gsd2ded debating difference troubling identity categories
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.
SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorYassir Morsi
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Available as ElectiveNo
Learning ActivitiesN/A
Capstone subjectNo
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Subject rules
Prerequisites Completion of 1st year
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsGSD2GES
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Learning resources
Masculinity Studies Reader
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorDavid Savran and Rachel Adams
Year2002
Edition/VolumeN/A
PublisherBlackwell
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The Disability Studies Reader
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorLennard Davis
Year2013
Edition/VolumeN/A
PublisherTaylor and Francis
ISBNN/A
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Chapter/issueN/A
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Confronting Equality: Gender, Knowledge and Global Change
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorRaewyn Connell
Year2013
Edition/VolumeN/A
PublisherWiley
ISBNN/A
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Chapter/issueN/A
URLN/A
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The Transgender Studies Reader
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorSusan Stryker and Stephen Whittle
Year2006
Edition/VolumeN/A
PublisherRoutledge
ISBNN/A
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Chapter/issueN/A
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The Body Reader
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorLisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut
Year2010
Edition/VolumeN/A
PublisherNew York University Press
ISBNN/A
Chapter/article titleN/A
Chapter/issueN/A
URLN/A
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The Routledge Queer Studies Reader
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorDonal Hall and Anne- Marie Jargose
Year2013
Edition/VolumeN/A
PublisherRoutledge
ISBNN/A
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Chapter/issueN/A
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Whitening Race: Essays in Social and Cultural Criticism
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorAileen Moreton- Robinson
Year2004
Edition/VolumeN/A
PublisherAboriginal Studies Press
ISBNN/A
Chapter/article titleN/A
Chapter/issueN/A
URLN/A
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Introducing Gender and Women's Studies
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorVictoria Robinson and Diane Richardson
Year2015
Edition/Volume4th ed
PublisherPalgrave, Macmillan
ISBNN/A
Chapter/article titleN/A
Chapter/issueN/A
URLN/A
Other descriptionN/A
Source locationN/A
Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A
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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorYassir 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* |
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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 |