Asia's New Mothers and Fathers: Crafting Gender Roles and Care Networks in East and Southeast Asian Societies, 2 credits

Organizer: Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä

Teacher: Ochiai Emiko and Akaeda Kanako

Examiner: Pekka Korhonen

Goal: The lectures analyze empirically and theoretically the multifarious relationship between the intimate and the public in Asia.

The course provides students with tools to observe and study new families, gender roles and values that are emerging in Asia and changing the landscape of society.

Content: Rapid economic growth, urbanization and change in economic basis of societies have produced tremendous changes in human life , gender roles and care networks in all Asian societies from China to India, and Korea to Singapore.

Existential changes in the way people live their lives are simultaneously producing changes in the structure of societies, which can be observed in demographic structures, services, care systems, communications, culture and economy.

These changes have shown that Asia does not form a unified cultural area, because responses to these changes have been so different in different societies.

At the same time, Asia does not appear as separate from other major world regions, because also in other regions similar diverse responses to similar developments can be found. The scene cannot be scientifically controlled with concepts of traditional family - modern family, because actual empirically observable forms do not fit neatly with these categories.

Target Group: The students of the Network member universities are eligible to apply. The course is recommended for Master's level students.

Taken as:

- Online lectures
- Exam or lecture diary

Grading: on the scale of 1-5

Course Schedule: TBA

Application for the course: The current round of application has ended. Please apply during the next round, the date of which will be announced on this webpage later. Meanwhile please visit our webpages for other MA-level courses on Asia.

Before enrolling on the course the students should check with their own home department that this course can be accepted as part of their degree in their own university.