HMR 138 001 SQ 2020 Course Syllabus, HMR 138 Human Rights, Gender, and Sexuality Spring 2020, MWF 10-10:50am Lecture and Discussion Space/s: Remote/ Online: Canvas, Zoom Welcome to the Human Rights, Gender, and Sexuality course! Instructor: Dr. Jacqueline Siapno E-mail: jasiapno@ucdavis.edu Website: https://berkeley.academia.edu/JacquelineSiapno Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays: 11am-12 noon or by appointment via Canvas, Zoom. Class Rules and Online Etiquette (see also Zoom guidelines and UC Davis): Please review UC Davis’ policies on student conduct, discipline, plagiarism, inclusion, and equity: https://ossja.ucdavis.edu/student-conduct-and-discipline-policyLinks to an external site. Before our class zoom meetings, please make sure to prepare and set-up for our remote, distant learning properly, at least 15 minutes before class. Access Zoom via Canvas. Find a place in your life-space/ home where you can check and test the internet connection beforehand and make sure it works. If you don’t have access to a laptop or a WiFi connection at home, please let us know, so that we can support you. Course Description: This course is a comparative, historical, sociological, and ethnographic study of the discourses of rights, power, gender, and sexuality. During the ten-week period, we will focus on the following thematic topics: Do we have a right to live, work, to health care, housing, food, to vote, to privacy, justice, equality, pleasure?; What do rights and caregiving look like in a global pandemic, emergency, disaster, or uncertain times?. We will read about and examine the lessons we can learn from the lives of Human Rights Defenders when it comes to care of the self, care of our community, care for the environment, PTSD, caregiving during emergencies, disasters, and human rights safety and privacy in technology; cybersecurity. We will examine the gap between discourses and reality, idealism and practice in Human Rights and Global Governance, Legal Frameworks, Theories, and Institutions. What are some Ideas of power and languages of inequality and injustice in different communities?; What do we mean by "The Right to be Out"?. We will explore Mobilizations for Social Change and Social Movements; Masculinities; Migrant Rights; Writing About Trauma and Writing Human Rights Reports; and, Women’s Right to their bodies and pleasure. Do women even have right to have pleasure? There is a strong emphasis on the “human” and not just inventorizing lists and reports; thus, the emphasis on reflective research essays and historical narratives. Some of the questions we will explore in this course: What are some of the ideas of power and languages of inequality and injustice in different communities? Why are some communities hostile to rights? What do different societies mean by the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Do women have a right over their bodies? What does expressing “the right to be out” look like comparatively, in different societies? What can we learn from silence and censorship? How are masculinities shaped in different cultures? Are economic rights more important than gender and sexuality? What is intersectionality? What are the safety protocols for human rights defenders in the online world? How can we harness the power of digital technology to support human rights defenders in our communities? What are the linkages between inequality, human rights, conflict over natural resources, ecological integrity, and the right to live in the age of pandemics and the corona virus? What can the corona virus teach us about human rights and politics? What are your own questions? This is an interactive course: I hope to learn as much from you as you from me. My pedagogy is inspired by Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth, feminist and queer theorists, indigenous belief systems and practices from Southeast Asia, and Diana Loomans and Karen Kolberg’s The Laughing Classroom. Just because human rights are a serious issue doesn’t mean we can’t have a sense of humor. The most committed human rights lawyers and defenders I know are also the funniest people. Don’t forget to have fun doing your research essays and stock up on kindness and compassion. Student Learning Outcomes: Students should be able to answer most if not all of the questions above and more, if you do the readings thoroughly and come to meetings prepared. Students should also be able to research and write thoughtful, rigorous reflective essays on the thematic topics covered in this course. Course Assessments: Weekly Discussions: Questions every Mondays: Active Participation in weekly discussion posts that invite responses, questions, and reflections. 10% Three 1,200-word Research Essays: every three weeks; to be submitted via e-mail or Canvas. Choose a tough problem or question you want to research on and write a reflective research essay, citing and engaging with the books, articles, and course materials. Your grade will be based on: thoughtful attention to your references and rhetoric of the bibliography. Research Essay 1: due April 17, Friday. 30% Research Essay 2: due May 8, Friday, 30% Research Essay 3: due June 8, Monday, Final Exam week. 30% Grading: Active Class Participation in Discussion Posts, Zoom, Canvas: 10% Essay 1: 30% Essay 2: 30% Essay 3: 30% For the essays, the grading rubric will be based on: Research question (intellectual significance and value); What question or problem are you trying to answer? Who is your audience? Survey of literature. Are you using previously untapped primary sources? Giving a new interpretation on the subject? Organization, Concepts, and Methods: clarity of expression, writing an excellent essay, editing, and revising. If you need support with writing, please make an appointment with the UC Davis Writing Studio: https://tutoring.ucdavis.edu/writingLinks to an external site. Required Books: Some of the books are available as an e-book. They are also ON RESERVE at Shields Library. Alternatively, you can order them online via Bookshelf in Canvas, or elsewhere. Kathryn Sikkink, Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century. Princeton University Press, 2017. Dina Nayeri, The Ungrateful Refugee. Catapult, 2019. E-book, available on line and in Library. Dinaw Mengestu, All Our Names. Knopf, 2014. E-book, available online and Library. Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic. Anchor, 2012. E-book, available online and Library. Stuart Biegel, The Right to be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools. University of Minnesota Press, 2010. On Reserve in Shields Library as a hardcopy. Alison Brysk, Speaking Rights to Power: Constructing Political Will. Oxford University Press, 2013. On Reserve in Shields Library as a hardcopy. Lilly Dancyger, editor, Burn It Down Women Writing About Anger. Perseus Books, 2019. On Reserve in Shields. Hardcopy. Week 1: March 30, Monday-April 3, Friday Introduction to the Course: Human Rights and Global Governance: Legal Frameworks, Theories, and Institutions Core Human Rights Instruments. Please see “Pages” in Canvas for extra links and resources. Ideas of power and languages of inequality and injustice in different communities Is there evidence for hope? For extra credit, read: Benedict Anderson, “The Idea of Power in Javanese Culture”, in Language and Power: https://ucl.rl.talis.com/items/994AFF9D-55A6-1A9C-641E226538B45384.html (Links to an external site.) Read: Kathryn Sikkink, Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century. E-book. Do research on the websites for human rights covenants, treaties, instruments, human rights organizations, legal frameworks, and courts including but not limited to: CEDAW International Criminal Court Amnesty International Human Rights Watch UN Serious Crimes Unit; Special Panel for Serious Crimes Other organizations you may know of. Please share with us via Canvas. Fokupers, Timor Leste (East Timor): https://fokupers.org/ (Links to an external site.) UN Women: https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/ (Links to an external site.) UNDP Gender Thematic Trust Fund: http://www.undp.org/content/dam/aplaws/publication/en/publications/womensempowerment/gender-thematic-trust-fundreport/GTTF%20Annual%20Report%20FINAl%20OCT7%20(2).pdf (Links to an external site.) Women's Rights Division, Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/about/people/advisory-committee/womens-rights-division (Links to an external site.) Global Fund For Women: https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/ (Links to an external site.) Women's March Global: (Links to an external site.)https://womensmarchglobal.org/ Empower Women, The Asia Foundation: https://asiafoundation.org/what-wedo/empower-women/ (Links to an external site.) Week 2: April 6-10 Human Rights Defenders, Security, and Internet Technology Critical perspectives on the security and protection of human rights defenders Bennett, Karen ; Ingleton, Danna ; Nah, Alice M ; Savage, James The International Journal of Human Rights: Critical perspectives on the security and protection of human rights defenders, 03 October 2015, Vol.19(7), pp.883-895 Full text available online from UC Davis Library: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2015.1075301 (Links to an external site.) Human Rights Watch Mourns the Loss of Tejshree Thapa: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/03/27/human-rights-watch-mourns-loss-tejshreethapa# (Links to an external site.) Nepal Rapists Go Unpunished: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fufvqoWcCTQ (Links to an external site.) Read: Violence in an Era of Reform, In Memoriam: Jafar Siddiq Hamzah: https://history.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/u184/robinson/gr__violence_in_era_of_reform.pdf (Links to an external site.) House of Representatives Resolution: https://www.congress.gov/106/bills/hres580/BILLS-106hres580ih.pdf (Links to an external site.) Claire O’Connell: A Tribute: Irish Prisoners: https://www.icpo.ie/wpcontent/uploads/2019/05/Newsletter-April-2019.pdf (Links to an external site.) Fernando de Araujo: Prisoner of Conscience: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/192000/asa210071992en.pdf (Links to an external site.) Share a story about a human rights defender via Canvas. Week 3: April 13-17: Essay #1 due on April 17, Friday. Genders and Sexualities Read: Stuart Beigel, The Right to be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools Dede Oetomo: Southeast Asia, Multiple sexualities: University of Hawaii: https://blog.hawaii.edu/aplpj/files/2013/02/APLPJ_14.2._Oetomo.pdfuality (Links to an external site.) See also: Review of Mapping Queer Space(s) of Praxis and Pedagogy: https://radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/radicalteacher/article/view/653 (Links to an external site.) UC Davis: https://gsws.ucdavis.edu/sexuality-studies-resourcesLinks to an external site. Sexuality and Human Rights: A Global Perspective (available as an e-book, UC Davis Library): https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucdavis/reader.action?docID=1694459&ppg=1 (Li nks to an external site.) Week 4: April 20-24 Women’s Bodies, Sexualities, Silence and Censorship, Anger. Violence Against Women. Read: Burn It Down Women Writing About Anger (edited by Lilly Dancyger) Week 5: April 27- May 1st Migrant Rights; Migrant Children; Refugees Read: Dina Nayeri, The Ungrateful Refugee Week 6: May 4-8. Essay #2 due on May 8. Masculinities Read: Dinaw Mengestu, All Our Names Week 7: May 11-15 Sexuality and Women’s Mobility Read: Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic. Week 8: May 18-22 Writing About Trauma Read: What Can Our Writing Do in the World?: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337554973_What_Can_Our_Writing_Do_in_t he_World_The_Feminist_Praxis_of_Publishing_Student_Writing (Links to an external site.) Read: International Office of Migration’s: A Psychosocial Needs Assessment in 14 conflict communities in Aceh, Indonesia: https://migrationhealthresearch.iom.int/psychosocial-needs-assessment-communities14-conflict-communities-aceh (Links to an external site.) Read Excerpts from Carolin Emcke, Echoes of Violence https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691129037/echoes-of-violence Letters from a War Reporter, Princeton University Press, 2007 Week 9: May 25-29 The Rhetoric, Language, and Discourse of Rights Between Theory and Practice; Ideal and Reality; Praxis Voices, Audiences, Political Will, Social Change, Social Movements Film: “The Edge of Democracy,” Netflix, Written and Directed by Petra Costa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urzBZyeHK8s Read: Alison Brysk, Speaking Rights to Power: Constructing Political Will Week 10: June 1-5 Hope, possibilities, strategies. Research and Write Final Essay due June 8, Monday, due on Finals week. Film: Watch: Incendies, a film by Denis Villeneuve, 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ69WnwvZhE Some Online Resources: Core International Human Rights Instruments: https://www.unfpa.org/resources/core-international-human-rights-instruments (Links to an external site.) Human Rights Watch: Covid -19 https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/19/pandemicshakes-worlds-education-systems (Links to an external site.)https://www.hrw.org/tag/coronavirus (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/19/human-rightsdimensions-covid-19-response (Links to an external site.) Lembaga Bantuan Hukum, APIK, Indonesia: https://lbhapik.or.id/ (Links to an external site.) English: https://asiafoundation.org/projects/association-of-indonesian-women-forjustice-lbh-apik/ (Links to an external site.) Princeton Human Rights Series: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691129037/echoes-of-violence (Links to an external site.) Gender and Refugee, Asylum Law https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/5822266c4.pdf (Links to an external site.) Care in Uncertain Times Syllabus, Duke University Press: https://www.dukeupress.edu/Explore-Subjects/Syllabi/Care-in-Uncertain-TimesSyllabus (Links to an external site.) As the course progresses, I will share more extra resources via Canvas every week for webinars during these uncertain times.