PACS201-12S2 (C)
Semester Two 2012
Introduction to Pacific Peoples and Cultures
Description
This course offers students the opportunity to identify challenges facing Pacific communities in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, and to develop possible solutions. Students are introduced to Pacific as well as Metro-Centre worldviews and are encouraged to critically reflect on their own understanding of Pacific issues.
This course explores the different ways that globalization has impacted the Pacific. Obviously, globalization is a vast and complex process and this course does not intend or pretend to cover every aspect of the relationship between it and the Pacific. Instead, the course attempts to identify and interrogate some of the more prominent and popular points of intersection between the two. The course is written with two kinds of students in mind: those who are interested in Pacific issues, and those who are interested in the phenomenon of globalization and its impact. Nevertheless, the content of the course is very broad, and can accommodate other interests. The course aims to challenge students to be more aware of the contemporary developments in the Pacific, and how these are affected by the international environment - past, present, and future.
PACS101 with a B pass or better, or a B average in 60 points in appropriate courses with the approval of the Programme Coordinator.
Course Coordinator
David Gegeo
For further information see
Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies.
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