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ANTH6916: The Social in Justice
2025 unit information
Social science has always been central to the study and practice of development as a source of expert knowledge on how societies work and what makes societies change. But where you stand on social change depends on where you sit. When the whole world is on fire, and our collective future is at stake, we need to learn to expand our imagination of what community, society, economy, and change mean. This means taking part in a dialogue among scholars, feminist activists, anticolonial thinkers, and people at the grassroots. When we look at society through multiple lenses, the invisible sources of injustice, oppression, suffering, and disease come into view.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Anthropology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. identify and distinguish central paradigms and key concepts of the social sciences and their roots in social theory
- LO2. critically assess how different theoretical frameworks in the social sciences shape different methodological, analytical and ethical approaches to social and cultural realities
- LO3. identify and critically assess scholarly arguments and analysis in the traditions of social theory
- LO4. apply theorisations and key concepts of social theory to an understanding of historical, current and new development paradigms and their social and cultural impact
- LO5. develop critical thinking, research, writing and oral presentation skills to engage with and contribute to advance development and anthropological knowledge
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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