Presentation

The Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Studies and Research “Donne Genere e Formazione” DGF (Women, Gender and Education) was established in January 2010 by the Department of Relational Sciences “Gustavo Iacono” of the University of Naples Federico II.

We are a research group and we work within the critic feminist pedagogy, developing methods and instruments of pedagogical research, both theoretical and experimental.

Objectives of the Laboratory

• Educate to equal opportunities and active citizenship, fighting against sexist and racial stereotypes;
• Increment welfare of citizens and foster relationships between genres and generations;
• Contrast asymmetry, discrimination and violence connected to genre;
• Deconstruct conventional theories on education;
• Revisit knowledge, languages, pedagogic relationships, didactic methodologies and contents within a formation system where equality in rights doesn’t mean equalized identities;
• Support innovative interpretation of concepts characterizing the pedagogy of the difference, such as the notions of subjectivity, individuality, physicality and otherness
• Increment the research on problems related to relationship, citizenship, interpersonal and intercultural communication, through a multidimensional approach that seeks contributions of different disciplines and feminine narrative;
• Implement genre research by interdisciplinary contributions;
• Uncover the complexity of the experience of women and genre relationships through the centuries;
• Promote the realization of courses aimed at developing the reflective capabilities and critical thought of the students;
• Promote methodologies educating to genre, aimed at developing reflection and self-conscience of subjects in formation;
• Enhance feminine knowledge and the culture of women;
• Create a research network linking university, territory and local institutions.