Module POC2018 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC2018: National and Community Identity
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:
Imagining the community and narratives of identity.
The function of identity
National identities
The politics of memory
Identity and ‘difference’,
The construction of difference.
Power, rurality, and the politics of representation.
Case Study : Cornish Nationalism.
Case Study : Britain and the legacy of colonialism..
Case Study: Europe, the nation, and refugees
Identity and political discourse.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and teaching activity | 11 | 11 x 1 hour lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and teaching activity | 11 | 11 x 1-hour seminars, some of which will be student led with formal presentations and student facilitation of discussion |
| Guided Independent study | 5 | Preparation for student led seminar |
| Guided Independent study | 40 | Preparation for 1st Essay (summative) |
| Guided Independent study | 40 | Preparation for 2nd Essay (summative) |
| Guided Independent study | 43 | Private study |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Web-based and electronic resources:
- ELE (Exeter Learning Environment (Moodle)) – College to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reflection on student led seminar | 300 words per student | All | Written and verbal feedback on review |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 60 | 2,200 words | All | Written and verbal feedback on review |
| Essay | 40 | 1,250 words | All | Written and verbal feedback on review |
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay (2,200 words) | All | August\September reassessment period |
| Essay | Essay (1,250 words) | All | August\September reassessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Anderson, B. Imagined Communities; Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (London: Verso, 1991, Revised Edition).
Connolly, W. Identity/Difference: Democratic Negotiations of Political Paradox, (London, Cordell University Press, 1991)
Croucher, S. 2018. Globalization and Belonging: The Politics of Identity in a Changing World Rowman and Littlefield.
Durkheim, E. Suicide, A Study in Sociology (London: Routledge, 1987 [1897]).
Eriksson, M. 2008. (Re)Producing a ‘peripheral’ region – Northern Sweden in the news. Geografiska Annaler Series B 90 (4) pp. 369–388.
Gilroy, P., 2013. There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation. Routledge Classics
Freud, S. Civilization and Its Discontents (London: Penguin Books, 2004 [1930]).
L, Hinchman., S, Hinchman (eds) Memory, Identity, Community; The Idea of Narrative in the Human
Sciences (New York: State University of New York Press, 2001).
Hutchinson, J. Nations as Zones of Conflict (London: Sage Publications, 2005).
Lawson, T., 2014. Memorializing Colonial Genocide in Britain: The Case of Tasmania. Journal of Genocide Research 16 (4). 441-461
Modood, T., 2013. Multiculturalism.
Norton, A. Reflections on Political Identity (London: John Hopkins, 1988).
Nietzsche, F. On the Genealogy of Morality, K, Ansell-Pearson (ed) (Cambridge: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, (1994) [1887]).
Said, E. Orientalism (London: Penguin Books, 2003).
Smith, A. Nationalism and Modernism (Oxon: Routledge, 1998).
Tonnies, F. Community and association : Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (Imprint London : Routledge & K.Paul, 1955).
Payton, P (ed) Cornish Studies Series 1-18, University of Exeter Press.
Viet Thanh Nguyen. 2016. Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. Harvard University Press
Willett, J. 2016. The Production of Place: Perception, Reality, and the Politics of Becoming Political Studies 64 (2) 436-451.
Zack, N. 2018. Reviving the Social Compact: Inclusive Citizenship in an Age of Extreme Politics. Rowman and Littlefield
