Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Blog post Blog post 1000 Words | 20% |
| Semester Assessment | Case study report Case study 2500 Words | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Critical engagement of an academic article Critical engagement of an academic article – oral assignment in pairs - 10 minutes | 30% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Case study report Case study 2500 Words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Critical engagement of an academic article Critical engagement of an academic article – oral assignment in pairs - 10 minutes | 30% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Blog post Blog post 1000 Words | 20% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Foster critical thinking on migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity.
Critically analyse the racialized production of borders, bodies, carcerality, and citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts.
Develop an in-depth understanding of the key debates and theories on race and racism in transnational carceral practices, coloniality, racial capitalism, abolitionism, migration, and Black and indigenous criminality and be able to apply to historical and contemporary case studies.
Explain migration, (im)mobility and the racialized production of borders, bodies, carcerality, and citizenship in a style and format suitable to a non-academic audience.
Understand the importance of and be able to apply an interdisciplinary approach to migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity.
Brief description
This module will provide students with an introduction to critical approaches to race, carcerality, policing, bordering, and migration. It will also explore the role of the state in creating and maintaining racial capitalism along with carceral spaces and carcerality beyond the state to explore alternatives sites of incarceration in everyday life. It will introduce students to key debates and theories on the role of race and racism in transnational carceral practices, weaponization of racial capitalism, abolitionist movement, and productions of Black and indigenous criminality. Drawing upon debates in IR, sociology, human geography, criminology, and law, the module will encourage students to develop critical thinking on migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity. It seeks to highlight the racialized production of borders, bodies, and citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts and will cover case studies in North America, Australasia, and Europe.
Aims
2. Critically analyse the racialized production of borders, bodies, carcerality, and citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts.
3. Develop an in-depth understanding of the key debates and theories on race and racism in transnational carceral practices, coloniality, racial capitalism, abolitionism, migration, and Black and indigenous criminality and be able to apply to historical and contemporary case studies.
4. Explain migration, (im)mobility and the racialized production of borders, bodies, carcerality, and citizenship in a style and format suitable to a non-academic audience.
5. Understand the importance of and be able to apply an interdisciplinary approach to migrations, borders, race, postcoloniality, carcerality, antiblackness, resistance, and indigeneity.
Content
The module will be delivered through a series of seminar discussions. The seminars will address key questions including: what role does the state play in creating and maintaining racial capitalism? What are the various carceral spaces and carcerality beyond the state? What are the alternatives sites of incarceration in everyday life? How does race and coloniality help us understand the production of borders, bodies, and citizenship in historical and contemporary contexts?
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Adaptability and resilience | Students will improve their adaptability and resilience skills through independent work. The submission of written work will reflect the independent research skills of the student. The need to locate appropriate research resources and write up the results will also facilitate research skills. Research preparation for an oral presentation will also enable the student to develop independent project skills. |
| Co-ordinating with others | Students will undertake team exercises in the seminars, and will be encouraged to collaborate when engaged on similar case studies. |
| Creative Problem Solving | Independent project work and problem solving will be one of the central goals of the module; the submission of a case study will require that the student develops independent research skills as well as problem solving skills. The need to research and prepare a critical analysis of an article and a blog post will also enable the student to develop independent project skills. |
| Critical and analytical thinking | Students will be expected to conduct close and critical readings of the sources assigned for the seminars. In seminar discussions they will challenge the positions taken by the authors of those sources and by fellow students, as well as articulate and defend their own positions on relevant issues. The written assignments will enable students to develop and demonstrate these skills at length. |
| Digital capability | Students will be expected to submit their work in word-processed format. Also, students will be encouraged to search for sources of information on the web, as well as seeking sources through electronic information sources. One form of assessment will test students' abilities to adapt their academic writing style to a primarily digital audience. |
| Professional communication | Students taking the module will develop key employability skills, such as speaking to small groups, listening, thinking and responding to the statements of others, as well as expressing themselves clearly in writing, including writing for non-specialist audiences. |
| Real world sense | Students will develop an in-depth understanding of the key debates and theories on race and racism in transnational carceral practices, coloniality, racial capitalism, abolitionism, migration, and Black and indigenous criminality and be able to apply to historical and contemporary case studies. |
| Reflection | The module aims to promote self-management but within a context of assistance from both the module convenor and the fellow students alike. Students will be expected to improve their own learning and performance by undertaking their own research and to exercise their own initiative, including searching for sources, compiling reading lists, and deciding (under guidance) the direction of their case study report. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Students have the opportunity to develop, practice and test a wide range of subject specific skills that help them to understand, conceptualise and evaluate examples and ideas on the module, such as: Collect and understand a wide range of data relating to the module; Evaluate competing perspectives; Demonstrate subject specific research techniques; Apply a range of methodologies to complex historical and contemporary challenges. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7