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GCST6903: Debates in Cultural Studies
2024 unit information
This unit explores key debates in cultural studies as an exploration of its core concepts. Unit content will vary from year to year in response to current issues in Australian cultural studies, but will also cover foundational debates in the discipline, including the relation between ideology and mass culture, between taste and habitus, and between changing media technologies and models of subjectivity. It will also consider ethical debates over theory and practice and the institutionalisation of cultural studies.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Gender and Cultural Studies
| Code | GCST6903 |
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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 discuss significance, scope and usefulness of some key concepts in cultural inquiry.
- LO2. Demonstrate the ability to critically appraise 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.
Unit availability
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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