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ANTH2629: Race, Racisms, and Antiracisms
2025 unit information
Legacies of colonialism and the renewed influence of racial theories continue to condition how people see and relate to each other in different parts of the world, including Australia. This unit explores ideologies and practices of racialisation in the contemporary world, and examines their connections with scientific racisms and with raciological social theories (i.e. theories that conflate political and moral behaviours with essentialised biophysical or cultural traits). The unit also draws attention toward how discrimination is experienced by people who live their lives as racialised people and examines the anti-racist ideas and proposals that spring from those experiences.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Anthropology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Diversity Studies |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ANTH2117 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. offer a definition of the concepts 'race' and 'ethnicity' and to use them for the analysis of human interaction in different cultural contexts
- LO2. identify and distinguish different theoretical and methodological approaches in the study of racial and ethnic relations
- LO3. demonstrate understanding of the role of racialising discourse and practice in the maintenance of relations power
- LO4. acquire skills to analytically approach bibliographical and audiovisual materials
- LO5. demonstrate skills to produce research materials for specialised and non specialised audiences.
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