Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor
Amanda Wise
Lecturer
Justine Lloyd
Lecturer
Peter Rogers
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
SOCX3015
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores how sociologists understand the collective challenges of a global world. Research into global issues includes international migration, global cities, the rise of information & surveillance capitalism, global value chains and transnational financial flows, global interconnections of everyday actors and elites and the global consequences of climate change. Students explore the role of local communities and cultures in reshaping and regulating global forces and power structures underpinning globalism, nationalism and cosmopolitanism. We will examine the changing roles of civil society and local community in creating alternatives to the twin powers of states and markets, from successes and failures to future opportunities and emerging risks. By exploring the relationships between space, place and people through contemporary case studies (for example, global cities and social infrastructures, the sociology of risk and crisis, resilience and disasters; global migration, border politics and citizenship rights) students will build on and extend previous learning in theory and methods, with the option of a fieldwork project focused on a case study. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Assessments include quizzes, active weekly participation and a culminating final project that will be worked on through the second half of semester.
WORD LIMITS: Word limits DO NOT include bibliography. You maybe +/- 10% word limit.
LATE PENALTY: Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – ten (10) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
ASSIGNMENT EXTENSIONS: By special consideration request.
PARTICIPATION: To successfully pass the active participation task, regular attendance at tutorials is expected for all students.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Active Participation | 20% | No | Ongoing |
Quizzes | 30% | No | Week 6, 8 & 11 |
Major assignment | 50% | No | Week 13 - Sunday 5th June 2022 |
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%
Throughout the semester students will undertake a range of active participation tasks that apply theoretical and policy topics to develop key skills. This includes debate, small group discussions and presentations, film viewing and reflection. Students will be assessed on their active engagement in these activities and the degree to which this engagement demonstrates content understanding; reasoning and reflection; ability to interact with other students ideas; and an ability to express ideas clearly. Online students will undertake similar tasks online, organised through the online discussion forums.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 6, 8 & 11
Weighting: 30%
Three quizzes will be conducted in class (for internal students) or online (for external students) based on the readings set for the course
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 35 hours
Due: Week 13 - Sunday 5th June 2022
Weighting: 50%
For the major assignment, students may choose one of the following:
1. A essay that explores one of the topics discussed in the lecture in-depth. Students will be required to undertake original desk-based research and apply social theories relating to globalisation and global cities to critically analyse a set question from one of the three key themes in the unit.
or
2. A major fieldwork based project in response one of three set themes.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Lectures on campus and recorded
Tutorials on campus or discussion boards for external students
Curated resources distributed on iLearn and in Leganto
This unit explores how sociologists understand the collective challenges of a global world. Research into global issues includes international migration, global cities, the rise of information & surveillance capitalism, global value chains and transnational financial flows, global interconnections of everyday actors and elites and the global consequences of climate change. Students explore the role of local communities and cultures in reshaping and regulating global forces and power structures underpinning globalism, nationalism and cosmopolitanism. We will examine the changing roles of civil society and local community in creating alternatives to the twin powers of states and markets, from successes and failures to future opportunities and emerging risks. By exploring the relationships between space, place and people through contemporary case studies (for example, global cities and social infrastructures, the sociology of risk and crisis, resilience and disasters; global migration, border politics and citizenship rights) students will build on and extend previous learning in theory and methods, with the option of a fieldwork project focused on a case study.
LECTURE SCHEDULE (subject to minor changes)
PART ONE GLOBAL CITIES & URBAN LIFE
1 Introduction to the Sociology of Global Urban Life
2 The Global City
3 The Just City & Social Infrastructures
PART TWO GLOBAL MIGRATION & THE CITY
4 DiverseCities: Superdiversity & Global Migration
5 Regimes of Mobility: Infrastructures of Global Migration
6 Trade Cities: Low-End Globalisation: Spotlight Hong Kong & Guangzhou
7 Arrival Cities: Social Infrastructures & Refugee Settlement
PART THREE – CHALLENGES: SECURITY & CLIMATE
8 SMART cities & networked urbanism
9 Secure Cities: Surveillance, social movements & public space
10 Urban Field trip: Inequality & Global Sydney
11 Field trip discussion & Final project workshop
12 Resilient Cities: Global problems, local solutions
13 Conclusion
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Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook