Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor and lecturer
Justine Lloyd
Contact via justine.lloyd@mq.edu.au
Lecturer
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 at 100 level or above) 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 SOC352 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:
Participation in seminars
The content of the seminars will be largely driven by students working in small groups, and will complement the traditional lecture series. Lecturers will be facilitating discussion on the set questions (highlighted in lectures and posted on ilearn) and helping guide you through the materials that we will be using in the course (readings, podcasts, videos and other relevant materials).
You are expected to prepare for class by consulting these materials beforehand and bringing along your notes for discussion with your group. The more you are prepared, the better your group discussion will be!
Regular time will be set aside every few weeks leading up to the major assignment for you to discuss progress towards your campaign analysis and raise any questions you have.
There will also be a component of your participation mark allocated to peer feedback on the conference presentations in Weeks 12-13. This will be a combination of verbal and written feedback.
We look forward to hearing how this combination of different activities works as we go through the semester.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Reading Reflection | 20% | No | End of Week 4 |
Campaign analysis outline | 20% | No | End of Week 7 |
Campaign analysis | 40% | No | End of Week 13 |
Workshop participation | 20% | No | Ongoing |
Due: End of Week 4
Weighting: 20%
1 page (250 words) reflection based on one selection from weekly readings (i.e. weeks 2-4)
Due: End of Week 7
Weighting: 20%
Short (750 words) plan for campaign analysis
Due: End of Week 13
Weighting: 40%
This assignment is a campaign analysis, based on action research on a current campaign that you select.
You will have an option to present your findings in one of two forms:
i) 2000-2500 word report (excluding reference list and appendices) on current campaign or social movement event.
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ii) 8-10 Minute Conference Presentation, including electronic presentation, short abstract (250-500word) and reference list (this option means presenting in Week 12 or 13).
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%
Attendance, preparation for and participation in seminars (including peer feedback on conference presentations in week 12 or 13).
Class format: Weekly 1-hour lecture and 2-hour seminar plus independent study for seminar preparation and assignments.
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.
Recommended and further readings for each week are available through the course e-reserve page via the library website.
Week |
Topic |
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Introduction |
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A Brief History of Social Action in Australia |
3 |
Social Movement Theory |
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Action Research: How to research social action |
5 |
EASTER FRIDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY: No Lecture or Tutorials |
6 |
Mass politics, mass organising |
7 |
New Social Movement Theory |
Mid-semester break: 16-30 April |
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8 |
Global Justice: From Alt Globalisation to Trump |
9 |
Direct Action and Nonviolence |
10 |
Green Washing, Pink Washing: Corporations and Movements |
11 |
New Media, New Strategies |
12 |
Conference |
13 |
Conference |
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What has changed: This semester we have reinstated a weekly lecture, as suggested by student feedback on 2017 class format. The seminar will continue to use one of the University's active learning spaces, and will be based around group discussion of the week's topic in the context of weekly readings and their related discussion questions. See 'General Assessment Information' above for details on how this will work.
Date | Description |
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30/05/2018 | Clarification of word limit for final campaign analysis assignment. CHANGED FROM: i) 2500 word report (including references, but not including appendices) on current campaign or social movement event. TO: i) 2000-2500 word report (excluding reference list and appendices) on current campaign or social movement event. |