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Culture to Cultures
UndergraduateCUR-COM1552025
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Challenge your ways of thinking about other cultures and values. Take apart your cultural background and see how it shapes your worldview. Get to know Indigenous knowledge and perspectives. Examine topics including othering, prejudice and the media.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 23 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Culture to Cultures
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- effectively apply key concepts and theories around intercultural communication and media studies to analyse texts and media representations.
- critically reflect on development of cultural capabilities and application and learning around concepts and theories of the unit.
- develop capabilities to engage respectfully with First Peoples and people of all cultures, and demonstrate respect for Indigenous perspectives and all cultures in their community and professional practice.
- critically analyse representations of Indigenous peoples in the media in order to understand the histories of Indigenous people and their representation.
- effectively apply concepts and theories around cultural essentialism/ non-essentialism to contemporary issues, social category systems and identities.
- Culture and Communication
- Intercultural Communication
- Essentialism and Non-essentialism
- Stereotyping
- Prejudice
- Othering
- Representations of Other Cultures
- Indigenous Perspectives
This subject investigates culture, communication and representation. We examine the complexity of culture and our engagement with other cultures and culturally diverse thinking and perspectives. As part of this, we explore Indigenous cultures, histories, knowledge, perspectives and values. The unit also explores the relationship between media and culture, critically analysing media representations that inform our ideas about particular topics, other cultures and people. We examine the effects and consequences of representation by analysing the ideological role played by global media, and how this connects with power.
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- Case Study (25%)
- Media Analysis (40%)
- Reflection (35%)
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Entry requirements
No entry requirements
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - This subject is not available for students who are under the age of 16.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Student feedback
33 student respondents between 21 Nov 2023 - 3 Sept 2024.
90%of students felt the study load was manageable
81%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
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