The Politics of Building Peace

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2014:

60 hours

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject explores two key factors that often lead to marginalization in peace processes: gender and generation. Focusing on key questions in peace studies, we will explore critical research methods for better including and accounting for young people and women in studies of politics, peace, and conflict. Students will engage in activity-based learning and critical analysis of literature and multimedia resources. The instructor will provide real-life examples from her fieldwork with youth peace building initiatives in Australia, Northern Ireland, Laos, the US, and Colombia and from the fieldwork she has conducted in India and Liberia examining women’s participation in peacekeeping.

To provide advanced intensive instruction in a topic or area of scholarship in the humanities, social sciences or creative arts. A student who completes this subject should have:

• enhanced knowledge of the topic or area of scholarship taught in the module;
• an ability to reflect upon their own research work in relation to the content of the module;
• enhanced engagement with leading-edge research in Arts today.

• one 500-word essay proposal. Due during the teaching period (20%)
• one 2000-word essay. Due within four weeks of completion of teaching (80%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.