Module POLM168 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM168: From Oppression to Resistance: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class and Gender
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
- To understand how oppression is defined in the academic literature
- To explore to what extent conceptualisations of oppression chime with the self-understandings and experiences of those subjected to it.
- To understand how resistance is defined in the academic literature
- To explore how these conceptualisations fit or not with the self-understandings and experiences of those who enact it.
- To identify and draw on a range of source material which goes beyond political science and IR and includes sociology, literature, film, art, journalism and interviews with activists.
This module is research led to the extent that it will draw on the lecturer’s primary research into the working of gender/race and class in the context of various left-wing movements. It is student-led to the extent that it will allow you to choose which case studies you want to pursue and therefore to develop your own research agenda and research skills. It will also ask you to take leadership in the classroom and present your work to your fellow students.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the theories and concepts that are deployed at the intersections of race, class and gender. 2. engage in in-depth empirical analysis of specific cases of oppression and resistance. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. demonstrate effective critical and analytical skills in relation to a complex and varied inter-disciplinary body of literature and to construct arguments in a coherent and reflexive way. 4. select and analyse particular instances of oppressive politics and/or resistance politics. |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. present complex arguments with clarity and concision. 6. design, organise and run seminars. 7. work independently and in groups under tight time constraints. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Conceptualising the Anatomy of Oppression
- Mapping sexism from the inside
- Mapping racism from the inside
- Mapping classism from the inside
- Thinking Across Power Relations: Conceptualising Intersectionality (student run workshop)
- Conceptualising the Anatomy of Resistance
- Exploring the politics of feminism
- Exploring the politics of anti-racism
- Exploring the politics of class
- Practising Intersectional Resistance (student run workshop)
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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22 | 278 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 22 | 11x2 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 139 | Reading set texts and wider reading |
Guided Independent Study | 139 | Conducting research and preparing for assignments |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).