units

APG5066

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitCommunications and Media Studies
OfferedOverseas First semester 2014 (Off-campus block of classes)
Overseas Term 3 2014 (Off-campus block of classes)
Coordinator(s)Professor Justin O'Connor

Synopsis

This unit takes staff and students to Shanghai. Students will receive lectures from Monash staff and engage in observational study of China's biggest city. Shanghai is the economic capital of China and the site where western modernity first made landfall in the 1850s. Since that time it has evolved under a complex mix of domestic and international influences. Since 1992 it has been promoted as China's global city and has used arts and culture, and later the cultural creative industries as an essential part of this ambition. This unit allows students to experience this dynamic city first hand, guided by Monash staff who have researched and lived in the city. Students will be given local context, information and a research overview by Monash staff who will also supervise small study excursions of the city.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Have an introductory understanding of the historical development of cultural economy in Shanghai
  2. Have an appreciation of the specific and practical challenges and opportunities facing those wotking the the cultural industries and cultural clusters in Shanghai
  3. Have a high degree of intercultural competence and effectively engage with students and staff from different cultures and places.
  4. Be able to write and communicate effectively and in analytical depth
  5. Show an ability to operate indepedently and responsibly in a different cultural context.

Assessment

Travel log: 40%
Essay: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Justin O'Connor

Workload requirements

Intensive program involving ten days minimum residence in Shanghai