Newcastle University

Pre Requisite Comment

It is important that students have a grounding in at least one of the following modules:

EITHER:

GEO2103 Development and Globalisation provides necessary background concerning globalisation and international knowledge.

OR:

GEO2110 Social Geographies provides the important theories, concepts and literature for understanding how power and social inequalities are lived out across time and space.
GEO Political Geography is particularly relevant to debates on citizenship, immigration, geo-politics, nationhood and Brexit that are discussed in throughout the module

Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

- To introduce students to contemporary debates on race, place and nation

- To critically interrogate the concept of race as a meaningful category in modern times

- To encourage students to develop independent learning skills through reading, research and writing on race and ethnicity

- To introduce students to contemporary debates and research on the international development of racial identities

Outline Of Syllabus

The module will engage with a number of topics including:

PART I: KEY IDEAS

What is Race?
Decolonising Geography: Uncovering and challenging the imperial roots of the discipline
Race, Place and Whiteness

PART II:

Race and the City: Metropolitan encounters and everyday multiculturalism
Rural Racism: The Countryside, Suburbs and Seaside
Left behind Places: Brexit, Race and Migration


PART III:

RACIAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITIES IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Race and modernities + Race and ethnicity in India
Race and ethnicity in China, Japan and the Middle East
Race, ethnicity and colonialism in Malaysia + Race in Latin America
Race and ethnicity in Russia and the Ukraine
Anti-racism in International Perspective

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

By the end of the module students should have demonstrated:

• An understanding of race as a fictitious idea that holds material consequences

• Knowledge and understanding of the spatial and international dimensions of racialisation

• A familiarity with the literature on geography and race, including the spatial and international dimensions of racialisation

• An ability to apply concepts and ideas on race and racialisation to a variety of case studies

Intended Skill Outcomes

By the end of the module students should have demonstrated:

•An ability to research and work independently
•An ability to independently compare and contrast international contexts

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lectures provide a foundation of knowledge which is then further developed through seminars:

1. Lectures provide basic information on the development of racial identities and introduce different historical and theoretical interpretations of the topic

2.Seminars and drop-ins provide students the opportunity to discuss the issues raised in the lectures as well as to prepare for their take-away exams

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The written assessments will require students to develop independent research skills, an ability to critically assess and analyse different source material presented in lectures, seminars and guided-reading; practice good writing skills and demonstrate an ability to develop a nuanced, convincing, evidence-based argument.

General Notes

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