Gender, Knowledge, History and Subjectivity - GECOHIS

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2014-203

 
Description of research activity:
This interdisciplinary group is mainly dedicated to the analysis of discourses on gender difference in philosophical thought, normative patterns and social imaginaries, both from a historical perspective and in the present, paying particular attention to the incorporation, rejection or negotiation of models by women and men in their practices of life and subjectivity. Its research activity takes place in the fields of History, Philosophy and Psychology, with an interest in the incorporation of analytical tools from feminist theory, as well as innovative lines of research in other human and social sciences (Anthropology, Sociology, Literature...). In all these fields, it maintains intense and fruitful relations with groups and researchers at the forefront of national and international scientific production. Its main objectives are critical analysis and the production of cutting-edge knowledge in research, as well as the passing on of this knowledge, through teaching innovation and dissemination, to the entire university community and to society as a whole, in pursuit of research excellence but also to contribute to the ethical and civic dimension of knowledge and to contribute to...This interdisciplinary group is mainly dedicated to the analysis of discourses on gender difference in philosophical thought, normative patterns and social imaginaries, both from a historical perspective and in the present, paying particular attention to the incorporation, rejection or negotiation of models by women and men in their practices of life and subjectivity. Its research activity takes place in the fields of History, Philosophy and Psychology, with an interest in the incorporation of analytical tools from feminist theory, as well as innovative lines of research in other human and social sciences (Anthropology, Sociology, Literature...). In all these fields, it maintains intense and fruitful relations with groups and researchers at the forefront of national and international scientific production. Its main objectives are critical analysis and the production of cutting-edge knowledge in research, as well as the passing on of this knowledge, through teaching innovation and dissemination, to the entire university community and to society as a whole, in pursuit of research excellence but also to contribute to the ethical and civic dimension of knowledge and to contribute to the values of equality. To achieve these goals, the group actively participates in funded research projects, national and international networks.
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • Analisis critico y produccion de conocimiento innovador incorporando la perspectiva de genero.
 
Research lines:
  • Women¿s citizenship, Politics and Equality.Analysis of philosophical discourses on the differences between the sexes, the modernity-postmodernity debate in contemporary feminisms, interpretation of the paradoxes of the Enlightenment and study of the relationship between citizenship and gender.
  • Women's and gender history.Study of the historical processes of construction of gender models and identities (femininities-masculinities), with special attention to the analysis of normative and fictional literature, as well as their internalisation, appropriation or rejection by the subjects. Analysis of social practices and intellectual strategies of relations between the sexes.
  • Gender and subjectivity: implications of socio-cultural models on psychological development and health.Analysis of the intrapsychic effects derived from the belief system surrounding the sexed condition of human beings. Analysis of body images and normative criteria of beauty and their impact on social well-being and health. Study of the internalisation of gender roles that justify the asymmetries of power between the sexes.
  • Feminist epistemologies.A study of the relationship between knowledge production and political action based on the different theoretical developments in the field of feminist studies that question the epistemic privilege of scientific knowledge based on the assumptions of objectivity, universality and neutrality.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
ANA M AGUADO HIGONDirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
AMPARO BONILLA CAMPOSMemberUniversitat de València
MARIA JESUS BRAVO SANCHEZMemberUniversitat de València
LUCIA GOMEZ SANCHEZMemberUniversitat de València
LAURA GUINOT FERRIMemberUniversitat de València
ISABEL MAURA BURDIEL BUENOCollaboratorUniversitat de València
MARIA AMPARO BALLESTER PASTORCollaboratorUniversitat de València
ISABEL PLA JULIANCollaboratorUniversitat de València
GIULIANA COLAIZZI CollaboratorUniversitat de València
ANA ISABEL MARRADES PUIGCollaboratorUniversitat de València
ELENA MUT MONTALVACollaboratorUniversitat de València
GABRIELA MORIANA MATEOCollaboratorUniversitat de València
JUAN GOMIS COLOMACollaboratorUniversitat de València
JUAN GOMIS COLOMACollaboratorUniversidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártirtemporary lecturer
CLARA ARBIOL GONZALEZCollaboratorUniversitat de València
MONICA BURGUERA LOPEZCollaboratorUniversidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - UNEDresearcher
JOSE SAN RUPERTO ALBERTCollaboratorUniversitat de València
MARIA LUZ SANFELIU GIMENOCollaboratorUniversitat de València
MARIA JOSE DE LA PASCUA SANCHEZCollaboratorUniversidad de Cádizfull university professor
GLORIA ESPIGADO TOCINOCollaboratorUniversidad de Cádiztenured university professor
ROSA ELENA RIOS LLORETCollaboratorConsellería d'Educacióresearcher
 
CNAE:
  • -
 
Associated structure:
  • University Institute of Women's Studies (IUED)
 
Keywords:
  • Feminismo y filosofía- Feminismo, Ilustración y Postmodernidad- Feminismo y Política
  • Feminidad-masculinidad-historia cultural-historia social-modernidad-identidades
  • Género e imagen corporal-Imaginario cultural-construcción de identidades de género-violencia
  • Epistemologías feministas -conocimiento situado - reflexividad- dominación- nuevas formas de politización