This minor investigates gender, media and culture 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 struggles. The minor reveals how concepts of gender in Asia and the Pacific shape justice, equality and leadership in different societies. It analyses the vitality of Asian and Pacific popular cultures and media as they shape social ideals and imagine new futures. Through analytical, practice-based and creative approaches, this minor gives students crucial tools to understand the politics of everyday life in Asia and the Pacific.
Learning Outcomes
Identify and evaluate interdisciplinary theories of gender, media and/or culture;
Apply the conceptual vocabulary of gender, media and/or cultural studies to analyse challenges facing Asia and the Pacific;
Communicate complex ideas in speech, writing, and multimedia.
Areas of Interest
- Anthropology
- Asian Languages
- Cultural Studies
- Gender Studies
- Pacific Studies
- Asia Pacific Studies
- Asia-Pacific Studies
- Film
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
6 units from completion of an introductory course in the following list:
GEND1001 Sex, Gender and Identity: An Introduction to Gender Studies
GEND1002 Reading Popular Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Studies
6 units from completion of the following compulsory course:
ASIA2311 Gender and Cultural Studies in Asia and the Pacific
A maximum of 12 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ARTH2104 Asian Art In-Country
ASIA2006 Gender in Korean History
ASIA2014 China: Language, Discourse and Political Culture
ASIA2058 Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, Film & the Visual Arts
ASIA2072 Taiwan: History and Culture
ASIA2074 Popular Culture in East Asia
ASIA2099 Social Power in China: Family and Connections
ASIA2116 India’s Culture Wars
ASIA2366 Foundations of Chinese Culture
ASIA3031 Creative Industries in Korea
ASIA3032 Digital Asia: Technology and Society
ASIA3035 Indonesia in the Malay World: Culture, Media and Everyday Life
HUMN2004 Global Vietnam: Gender, Labour and Migration
PASI2001 Pacific Studies in a Globalizing World
PASI3002 Gender and Sexuality in the Pacific
PASI3005 Pacific Islands Field School
