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GCST4208: Debates in Cultural Studies
2023 unit information
Cultural studies involves the study of texts and practices that constitute the ways that people live. In this unit, students explore and analyse the concepts and debates that recur in this field, such as representation, cultural relativism, subjectivity, agency, identity, difference, and everyday life. Students will focus on how arguments about culture can be developed in line with these and other concepts, through various forms of evidence and methods of analysis of culture.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Gender and Cultural Studies
| Code | GCST4208 |
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| Academic unit | Gender and Cultural Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Articulate the meaning and significance of some key concepts in cultural inquiry
- LO2. Demonstrate the ability to appraise critically literature about issues or debates in the fields of cultural and gender studies
- LO3. Identify critical issues that are germane to a particular object of cultural analysis and demonstrate their significance to it.
- LO4. Develop skills in critical analysis and independent thinking
- LO5. Demonstrate research, writing, discussion and oral communication skills through assessment and classroom tasks.
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2021
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Semester 2 2021
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Normal day | Remote |
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Semester 2 2022
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2022
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Normal day | Remote |
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Semester 2 2023
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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