This course is taught over 37 weeks and begins in Trimester 1.
Subjects and courses
- Agriculture and Horticulture
- Art and Design
- Business
- Communication
- Construction, Trades and Engineering
- Education
- Environment
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- IT and Computing
- Law and Legal
- Library and Information Studies
- Mathematics
- NCEA
- Personal and Professional Development
- Pharmacy
- Psychology and Health
- Quality Assurance
- Real Estate
- Social Work
- Work and Study Skills
Culture and Identities: Europe and New Zealand
- Course code:
- 74305
- Level:
- 7
- Credits:
- 60
| Prerequisites: |
74206 From Enlightenment to Romanticism |
|---|---|
| Workload: | Approximately 17 hours per week |
| Availability: | Enrol by 10 Feb 2013 to start 25 Feb 2013 |
| Delivery type: | Paper based |
| EFTS: | 0.5 |
| 2013 Fees: |
NZ students $2,037 + $60 annual administration fee Unavailable to international students |
Europe and Aotearoa New Zealand as contested spaces are examined in the interdisciplinary Humanities course. The way in which identities are constructed and expressed in literature, drama, poetry, film and architecture are considered, as well as the relationship between identity and history, religion, nation, and language. Personal identities as cultural concepts are discussed in a series of European case studies, followed by a selective focus on European and Colonial identities and Antipodean meetings and exchanges as cultural encounters.
Tools for analysing and exploring cultural identities are provided as they are applied to different texts and cultural artefacts. The impact of cultural memory of 20th Century warfare on European and Antipodean identities, the different experiences of these conflicts and how they have shaped and reconfigured European, New Zealand, and other identities are considered. The course concludes with an investigation of changes to cultural identities as the result of globalisation, consumerism, and mass media. Based on a course from the Open University UK, it explores the Humanities disciplines studied in 74206 From Enlightenment to Romanticism.
This course is not available to international students.
