12.5 Dr Kim Dovey. 3 hours of seminar per week throughout one semester. On completion of this program students should be able to demonstrate that they: i) can understand and articulate the role of the built environment in the production and reproduction of power relations; ii) can understand and articulate issues of class, race, gender and cultural difference in relation to built form; iii) can think critically and act ethically in response to the complex web of power relations within which design practice is enmeshed. Theoretical perspectives and issues to be covered include: disciplinary technology, segregation, surveillance, post-colonialism, democratisation of design, feminist theory, aesthetic ideology, politics of representation and structuration theory. The embodiment of power relations in the built environment will be explored at a range of scales and building types including urban design, public institutions, corporate buildings, shopping centres and housing. Assignments up to the equivalent of 7,500 words. Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available within the first two weeks of semester.