Asian and Pacific Culture, Media and Gender Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Asian Studies, Asia Pacific Studies, Asia-Pacific Studies
Major code ACMG-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

This major investigates culture and gender as forms of everyday power in Asia and the Pacific. Using critical concepts from a range of disciplines, students uncover how gender norms and creative practices influence political debates and contemporary media. The major reveals how concepts of gender in Asia and the Pacific sometimes look different from conventional Western views. It explores how ideas about gender shape justice, equality and leadership in different societies. The major further analyses how vibrant Asian and Pacific popular cultures and media spread social norms, challenge established authorities, and imagine new futures. Through analytical, practice-based and creative approaches, this major gives students crucial tools to understand the politics of everyday life in Asia and the Pacific.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have theknowledge and skills to:

1. Understand, evaluate and apply contemporary theories of gender and culture in Asia and the Pacific;

2. Explain the conceptual vocabulary of gender and cultural studies to analyse contemporary issues and problems in Asia and the Pacific;

3. Explain the methods of gender and cultural studies to analyse the way gender and sexuality are produced in culture, including written and visual texts from Asia and the Pacific;

4. Identify and understand interdisciplinary approaches to gender, sexuality and culture in Asia and the Pacific.

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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

24 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
ASIA2311	Gender and Cultural Studies in Asia and the Pacific	6
ASIA3032	Digital Asia: Technology and Society	6
GEND1001	Sex, Gender and Identity: An Introduction to Gender Studies	6
GEND1002	Reading Popular Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Studies	6

18 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
ASIA2006	Gender in Korean History	6
ASIA2014	China Now: Discourse, Media and Culture	6
ASIA2072	Taiwan: History and Culture	6
ASIA2058	Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, Film & the Visual Arts	6
ASIA2074	Popular Culture in East Asia	6
ASIA2116	India’s Culture Wars	6
ASIA3035	Indonesia in the Malay World: Culture, Media and Everyday Life	6
ASIA2366	Foundations of Chinese Culture	6
ASIA2099	Foundations of Chinese Society: Friends, Family, Connections	6
ASIA3031	Creative Industries in Korea	6
ARTH2104	Asian Art In-Country	12
HUMN2004	Global Vietnam: Gender, Labour and Migration	6
PASI2001	Pacific Studies in a Globalizing World	6
PASI3002	Gender and Sexuality in the Pacific	6
PASI3005	Pacific Islands Field School	6

6 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
ARTH2056	Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia: Tradition and Transformation	6
ARTH2059	Art of Asia: Histories and Traditions	6
DESN2007	Design Fiction: Speculative and Critical Design	6
JPNS3005	Advanced Japanese: Issues in Contemporary Japan	6
JPNS3006	Advanced Japanese: Language in Context	6
JPNS3007	Advanced Japanese: Readings in Culture and Society	6
JPNS3008	Advanced Japanese: Readings in Literature	6
KORE3015	Advanced Korean: Film and Society	6
ASIA2302	Culture and Modernity in Asia: Anthropological Perspectives	6

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