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GCST5905: Identity Place and Culture
2025 unit information
This unit familiarises students with contemporary ideas and debates concerning cultural identity, community and location, with an emphasis on diversity and difference in contemporary Australian culture but placed in an international context by the wider field of cultural studies. It will focus on contemporary case studies to enable students to explore theories of identity, community and cultural location and develop appropriate and effective means of analysing contemporary cultural identities and practices.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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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. Demonstrate familiarity with key debates and concepts in the study of culture in relation to identity and place
- LO2. Use a broad explanatory framework in which to position these concepts
- LO3. Use critical reading skills to perform close readings of theoretical and other texts, and form responses to these
- LO4. Formulate and analyse significant problems regarding questions of ‘identity’ and ‘place’ in relation to culture in the contemporary world
- LO5. Explain how cultural analysis and research contributes to understanding complex questions of identity and place
- LO6. Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the complexity of ethical issues arising in this field of study
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