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131-077 Metropolis Now: Melbourne 2000-1835 | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof A Mayne |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year history, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | An introductory series of six 1-hour lectures, and 2 additional hours per week of lectures, tutorials, and excursions |
Subject Description | A cultural history of Melbourne from a comparative New World perspective. The subject overviews the physical and social development of Melbourne, probes representations of the city in popular culture, and explores the diverse local horizons of its inhabitants. In so doing, the subject examines the growth of cities and the fashioning of urban cultures in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, and South Africa. It seeks to strip away 'outside' overlays of belief and urban redevelopment in Melbourne, so as to tease out the 'inside' actualities of neighbourhood lives in the past. Participants in the subject are encouraged to apply and extend these themes through original research on Melbourne. |
Assessment | Class participation and written work totalling 4000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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