ISSUES IN SOCIAL THEORY AND RESEARCH: MARGINALITY, NEOLIBERALISM AND THE STATE
SOC4COR
2021
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
In this subject you will closely read an ethnography: Bourgois & Schonberg's Righteous Dopefiend (2009); a gritty urban monograph dealing with a community of marginalized and disenfranchised homeless addicts in San Francisco. Bourgois & Schonberg take the particular insights of their ethnographic field and use them to illuminate the larger issues of race, class, gender, femininity, masculinity, violence, humour, sadness, criminality and morality. Their work is also an example of a critically applied social science, in that the authors sought to influence policy in relation to health service delivery for homeless addicts. In exploring such themes Bourgois & Schonberg's work dissolves the putative divide between anthropology, sociology and development studies, and gives us concrete examples of some of the big-ticket concepts that you will be tackling throughout your Honours year.
SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorAnthony Moran
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsNo
Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Available as ElectiveNo
Learning ActivitiesSeminar activities including small group discussions, annotated bibliography, readings, small group presentations and essay.
Capstone subjectNo
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Acceptance by Honours convenors of application to enrol in the Sociology and Anthropology honours program
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
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Special conditionsCore subject for Sociology students and students undertaking joint Honours degrees that include Sociology
Minimum credit point requirementN/A
Assumed knowledgeN/A
Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A
Entire subject or partial subjectN/A
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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2021, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAnthony Moran
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.00 h seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
We require a room at Bundoora campus with video-conferencing, to accommodate regional students.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oral presentation (2000 word equivalent) | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO2 |
One 1,500-word annotated bibliography | N/A | N/A | No | 15 | SILO1, SILO2 |
One 5,000-word essay | N/A | N/A | No | 60 | SILO1, SILO2 |