Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Other Staff
Justine Lloyd
Contact via justine.lloyd@mq.edu.au
Unit Convenor
Ben Spies-Butcher
Contact via ben.spies-butcher@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp or admission to GDipArts
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Social movements are an important presence in contemporary societies. How are they organised? Why do they emerge? What shapes their development? This unit provides a framework for answering these questions. It focuses on both the history of social activism, including campaigns like the suffragettes and civil rights movement through to the Arab Spring and climate campaigning; as well as prominent theories and concepts for understanding the rise and success of social movements. As part of the assessment students will examine a contemporary campaign, looking first hand at how movements organise and evaluating their success. This unit also allows students to progress to SOC351 where they have the opportunity to work in a placement with a social change organisation.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Reading Reflection | 20% | End of Week 4 |
Campaign analysis outline | 20% | End of Week 8 |
Campaign analysis | 40% | End of Week 13 |
Workshop participation | 20% | Ongoing |
Due: End of Week 4
Weighting: 20%
1 page (250 words) reflection based on one selection from weekly contributions to lecturer-moderated online forum (approx 200-300 words per week, ongoing weeks 1-4)
Due: End of Week 8
Weighting: 20%
Short (750 words) plan for campaign analysis
Due: End of Week 13
Weighting: 40%
2500 word report on current campaign or social movement event.
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%
Attendance and participation in seminars or for external students in online fora (including work-in-progress presentation in week 12 or 13).
Class format: Weekly 3-hour seminar with independent study and contributions to online discussion to support assessment tasks.
Technologies used in this course: Important information about the weekly topics, course readings and assessment are all available on the course iLearn page. If you do not have access, please contact IT help. You are requred to check iLearn and your student email regularly for course updates and communications.
All compulsory readings will be available in the printed reader for purchase from the Co-Op Bookshop.
Recommended and further readings for each week are available through the course e-reserve page via the library website.
What has changed: A new topic in 2013 on 'career reflection' worked well and has been incorporated into the structure permanently. Requirements to present work-in-progress in weeks 12 or 13 were also successful, but may be reviewed in the initial weeks given growing student numbers. The integration of this unit and SOC352 has been improved and students will be given a clearer guide of what to expect if they continue into second semester's participation component.
Week |
Topic |
1 |
Introduction |
2 |
A Brief History of Social Action in Australia |
3 |
A Brief History of Think Tanks and Conservative Movements |
4 |
Theories: Understanding Collective Action |
5 |
A Brief History of Global Justice |
6 |
Theories: Understanding New Social Movements (Incl. workshop on Action Research) |
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Strategies: Violence, Nonviolence and Direct Action |
8 |
Strategies: Capturing the State (Labor and Green Parties) |
9 |
Strategies: Labour and Organising (Strikes, Green Bans and YR@W) |
10 |
Strategies: Pt1: Environmental Activism Pt2: Career Reflection Workshop |
11 |
Strategies: Using the Media (Alternative media) |
12 |
Social movements now! Arab Spring, Occupy, Austerity… |
13 |
Conclusion |
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