Overview
This unit examines cultural clashes and mutual influences between Europe and the World, and how European-language cultures across the globe have rejected, adopted, adapted, and transformed European cultural legacies.
Offerings
S1-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS
Rules
Enrolment Rule
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Associate Professor Christiane Weller
Unit Coordinator(s)
Associate Professor Christiane Weller
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.
critically examine the relationship between Europe and the rest of the world
2.
assess the entangled legacies of European colonial interventions in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania
3.
reflect on the influence and limitations of humanist ideas of universality and cosmopolitanism
4.
discuss intellectual traditions in European languages beyond Europe (such as mestizaje, créolité, métissage, third spaces, magical realism, etc.)
5.
identify and describe articulations of anticolonial resistance in European languages
6.
incorporate transcultural literacy into critical thinking skills.
Teaching approach
Active learning
Assessment summary
Within semester assessment: 100%
Assessment
1 - Exercise/s
2 - Presentation
3 - Literature review
4 - Essay
Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities
Tutorials
Workload requirements
Workload
Availability in areas of study
European languages