DEBATING DIFFERENCE: TROUBLING IDENTITY CATEGORIES
GSD2DED
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Drawing on perspectives of key thinkers, we explore interpretations of how we #do# and make# our identities in specific cultural and historical contexts. We hone skills in research, theory and policy analysis as we explore debates in popular culture, social movements, and institutions. Topics may include: power and representation; race and sexuality online; masculinities; body alteration; inequality and violence; reproduction; marginality and citizenship; and responses to discrimination, harassment and equity. The unit's blend of theory and policy analysis promotes social change, equity and justice in a range of professional and institutional spaces. The course presumes that to foster better social relations now and build a more just future, we need better connections between public debates, policy and advocacy analysis, as well as critical thinking. A sustainable society would not be possible without flexible and adaptable thinking. This subject addresses La Trobe's Sustainability Thinking Essential. This entails deep appreciation of how choices we make affects the natural, economic, social, political and cultural systems # now and in the future.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Yassir Morsi
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Completion of 1st year
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: GSD2GES
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Masculinity Studies Reader
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: David Savran and Rachel Adams
Year: 2002
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Publisher: Blackwell
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The Disability Studies Reader
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Lennard Davis
Year: 2013
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
ISBN: N/A
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Confronting Equality: Gender, Knowledge and Global Change
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Raewyn Connell
Year: 2013
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: N/A
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The Transgender Studies Reader
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Susan Stryker and Stephen Whittle
Year: 2006
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: N/A
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The Body Reader
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut
Year: 2010
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: New York University Press
ISBN: N/A
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The Routledge Queer Studies Reader
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Donal Hall and Anne- Marie Jargose
Year: 2013
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: N/A
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Whitening Race: Essays in Social and Cultural Criticism
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Aileen Moreton- Robinson
Year: 2004
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN: N/A
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Introducing Gender and Women's Studies
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Victoria Robinson and Diane Richardson
Year: 2015
Edition/Volume: 4th ed
Publisher: Palgrave, Macmillan
ISBN: N/A
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Yassir Morsi
Class requirements
Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blogs to general forum, 1,500 words.Students will write and post a blog entry to the LMS forum once a fortnight over the semester, related to a contemporary debate revolving around gender, sexuality or diversity. | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4 |
Annotated bibliography and essay plan (800 word equivalent)Students will develop and write an annotated bibliography and essay plan in response to one of four questions relating to legislating families, bodily constructions, sexuality, or sites of regulating gender and sexuality. | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO2 |
Research essay, 2000 words.Students will use their essay plan and annotated bibliography to produce a robust evidence-based argument in relation to their chosen essay question. | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |