Rurality, Livelihood and Gender
The course elaborates on the interrelations between rural and urban, farm and non-farm strategies in building household livelihoods. The focus is on low-income countries and marginal areas of production and livelihoods, particularly regions in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa that are affected by poverty.
The course addresses the interconnections between rural development, gender and technology, institutions, food security, social security and poverty. Students will learn how to describe and critically discuss, amongst others, dominant policies and programmes in rural development, people’s motivations and livelihood strategies and gender and development theory.
Information from the course leader
Welcome to the course Rurality, Livelihoods and Gender 2020!
Picninc lunch on Tuesday the 1:st of September . We will bring food, so no need for you to bring any lunch that day! There will be potato salad (gluten free) and pasta salad (dairy free) plus bread and butter, everything vegetarian. If you have any allergies so that you cannot eat this, please bring something for yourself. Dear all, Welcome to the course Rurality, Livelihoods and Gender 2020! The Rurality, Livelihoods and Gender course runs from 31st August to 1st November, 2020. It is one of the core courses of the Master Program in Rural Development offered at the Department of Urban and Rural Development at SLU. This year, and due to the coronavirus situation and SLU’s covid19 policies, we have made the necessary arrangements to keep social distancing and some of the course’s lectures will be offered online. This is a course designed to synthesize and discuss several theoretical and analytical approaches to the intersections between rurality, livelihoods and gender. This will include familiarizing you with current research perspectives on local and global dynamics and the use of different case studies representing contexts from both the global South and Global North. The course leaders are Johanna Bergman Lodin and Cristián Alarcón based at the division of Rural Development at the Department of Urban and Rural Development of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala. We are fully aware that we will face important challenges dealing with the Covid19 situation, but we are confident that working together and having good communication with you, we will be able to have a great course. Please see information below, to see the schedule for the course and the literature list. Take care and we look forward to meeting you shortly, Johanna and Cristian
Course evaluation
The course evaluation is now closed
LU0096-10232 - Course evaluation report
Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.
Additional course evaluations for LU0096
Academic year 2023/2024
Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10386)
2023-08-28 - 2023-10-30
Academic year 2022/2023
Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10110)
2022-08-29 - 2022-10-31
Academic year 2021/2022
Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10258)
2021-08-30 - 2021-11-01
Academic year 2019/2020
Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10161)
2019-09-02 - 2019-10-31
Academic year 2018/2019
Rurality, Livelihood and Gender (LU0096-10162)
2018-09-03 - 2018-11-11
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
LU0096 Rurality, Livelihood and Gender, 15.0 Credits
Landsbygd, försörjning och genusSubjects
Environmental Science Rural Development Rural Development Environmental scienceEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
Title | Credits | Code |
---|---|---|
Single module | 15.0 | 0201 |
Advanced study in the main field
Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirementsMaster’s level (A1N)
Grading scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Language
EnglishPrior knowledge
Knowledge equivalent to 180 credits, including 90 credits within a particular major within humanities, social or natural sciences. Knowledge equivalent to English 6 (Swedish educational system).Objectives
The course provides practical tools for analysing rural livelihoods within a gender and development perspective. After the course the student shall be able to:
describe and critically discuss the dominant theories and perspectives underlying policies and programmes in rural development
evaluate and critically discuss the role of institutions, policies and programmes which aim to improve food security and social security of rural livelihoods
describe and critically discuss interrelations between rural and urban, farm and non-farm strategies in building household livelihoods
evaluate and critically discuss people’s motivations and livelihood strategies, in relation to rural development
describe and critically discuss, in written and oral form, using gender and development theory, the relation between rural development, food security and social security of rural livelihoods.
Content
The course aims to provide an overview of the food security and social security situation of rural livelihoods, partly drawing on gender analysis. It elaborates on the interrelations between rural and urban, farm and non-farm strategies in building household livelihoods. The focus is on low-income countries and marginal areas of production and livelihoods, particularly regions in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa that are affected by poverty. The course addresses the interconnections between rural development, gender, institutions, food security, social security and poverty.
Grading form
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.Formats and requirements for examination
Written and oral exam, presentations and exercises. Approved examination.
- If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
- The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
- If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
- For the examination of a degree project (independent project), the examiner may also allow the student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Other information
The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.
If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Responsible department
Department of Urban and Rural Development
Further information
Grading criteria
Grading criteria can be found at the end of the schedule document
Litterature list
- Literature “Rurality, livelihood and gender” (LU0096) 31st August– 1st November 2020 [Literature “Rurality, livelihood and gender” (LU0096) 31st August– 1st November 2020] (https://slunik.slu.se/kursfiler/LU0096/10232.2021/Literature_list_course_rurality_livelihoods_and_gender_2020_weekly_readings_01072020.pdf)