Unit name | Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies |
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Unit code | GEOG30010 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Jackson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
GEOG25110 Philosophy, Social Theory, and Geography AND GEOG20110 Political Economy 2 |
Co-requisites |
Available to year-three Geography and year- four Geography with Study Aboard/Continental Europe students only. |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This course will introduce students to the cultural and political economic geographies of colonial and post-colonial critique. Blending an historical and contemporary approaches with thematic analyses of colonial and postcolonial discourses and practices, the course will investigate key areas of concern, including: enclosure, accumulation, imperialism, colonialism, empire, race, nationalism, conflict, resistance, decolonization, neo-imperialism, as well as representational and discursive techniques and strategies integral to colonialism, neo-colonialism, and postcolonialism. The module will be taught through lectures and seminars. The critical analysis of visual materials including maps, photographs, paintings, drawings, and films will accompany the expectations for the course.
The aims of this unit:
Enable critical examination of different kinds of visual and textual sources and discursive techniques which engage the topics of empire, neo-imperialism, neo-colonialism, postcolonialism, violence, hegemony, globalization, identity, diasporas, representation, etc.
Links between learning outcomes and methods of assessment
Unseen examination questions will test conceptual comprehension and integration.
Teaching will consist primarily of a 2-hour lecture. Some discussion to take place within lecture (class size permitting).
50% course work assessment and 50% final examination
One independent research paper of 2500 words on a choice of two set questions. 50% of unit assessment total. Paper due Week 12.
One 2 part final examination set in exam period. 2 hour exam. The exam will comprise 6 questions in questions total across to parts. Students will be asked to answer 2 questions, one from each part. Weighting: 50% for each part. Total 100%.
Readings will be assigned for each week from pre-selected books and papers. Representative Readings for the unit are the following:
1. Ghandi, L. (1998) Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction. Columbia University Press.
2. Sharp, J. (2009) Geographies of Postcolonialism. Sage.
3. Gregory, D. (2004) The Colonial Present. Blackwell.
4. Mbembe, A. (2001) On the Postcolony. University of California Press.
5. Stewart-Harawira, M. (2005) The New Imperial Order: Indigenous Responses to Globalization. Zed Books.