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color,” Kimberlee Crenshaw, Stanford Law Review, 1991 4,