Unit name | Modern Slavery: Issues and Debates |
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Unit code | SOCI30097 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Okyere |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This module considers two different sets of arguments about slavery in the contemporary world: first, the case made by anti-slavery campaigners who claim that there are 35 million ‘slaves’ in the world today; and second, the argument that transatlantic slavery lives on as a system of racial domination, in particular, through the American prison industrial complex. These arguments are examined against longer-standing philosophical, sociological and anthropological debates about the defining features of slavery. The module aims to:
• Introduce students to definitional and philosophical debates on slavery, and to the literatures on ‘modern slavery’ and on the afterlife of transatlantic slavery
• Encourage students to think critically about the concept of ‘modern slavery’
• Develop students’ understanding of what the study of transatlantic slavery can teach us about contemporary restraints on freedom structured along lines of race, gender, class and nationality
On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:
The unit will be taught through blended learning methods, including a mix of synchronous and asynchronous teaching activities
Both assessments assess all learning outcomes