Liberal Arts
Identities in the Modern World
Module code: Q9110
Level 4
30 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Workshop, Seminar
Assessment modes: Report
This module introduces students to a variety of ways of understanding a globalised society and the kinds of identities that it incorporates, produces or threatens. Indicative topics will range across language and its relation to identity; how global histories are mediated and how they live within us; the effects of decolonisation; borders and identity; gender and sexual identities; and regional identity in a globalised world. The module will explore representations of these topics in film, media, social media, historical accounts, world literature, and anthropological study. Teaching will be delivered by experts drawn from across a range of academic disciplines, creating a dynamic space where connections between arguments and ideas can come into view.
Module learning outcomes
- Exhibit knowledge and understanding of multiple fields; make interdisciplinary connections between several liberal arts areas.
- Systematically identify and reflect on key aspects of global problems (such as globalisation, sustainability) and universal values (such as justice, equality, dignity, and respect), and as they relate to localities.
- Apply culture-specific knowledge to think critically, comparatively and creatively about global, national and local issues.
- Produce and draw on a range of secondary and primary source material, including research, in a variety of forms and contexts (such as fieldwork, consultation, archive) for projects and assessment.
- Apply the knowledge, attitudes, values, and behaviours associated with global citizenship.
- Engage in active collaboration with others.