Module Catalogue

GEO3153 : Geographies of Race and Nation

  • Offered for Year: 2024/25
  • Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
  • Module Leader(s): Professor Alastair Bonnett
  • Lecturer: Professor Anoop Nayak
  • Owning School: Geography, Politics & Sociology
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 2 Credit Value: 20
ECTS Credits: 10.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

•       To introduce students to contemporary debates on race, place and nation

•       To introduce students to contemporary debates on the international development of racial identities

•       To critically interrogate the concept of race as a meaningful category

•       To encourage students to develop independent learning skills through reading, research and writing on race and ethnicity

Outline Of Syllabus

PART I GEOGRAPHY, RACE AND PLACE

Introduction: What is Race?
Decolonizing Geography
Race and the City
Environmental and Rural Racism
White Identities and White Privilege
Brexit, Race and Migration
*Assessment Guidance

PART II RACIAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITIES IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Race and Modernities + Race and Ethnicity in India
Race and Ethnicity in China, Japan and the Middle East
Race, Ethnicity and Colonialism in Malaysia + Race in Latin America
Race and Ethnicity in Russia and the Ukraine
Anti-racism in International Perspective

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture112:0022:00PiP if possible - Lectures
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture11:001:00Assessment guidance lecture
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion266:30133:00Directed research, reading and composition of writing for assessment
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching91:009:00PiP if possible - Seminars
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesDrop-in/surgery13:003:00Assessment surgery support
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study162:0032:00Guided independent study preparation for small group teaching
Total200:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lectures provide a foundation of knowledge which is then further developed through small group teaching and assessment:

1.       Lectures provide key information on the development of racial identities and introduce different historical and theoretical interpretations of the topic

2.       Small group teaching and drop-ins provide students the opportunity to discuss the issues raised in the lectures as well as to prepare for the assessment

3.       The extended assessment enables students to put learning skills into practice

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Essay2M502000 word essay
Essay2M502000 word essay
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The written assessment will require students to develop independent research skills, an ability to critically assess and analyze different source material presented in lectures, small group teaching and guided-reading. They assessment aims to practice good writing skills and enable students to demonstrate nuanced, convincing, evidence-based arguments.

Reading Lists

Timetable