ATS2086 · Global agency and collective action

Overview

In this unit you will build on the work of level 1 Global Studies units by turning to the role of individual and collective agency in social change across a number of local and global issues. You will examine how the categories of gender, race and class structure the world and our lives, and ways different groups have resisted and reframed them. You will gain a deep understanding of collective action and approaches adopted by different social movements, particularly feminist, anti-racist and anti-capitalist movements, in a range of historical, linguistic, cultural, and geographical settings. You will develop the skills necessary to critically engage with and synthesise a range of interdisciplinary sources and practical approaches to social change through tutorial activities and individual and group assessments.

Areas of study: Global studies

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. analyse and reflect on how social categories structure everyday life;
2. evaluate individual, community, grassroots and activist responses to inequalities based on gender, race and class;
3. identify and critique the logistics, methods, and processes involved in driving social change within local and global contexts;
4. critically evaluate and reflect on the role of agency in social change;
5. apply skills in collaborative, independent and interdisciplinary research;
6. collaborate effectively with peers in the evaluation, creation and communication of social movements in various formats.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.