Gender(ed) Matters in Communication/Media StudiesIntegrating Curricular Innovation and Social Change in the Spanish Model

  1. Pando Canteli, Maria 2
  2. Martín, Annabel 1
  1. 1 Dartmouth College
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    Dartmouth College

    Hanover, Estados Unidos

    ROR https://ror.org/049s0rh22

  2. 2 Universidad de Deusto
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    Universidad de Deusto

    Bilbao, España

    ROR https://ror.org/00ne6sr39

Journal:
Anàlisi: Quaderns de comunicació i cultura

ISSN: 0211-2175,  2340-5236

Year of publication: 2014

Issue: 50

Pages: 39-53

Type: Article

DOI: 10.7238/A.V0I50.2249 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This article investigates the benefits of making gender-related issues more central to the Communication Studies curriculum in the Spanish system of higher education. The shift to "value-impact criteria" as the standard of success of today’s curricula in Europe is one of the strongest critiques that higher education is facing in that context. This article focuses on the state of affairs in Spain, showcases why Communication Studies is a particularly relevant field for these changes, outlines how a multi-platform approach to learning (combination of teaching, research, and social activism) pays special attention to the ways gender, racial, ethnic, and economic parameters interface with each other, and details the value of introducing more interdisciplinary and gender-based cognitive paradigms into the curriculum for making our campuses sites of innovation, better learning, and forces for social change.

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