Course Details
Country:
Australia
Institution:
University of South Australia
Course Title:
Rights and Racism
Course Number:
HUMS2008
Course Description:
The course examines public debates on immigration, multiculturalism, and asylum seekers, and the social construction of 'whiteness' in liberal democratic nation states such as Australia. This will set the background for specific case studies of what is identified as ideological and institutional racism. The recent debates over racism in Australia; the move to recognize Indigenous people in the Constitution of Australia; the extension of the Northern Territory Intervention; and the detention of asylum seekers and the associated resurgence in racism surrounding asylum seekers demonstrate the ongoing need to explain and challenge racism.
The Course material examines the emergence of the nation-state and citizenship, human rights and Indigenous rights; alongside how ideas and ways of representing and speaking about ‘race’ evolved in western society. The aim of this course is to introduce you to historical and theoretical approaches and contexts for understanding rights and addressing racism in contemporary Australia.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399, GOVT 329
Attachment Files:
HUMS2008 Syllabus.pdf
