Women's Studies 1022F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Arms Trade Treaty, Alternative Media, Tumblr

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1022F/G
• Professor: Bipasha Baruah

Document Summary

Studying international politics from a feminist perspective requires curiosity about the lives of women globally. This curiosity will fuel studies into the experiences and ideas of diverse women to places and professions often dismissed as private, local, domestic, or trivial, . Any place can become a place for international politics. Female secretaries have played interesting roles in international events. Secretaries and librarians ensured that the league of nations documents were professionally produced and archived. Feminist researchers and investigators often pay attention to these women to receive information on international political affairs. Far more women are engaged in international politics than is generally assumed. Asking where are the women can help reveal ideas, relationships, and policies gendered workings rely on. A british woman changing her vacation plans from egypt to jamaica because of recent political unrest deepens egypt"s debt and helps jamaica earn foreign currency, transforming. An american school teacher might teach her children about pocahontas and how she saved.