Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POC2103: Introduction to Postcolonialism

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

 

  • ‘White Man’s Burden’: Introduction to Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial approaches I

 

  • Cartographies of Knowledge: Epistemic Violence and the Appropriation of Knowledge

 

  • Decoloniality and Futurity: Alternative Possibility/ies

 

  • Sites of Postcolonial Encounters: Museums, Statues and Curriculums

 

  • From Pachamama to the Anthropocene and back: Development as colonial discourse

 

  • What’s in Border? Race, Gender and Class

 

  • Can the Arts Speak Back?

 

  • The Postcolonial Global Order: Security Studies from below

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching ActivitiesGuided independent studyPlacement / study abroad
221280

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

CategoryHours of study timeDescription
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities2211 x 1 hour workshop/lecture 11 x 1 hour seminar
Guided Independent Study128Private study – students are expected to read suggested texts and make notes prior to seminar sessions. They are also expected to read widely to complete their coursework assignments. More specifically, students are expected to devote at least: 66 (6 hours per topic/week) hours to directed reading; 6 hours to completing the formative research outline; 42 hours (3 hours/day over two weeks) for completing the essay; 10 hours (2 hours/day over 5 days) for completing literature critique pieces. The 4 remaining hours serve as a margin to be adjusted depending on the student in question.

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

  • ELE – College to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages
  • Kanopy;
  • podcasts;
  • blogs and vlogs;
  • cultural productions (songs; music videos; films; performances);
  • policy briefs;
  • annual reports from selected international organizations