ASS205 - Who Gets What: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Global Justice
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Victoria Stead |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ASS305, ASS331 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week 1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided) 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) | |
Content
In this unit, students will learn to think critically about how relations of poverty and wealth are implicated in diverse human lives, including their own. An anthropological perspective encourages us to unsettle our commonsense understandings about what we value, and why, about how inequality is represented and reproduced, and about what a good life could, or should, look like. We consider the ways in which capitalism and colonialism structure distributions of wealth and human suffering. In the Global South, we ask what it means to aspire to development, or to set that as a goal for others? In the Global North, we consider transformations to work, welfare, and care. A key goal is to understand the relations that connect lives and experiences across both the Global North and Global South, and to think together about possibilities for global justice.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Debate, interpret and synthesise issues and concepts related to economic anthropology, and the anthropological study of poverty, wealth, and value | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Evaluate normative frameworks for poverty alleviation in both Global North and South contexts, and generate constructive critique of current approaches | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Apply anthropological insights to the analysis of contemporary issues related to the distribution of poverty and wealth, and communicate these analyses in engaging and accessible ways | GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital Literacy |
| ULO4 | Build understanding of diverse Indigenous and First Nations modes of economy and value; of the impacts on these of colonialism, capitalism and development; and of contemporary, alternative Indigenous and First Nations systems of economic knowledge and relationship | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Online Blog/Discussion | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: Critical Reading | 1200 words | 30% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3: Essay | 2000 words | 50% | Werk 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ASS205 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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