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GCST4210: Transforming Everyday Life
2023 unit information
In this unit students will examine recent transformations of everyday life in the context of new digital communication technologies, cultures and platforms. Through in-depth case studies of everyday practices, spaces and experiences in a digital age (visual culture, algorithms and automation, communities and activism, locative and mapping technologies, the sharing economy, digital health and food cultures, social media), students will engage with theories of everyday life and research contemporary, real-world examples and contexts.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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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. Apply their knowledge of theories of everyday life to contemporary issues as well as to their own cultural practices and interests.
- LO2. Employ critical skills in close reading, analysis and argumentation
- LO3. Critically examine and engage with the digital transformations of everyday life and their implications for culture, society and politics
- LO4. Identify different research methods used in the field of everyday life studies
- LO5. Understand the key theoretical texts, thinkers and ideas in the everyday life tradition and how they may be used to understand, reframe or address specific situations in contemporary life
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