106-071 Cultural Policy and Power

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Usually admission to the Postgraduate Diploma or Fourth Year Honours in English or Cultural Studies, see Honours entry.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject introduces students to cultural policy studies as a distinct domain of cultural studies. It examines the stakes involved in defining and operating within cultural policy studies by working through the characterisations of cultural practices, cultural politics and power. Students will analyse specific instances of cultural policy development, produce specific studies of the political dimensions of cultural practices in order to re-think perceived notions of subjectivity, ideology and representation, and comprehend the range and consequences of scholarly involvement in cultural policy studies. Students completing the subject will appreciate the relationship between critical analysis and policy orientation in cultural studies and be familiar with specific instances of cultural policy development at local, state, federal and international levels.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available.