Search Lakehead University Contact Us Women's Studies Home ... E-mail this story You are visitor # 77506 Currently 4 visitors online TECHNOFEMINISM WELCOME to This year's Women's Studies 2111 Special Topics: Technofeminism This course will examine gender and technology, past and present. We will consider cyborgs, posthumanism, cyber-performance, avatars, and more. Students will explore the theoretical grounding of, and debates within, cyberfeminism, rethink their bodies in relation to machines, consider the gendered implications of Cybernia [the online world] itself, and how it intersects with RL [real life]. A course outline is available under Course Outlines, Welcome To Women’s Studies NEW PROGRAMS We are delighted to announce a number of new programs in Women's Studies starting in September 2008, and also a number of exciting new course requirements and course options. We now have a four year Honours BA in Women's Studies and a four year BA in Women's Studies. We also now have a number of joint Honours Degree in combination with a number of other programs, as listed below. Those students who are presently registered in the Women's Studies BA or in any of the joint programs with Major Concentration in Women's Studies will be provided with options necessary for completion of their program, and also, for those who wish to do so, a bridging mechanism by which to switch to the new Honours programs. Students should seek academic advising when selecting their courses by contacting the Chair of the Women's Studies Department, Dr. Helen Smith, 343-8581 | |
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