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POL311 The Politics of the Anti-Colonial

Credits: 15
Semester: 1
Timetable:

Seminar Semester 1: Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13: Friday 10 am - 11 am Semester 1: Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13: Friday 11 am - 12 pm Semester 1: Weeks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13: Friday 3 pm - 4 pm Semester 1: Weeks 4: Friday 3 pm - 4 pm Lecture Semester 1: Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13: Thursday 10 am - 11 am

Module Convenor: Dr Clive Gabay
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

Students taking this module will hear from slaves on Haitian plantations in the 1780s, religious and mystical Anarchists in the 1890s, Kenyan anti-colonial activists in the 1920s, Native American protesters at Standing Rock in the 2010s and more besides. How might we re-appraise key IR concepts and practices such as the state, security or humanitarianism by listening to such voices? How might our understanding of 'the international' take on different features if we foreground traditionally overlooked concepts and knowledge systems such as the body, temporality and spirituality/religion?

Connected course(s): None
Assessment: Item 1: 40% Case Study (1500 words) Item 2: 60% Essay (2500 words)
Level: 6

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