SOCI408-12S1 (C)
Semester One 2012
Development and Postcolonialism
Description
Contemporary theoretical issues and debates of (post) modern and (post) colonial discourses in relation to the question of development are introduced. The aim of the course is to make the links visible between "development" as a discursive cultural configuration and development as an object category of economic "growth".
In this course I introduce contemporary theoretical issues and debates of (post)modern and (post)colonial discourses in relation to the question of development. The subject of development is explored at the interface between global inequality and cultural politics. By drawing on the discipline of both development studies and postcolonial cultural studies the readings provide a fresh look at examining the links between the making/construction of a community in relation to culture and identity formations and the power play of global/world hegemony of the West. The aim of the course is to make the links visible between development as a discursive cultural configuration and development as an object category of economic ‘growth’. The topics include contested notions of tradition, modernisation, culture, westernisation, universal rights and human rights, globalisation and globalised gender.
Subject to approval of the Head of School.
Course Coordinator
Nabila Jaber
For further information see
School of Social and Political Sciences.
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