175-044 Conflict, Culture and Language

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175-044 Conflict, Culture and Language
Note	This subject is offered in intensive mode over a period of two weeks during the winter recess.
Availability	2nd and 3rd year
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	Assoc Prof Diane Bretherton
Semester	Not Offered (view timetable)
Contact	Thirty hours of lectures and tutorials taught in intensive mode during the winter recess. There will be 20 hours of lectures and 10 tutorials
Subject Description	This subject examines the relationship between conflict, culture and language in a theoretical context with a view to better understanding of the causes and consequences of cross-cultural ethno-political conflict. It has also the practical aim of introducing some cross-cultural conflict resolution skills.
Generic Skills	develop research skills through the use of library and other resources to investigate conflict and language; be able to communicate effectively in essay form; develop the ability to think dialectically about complex situations.
Assessment	Two assignments of 2000 words each comprising a research literature assignment and a practical report based on a cross-cultural conflict mapping exercise (due at the end of semester).
Prescribed Texts	A subject reader will be available. V Jabri, Discourses on Violence: Conflict Analysis Reconsidered. Manchester University Press 1996.

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