HSRV204-21S2 (C) Semester Two 2021

Culture, Indigeneity and Citizenship: Critical Debates for the Human Services

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 July 2021
End Date: Sunday, 14 November 2021
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 1 August 2021
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 1 October 2021

Description

The course provides a critical introduction to the historical and current debates of culture, indigeneity and citizenship. The course focuses on debates that move beyond conventional notions of culture, indigeneity and citizenship, and treats these as strategic concepts that are central in the analysis of global/local identities, participation, empowerment, and social justice. Understanding how other communities, populations, groups and individuals organise their lives and participate in the social world enables us to develop theoretically informed tools for providing practical analysis and advice in the shaping/construction of human services agencies and practice.

This course provides a critical introduction to the historical and current debates in culture, indigeneity and citizenship by focusing on how these can beyond conventional notions. Culture, indigeneity and citizenship are understood as strategic concepts central in the analysis of global/local identities, participation, social justice and the negotiation of power. An understanding how communities, populations, groups and individuals organise their lives and participate in the social world enable us to develop theoretically informed tools for providing practical analysis and advice in the shaping/construction of human services agencies and practice.

Learning Goals:
1.  To critically explore constructions of 'culture'
2.  To enhance awareness of, and sensitivity to our own personal cultural heritages
3.  To provide a critical view of the historical and contemporary situation of indigenous people,
    locally and globally
4.  To develop increased awareness, knowledge and skill in the cultural perspectives that
    determine and influence behaviour and to locate such development locally and internationally
5.  To examine theoretical concepts for effective cross-cultural work with minority groups who
    identify on the basis of ethnicity, ability and sexualities and identities.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Biculturally competent and confident

Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 15 points at 100 level from HSRV or SOWK, or
any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Course Coordinator

Cindy Zeiher

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Tutorial participation 10%
Essay 27 Aug 2021 30% 2000 words - due date to be advised
Media post critical response 24 Sep 2021 20%
Take home test 40% 15-22 October 2021

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $785.00

International fee $3,500.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All HSRV204 Occurrences

  • HSRV204-21S2 (C) Semester Two 2021
  • HSRV204-21S2 (D) Semester Two 2021 (Distance)