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Part Three – Postgraduate Units of StudyDivision of Society,Culture, Media andPhilosophyANTH800 Issues in Applied Anthropology4 pg cpAn introductory unit examining issues of applied anthropology’sdefinition and scope; its methodologies; relationshipsbetween culture and development; medicalanthropology and primary health care; power inequalities;connections between the global and the local;Aboriginal land rights; approaches to poverty; studies oftourism, and the ethics of applied research.ANTH801 Methodology in Local andCommunity Studies4 pg cpThis unit introduces methodological strategies used incommunity research. Quantitative strategies, such asquestionnaire and survey methods, will be comparedwith qualitative ones, such as participant observation.The epistemological and ethical dimensions of methodology,and the effects of political imperatives on the conductof research will be discussed. It includes four weeksof community-based research.ANTH805 Migrant Communities inAustralia4 pg cpThis unit examines issues surrounding immigration andmigrant communities in Australia. The impact of labourmigration, understanding of ethnicity, and the impact ofmass immigration will be considered from both internationaland national perspectives. Cases will be used toevaluate government policy and approaches to migrantcommunities, and shifts in approaches will be considered.ANTH808 Urban Anthropology andCommunity Development4 pg cpStudies in urban anthropology, both in the West and inindustrialising societies, will be examined in the light ofthe emergence of community organisations against abackground of class and power differentials. The mechanismsappropriate to social action will be examinedthrough case studies drawn from both Western and“Third World” examples. Dilemmas of “communitydevelopment” will be considered.ANTH811 Culture, Media andDevelopment4 pg cpThe rapid introduction and spread of mass media hasbeen directly and indirectly implicated in the patternscurrently emerging, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.This unit will examine the theories of media influence,the present pattern of media flow, and the use of mediadirectly in the development process (ie in developmentcommunication).ANTH815 Issues in the Sociology ofDevelopment4 pg cpThis unit introduces development studies by examiningtheories and practices that have dictated the nature ofdevelopment assistance to the Third World over the pastfour decades. Using case studies, this unit considers keyissues such as NGOs and commercial program management,gender, sustainable development, human rights,globalisation and mass media, emergency relief andAustralia’s aid policies.ANTH821 Changing Australian IndigenousCommunities4 pg cpThis unit examines policies and practices in relation toAboriginal community development in both remote andurban areas. Current federal and state policies in relationto welfare, health, land and legal issues will be discussed.Aboriginal viewpoints and the interaction of Aboriginalorganisations with bureaucracies and welfare agencieswill be examined.ANTH823 Research Project16 pg cpThe research project may be carried out in a field settingor be based on documentary and policy materials. It maybe possible to arrange field placement for students intheir areas of interest (but note that all associated costswould have to be met by the candidate). A final report ofapproximately 20,000 words is required.ANTH824/ANTH825 Research Project (halfyear)8 pg cpA half-year unit for candidates who wish to begin theirResearch Project mid-year or who require more than oneyear to complete the Research Project.ANTH826 Intellectuals and ContestedKnowledge in Development andModernisation4 pg cpThis unit introduces the use of anthropology in understandingthe contested nature of knowledge in the projectof development and modernisation. Anthropologicalstudies of shamans, midwives and diviners will be usedto question the meaning of knowledge as defined bymodernising intellectuals.ANTH840 Refugees and Resettlement4 pg cpThis unit will explore some of the main contemporaryissues relating to forced migration. Through seminar discussions,presentations and students’ assignments, wewill examine the causes and consequences of forced311
Handbook of Postgraduate Studies – 2004migration, local and international strategies to “manage”the consequences of population movements, and anthropologicalattempts at explaining and understanding therefugee condition.HGEO802 Social Impact Assessment andCross Cultural Negotiation4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with social impact assessment as akey tool in managing development in multicultural environmentswhere stakeholders have different views of theworld. Using case studies of native title, resource projectsand major infrastructure developments, this unit developsconceptual, methodological and practical skills relevantto government, community and private sectors. Studentswill examine several major social impact studies andnative title negotiations.ICOM811 Communication and Social,Economic and Political Development4 pg cpThis unit examines the process of international communicationin the context of social, political and economicdevelopment. It includes a study of the literature on communicationand development and focuses on ways policiesare developed to facilitate change. In addition to thetheoretical basis for communication, particular attentionis given to the role of the media and its effect on publicopinion.ICOM812 Cross-cultural Communication4 pg cpThis unit examines the cultural dimensions of globalisationthrough the representation of different ethnic andcultural groups in media and audiovisual products.Through case studies drawn from a range of media andcultures, it addresses the formation of sub-cultures, globalaudiences, diasporic communications and alternativesto contemporary international media imagery.ICOM813 International CommunicationFlows4 pg cpThis unit looks at the western approach to news gatheringand dissemination, and especially, the news valuesapplied by the media of the dominant centre in relation tothe periphery in international and local reporting. Thecourse uses the New World Information andCommunication Order (NWICO) concept as a springboardfor discussions and as the framework for the finalproject. A major segment of the course is devoted to theresearch and production of short television news stories.The resulting half hour program, packaged in a magazineformat, will be aired on C-31 Community TV Sydney.ICOM814 Development Communication4 pg cpThe unit comprises three main parts, all underpinned withrelevant case studies. Firstly, it includes a study of theorigins, growth and development of the area of humanactivity traditionally known as DevelopmentCommunication (DevComm). Secondly, it involves students,theoretically and practically, in the area ofDevComm referred to as “Development Journalism”.Thirdly, it includes elements of “ParticipatoryCommunication” in theory and practice.ICOM815 Communication and PowerParadigms4 pg cpThis unit seeks to explore global media production andconsumption. The Gulf War, the 9.11 attack on WorldTrade Centre and the World Cup Soccer are examples ofmedia events that are depicted, constructed, interpreted,circulated, and consumed on a global scale. The imagesof these events are direct outcomes of global power relationsin many ways. The unit encourages constructivecritical thinking so as to develop an appreciation of thenature of media in relation to the concept of power anddomination.ICOM816 Communication andInternational Political Economy4 pg cpThe unit examines the relationship between communicationand political economy. It begins by providing agrounding in classical and contemporary political economyand then goes on to establish a corridor betweenpolitical economy and cultural inquiry and addresses thepolitical economy of communication.ICOM817 Transnational Communication4 pg cpThis unit examines the structures and activities of globaland local media and audiovisual industries includingfilm, television, recorded music, advertising and newmedia. The unit will utilise a range of theoretical perspectivesdrawn from the fields of communications andcultural studies to assist understanding of transnationalism,particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Students willbe able to apply insights gained through theoretical andpractical illustrations to develop a case study of an industry,sector or national market relevant to their interests.ICOM818 Research Seminar inInternational Communication4 pg cpIn this unit students will be intensively exposed to internationalcommunication research projects through examinationof published research studies and unpublisheddissertations. Students will be required to write critiquesof selected research projects. Students will learn andimprove analytical and critical skills through discussionsof conceptual frameworks and theories used in conductingresearch in international communication; analysis ofdifferent research designs and their methodological logic;and presentation skills.312
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