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GEOP8070 – Decolonising Planning

2023 – Session 2, Online-flexible

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lauren Tynan
lauren.tynan@mq.edu.au
Lecturer
Alistair Sisson
alistair.sisson@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to MEnv or MEnvEd or MEnvMgt or MEnvStud or MEnvPlan or MPlan or GradCertEnvPlan or MWldMgt or MPPP or MMarScMgt or MEnvLaw or GradDipEnv or MSusDev or GradCertSusDev or GradDipSusDev or GradCertSIA or GradDipSIA or MConsBiol or GradDipConsBiol or MDevStud or MPASRMDevStud or MPPPMDevStud or MSc in (Biodiversity Conversation or Remote Sensing and GIS or Environmental Health)
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

In settler-colonial societies such as Australia, planning is always occurring on Indigenous peoples’ lands. This unit critically engages with the colonial histories and ongoing legacies of planning theory, knowledge and practice. In respectfully drawing on the experiences of Indigenous peoples throughout the world, it challenges planners to decolonise planning by recognising and valuing the critical role Indigenous peoples and their knowledges, rights and interests play in planning governance, land-use, ethics and practice. The aim of this unit is to enable planners to recognise the colonising propensities of professional planning and to contribute actively to processes and practices that decolonise planning.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Critically evaluate the colonial histories and ongoing colonising legacies of planning theory and practice.
  • ULO2: Recognise and value the role Indigenous peoples and their knowledges, rights and interests play in planning across cultural, spatial and political domains.
  • ULO3: Identify how planning knowledge, governance and ethics can be decolonised in theory and practice.
  • ULO4: Apply concepts to case studies to propose ways in which planning knowledges and practices can be decolonised.

General Assessment Information

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.

This late penalty will apply to non-time sensitive assessment (incl. essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs) will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Reimagining planning 40% No Week 13 11:55pm 01/11/2023
Planning report 30% No Week 7 11:55pm 04/09/2023
Quiz 20% No 07/08/2023, 28/08/2023, 09/10/2023
Presentation 10% No Week 9 1:00pm 03/10/2023

Reimagining planning

Assessment Type 1: Creative work
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: Week 13 11:55pm 01/11/2023
Weighting: 40%

 

A creative output (equivalent to 2500 words) setting out an agenda for decolonising planning practices.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically evaluate the colonial histories and ongoing colonising legacies of planning theory and practice.
  • Recognise and value the role Indigenous peoples and their knowledges, rights and interests play in planning across cultural, spatial and political domains.
  • Identify how planning knowledge, governance and ethics can be decolonised in theory and practice.
  • Apply concepts to case studies to propose ways in which planning knowledges and practices can be decolonised.

Planning report

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 7 11:55pm 04/09/2023
Weighting: 30%

 

A 1500 word report analysing the colonial legacies that shape a planning case study.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically evaluate the colonial histories and ongoing colonising legacies of planning theory and practice.
  • Apply concepts to case studies to propose ways in which planning knowledges and practices can be decolonised.

Quiz

Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 07/08/2023, 28/08/2023, 09/10/2023
Weighting: 20%

 

Quizzes based on key unit concepts

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically evaluate the colonial histories and ongoing colonising legacies of planning theory and practice.
  • Recognise and value the role Indigenous peoples and their knowledges, rights and interests play in planning across cultural, spatial and political domains.
  • Identify how planning knowledge, governance and ethics can be decolonised in theory and practice.

Presentation

Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 9 1:00pm 03/10/2023
Weighting: 10%

 

Short presentation, based on a 'pitch' for the creative output task

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically evaluate the colonial histories and ongoing colonising legacies of planning theory and practice.
  • Recognise and value the role Indigenous peoples and their knowledges, rights and interests play in planning across cultural, spatial and political domains.
  • Identify how planning knowledge, governance and ethics can be decolonised in theory and practice.
  • Apply concepts to case studies to propose ways in which planning knowledges and practices can be decolonised.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Weekly seminars for GEOP8070 will be uploaded online. All learning material for this unit will be available via the iLearn website.

 

Technology used and required

Students need access to a computer and basic office software (eg. Microsoft Office or OpenOffice), and course web pages to complete assessment tasks.

 

Using the iLearn site

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Unit information based on version 2023.01R of the Handbook