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This interdisciplinary course explores the role of racialised difference, ‘the global colour line,’ in the making of the modern world. We begin with an examination of racialised and non-racialised forms of hierarchies in settler colonialism, plantation slavery, and the histories of enslavement and dispossession, frequently silenced from a hegemonic modern discourse on individual rights, property, and freedom. The inquiry then turns to a consideration of the colonial roots of the global economy, the study of languages and cultures, science, techniques of government, medicine and law, and the colonial legacies that inform disciplinary knowledge of modernity. In conclusion we explore subaltern perspectives and the contribution of the formerly colonized to knowledge in the multi-racial co-constitution of the modern word.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 1 |
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| Session | First Sub Session | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This interdisciplinary course explores the role of racialised difference, ‘the global colour line,’ in the making of the modern world. We begin with an examination of racialised and non-racialised forms of hierarchies in settler colonialism, plantation slavery, and the histories of enslavement and dispossession, frequently silenced from a hegemonic modern discourse on individual rights, property, and freedom. The inquiry then turns to a consideration of the colonial roots of the global economy, the study of languages and cultures, science, techniques of government, medicine and law, and the colonial legacies that inform disciplinary knowledge of modernity. In conclusion we explore subaltern perspectives and the contribution of the formerly colonized to knowledge in the multi-racial co-constitution of the modern world. The course uses primary and secondary source materials that include classical texts, art, literature, and film.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 18 | Feedback Weeks | 24 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback provided through MyAberdeen. |
Word Count | 1500 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop critical thinking skills to challenge modes of knowing that normalize racialized difference. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop an understanding of how colonial and racialized difference shapes modern order. |
| Factual | Understand | Acquire knowledge of the historical context of the emergence of racialized differences. |
| Factual | Understand | Acquire knowledge about subaltern perspectives and their contributions to modern cultural and scientific knowledge. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 13 | Feedback Weeks | 16 | |
| Feedback |
Written feedback provided through MyAberdeen. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop critical thinking skills to challenge modes of knowing that normalize racialized difference. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop an understanding of how colonial and racialized difference shapes modern order. |
| Factual | Understand | Acquire knowledge of the historical context of the emergence of racialized differences. |
| Factual | Understand | Acquire knowledge about subaltern perspectives and their contributions to modern cultural and scientific knowledge. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Feedback provided through MyAberdeen. |
Word Count | 2000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Understand | Acquire knowledge of the historical context of the emergence of racialized differences. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop an understanding of how colonial and racialized difference shapes modern order. |
| Factual | Understand | Acquire knowledge about subaltern perspectives and their contributions to modern cultural and scientific knowledge. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Develop critical thinking skills to challenge modes of knowing that normalize racialized difference. |
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