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GCST6903: Debates in Cultural Studies

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.

Code GCST6903
Academic unit Gender and Cultural Studies
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None

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 outlines

Unit outlines will be available 2 weeks before the first day of teaching for the relevant session.