Overview

In this course students will develop their skills in empirical research and critical thinking. The main question of the research seminar is: “How do the meanings of the home space change in different geographical and historical contexts by taking different axes of conflicts into consideration (such as gender, race, class, generational differences, sexual orientation, religion, culture)?
“Home” as a place can take various meanings in different historical and geographical contexts. Assigned historically to women, the home space is usually made sense of by oppressive aspects such as violence or exploitation. While these approaches are indispensable to interpret the home space, home in certain contexts can become a place of solidarity, a place of healing, a place of resistance, empowerment, particularly for women.