GCST2613 - Everyday Life: Theories and Practices

Semester 2, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Carina Mary Lindsay Garland
Email: carina.garland@sydney.edu.au

Description

While much of our knowledge of everyday life is taken for granted, often considered ordinary or banal, the field of everyday life studies has provided one of the most important contributions to Cultural Studies. Drawing on critical thinkers including Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau and Raymond Williams as well as feminist approaches to the study of the everyday, this unit will explore some of the defining theories, practices and research methods in this exciting new field.

Assessments

1x1000wd close reading assignment (20%), 1x2000wd observation task assignment (30%), 1x2000wd critical essay or photo essay (30%) and 1x1000wd group presentation (20%)

Classes

1x1-hr lecture/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

18 Junior credit points

Prohibitions

GCST2611

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