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Living Culture - MECX120
Cultural studies analyses the way people represent themselves to one another. Whether it's your national identity that gives you the sense of who you are, your religion, your gender or sexuality; whether your medium is film, writing or multimedia or, for that matter, graffiti or clothes, cultural studies aims to reveal the complex, dynamic and political ways in which representation makes and unmakes human relationships. From the intimate to the global, from personal practice to institutional power, critical and cultural studies reveals how images, meanings and identities influence the way our lives are organised.
This unit draws on the textbook 'Cultural Theory in Everyday Practice' to provide a broad and accessible introduction to what cultural studies is and what it does. Throughout the unit, you will develop critical skills to help you reconsider and better evaluate the signs and cultural markers that surround daily life, both on a personal and on a global level. Students are given primary tools to continue to be thoughtful consumers, critics or creative participants in contemporary culture.
All enrolment queries should be directed to Open Universities Australia (OUA): see www.open.edu.au
| When Offered: | SP1 OUA - Study Period 1, offered through Open Universities Australia SP3 OUA - Study Period 3, offered through Open Universities Australia |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies Faculty of Arts |