AUST7102 Australian Studies: Approaches to Cultural Theory Part 2

Professor Amy Roberts

2019

4.5

1 x 2-hour seminar fortnightly

1 Admission into HBA-Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
2 ^ AUST7101 - Australian Studies: Approaches to Cultural Theory Part 1
Must Satisfy: (1 and 2)

CULT7001 has been successfully completed

BA with major in Australian Studies

This topic employs a number of research strategies allowing the application of theory to particular problems of cultural interpretation; be they legal, anthropological, aesthetic, environmental, or political. Theories of colonialism and the post-colonial will feature in the topic. This topic will particularly assist students with the development of theoretical approaches to research questions.

This topic must be taken concurrently with AUST7101 Approaches to Cultural Theory Part 1.

This topic aims to:

address a number of research strategies which allow the application of theory to particular problems of cultural interpretation in the Australian context - whether they be legal, anthropological, linguistic, aesthetic, environmental, or political
enable students to further analyse and apply methods of reading and exploring the textuality of events, places, spaces, policies, social rituals, people, communities
develop theoretical approaches to particular research questions

For successful completion of this topic students will:

identify research strategies which allow the application of theory to particular problems of cultural interpretation - whether they be historical, legal, anthropological, linguistic, aesthetic, environmental, or political
further analyse and apply methods of reading and exploring the textuality of events, places, spaces, policies, social rituals, people and communities
demonstrate the ability to develop appropriate theoretical approaches to particular research questions and contexts in the Australian setting

Key dates and timetable

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