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 100-402 Nation/Community/Citizen

Availability

Not offered in 1998.

Credit Points

16.7 4th year

Coordinator

Dr K Darian-Smith, Mr M Cathcart

Contact

One 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

An interdisciplinary seminar examining the interrelationships of nation, community and citizen in Australia. Particular attention will be paid to: the history and contemporary forms of Australian nationalism, the Australian state and its changing views of citizens, multiculturalism and its critics, sustainable futures for particular Australian communities. Students completing this subject should have: acquired a critical understanding of the functioning of Australian nationalism in diverse sites and contexts in Australian culture and society; an awareness of changing representations of community and citizen in Australia

Assessment

Tutorial Participation (10%) Written work not exceeding 6000 words (90%).

Prescribed Texts

A student reader is available from the Australian Centre, containing all essential readings.

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