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GEOP8070 – Decolonising Planning
2024 – Session 2, Online-flexible
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Lauren Tynan
Lecturer
Alistair Sisson
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| 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 Conservation or Remote Sensing and GIS or Environmental Health)
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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 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 etc) will only 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 |
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| Quiz | 20% | No | 07/08/2024, 28/08/2024, 09/10/2024 (all due 11:55pm) |
| Planning report | 30% | No | 03/09/2024 11:55pm |
| Presentation | 10% | No | 03/10/2024 9:00am |
| Reimagining planning | 40% | No | 31/10/2024 11:55pm |
Quiz
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 07/08/2024, 28/08/2024, 09/10/2024 (all due 11:55pm)
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.
Planning report
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: 03/09/2024 11:55pm
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.
Presentation
Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 03/10/2024 9:00am
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.
Reimagining planning
Assessment Type 1: Creative work
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: 31/10/2024 11:55pm
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.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
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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.
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Unit information based on version 2024.02 of the Handbook