Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Justine Lloyd
Contact via x9940
W6A834
By appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
In this unit we look at debates regarding how to conceptualise and study culture. It briefly examines the place of culture in classical sociology before moving on to the recent phenomenon known as the cultural turn in the social sciences. You are asked to consider how the tools of cultural sociology have been applied to both cultural (such as arts, music, television, fashion, architecture, taste and DIY) and non-cultural domains (such as politics, social movements, national celebrations, science and knowledge and collective trauma). Students also address the issue of how cultural sociology intersects and diverges from fields such as cultural studies, cultural geography and cultural history. The unit is case study oriented and relies on the latest literatures in this vibrant field of the social sciences.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
All assignments will be submitted via turn-it-in and hard copy by 5pm on the due date (Fridays of the relevant week).
Hard copy submissions will be via the Arts assignment boxes, Level 1, W6A.
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Class participation | 20% | Ongoing |
Object story (250 wd) | 20% | End of week 3 |
Research project plan (750 wd) | 20% | End of week 6 |
Research Project | 40% | End of week 13 |
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%
You are expected to regularly attend and participate in seminars and class discussion.
Due: End of week 3
Weighting: 20%
Written summary of in-class discussion.
Due: End of week 6
Weighting: 20%
750 words + bibliography
The aim of this assignment is to give you a chance to get guidance in your topic and trouble shoot any issues that have arisen, or you foresee arising in your project.
Due: End of week 13
Weighting: 40%
Individual contribution (1000 words, 2-3 photographs and captions from interview) to class exhibition
In this unit attendance at all seminars is essential for successful completion of the course.
Please consult the timetable for the latest information on lecture and tutorial times and locations.
You will also need access to the internet to access the ilearn site for SOC220.
Copies of the required Course Reader for SOC220 will be available for purchase at the CO-OP Bookshop at Macquarie University. Electronic copies of readings will be available on e-reserve via the 'Unit Readings' tab at http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/library/.
Week /Date |
Seminar topic |
Activity |
Week 1 |
Introduction |
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Week 2 |
Production/Reproduction |
Object stories begin |
Week 3 |
The ‘social life’ of things |
Object stories conclude |
Week 4 |
Research methods & ethics |
Interview practical |
Week 5 |
Site visit: off campus |
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Week 6 |
Aesthetics |
Reading discussion including report on site visits |
Week 7 |
The Sacred |
Reading discussion including report on plan for fieldwork |
Week 8 |
NO SEMINAR |
Self-directed study/ fieldwork |
Week 9 |
Student work-in-progress |
Presentations on work-in-progress |
Week 10 |
NO SEMINAR |
Self-directed study/fieldwork |
Week 11 |
Student work-in-progress |
Presentations on work-in-progress |
Week 12 |
Course Review |
Discussion of course themes and trouble-shooting |
Week 13 |
Exhibition preparation |
Selection of final student work for presentation |
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Activity |
Student Workload (hours per week) |
Overall Student Workload (total hours) |
Orientation/introduction |
1x3hr seminars (weeks 1) |
3 |
Scaffolding for skills and knowledge development |
2x3hr seminars on cultural sociological approaches (weeks 2&3) 1x3hr seminar on research ethics and interviewing (week 4) + 7hrs independent reading/study 2x3hr seminars on interpretive frameworks (weeks 6&7) |
22
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Experience/Project |
6hrs independent study (weeks 8 & 10) |
6 |
Assessment |
6hrs per week (weeks 1-13 incl. semester break) |
90 |
Wrap-up/debrief |
2x3hr seminars student work in progress presentations (weeks 9 & 11) 2x3hr seminars+ 1x2hr meeting with organisation (week 12-13) |
14 |
TOTAL* |
9hrs (average) |
135 |
1cp is equivalent to 3hrs per week over the 15 week semester (45hrs/cp total). The total workload for a 3cp unit is thus 135 hours.