ANY4100

Violences

(ART)

Brett Hough

12 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: This subject explores violences as a complex set of practices, from a range of disciplinary perspectives although with an overall emphasis on the social sciences. Topic areas covered in any year may include state-sanctioned violences like institutionalised torture and capital punishment; interpersonal violences such as rape and child abuse; and intellectual and political debates over ethics, research methodologies and epistemologies, and issues of representation. This subject will also entail examining violences via cross-cultural perspectives in order to highlight differences and similarities throughout the world.

Assessment: Essay (3000 words): 20% + Project (6000 words): 60% + Seminar Work: 20%