ATS2691 Politics, violence and memory
Faculty of Arts
ATS2691 Politics, violence and memory is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2023 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2691
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2691
No unit lists ATS2691 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS3691
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units. It is highly recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed two gateway units in Politics.
Overview
There is a growing imperative for societies, particularly democratic societies, to deal with the violence of the past so that discordant groups can be reconciled and historical injustices repaired. This unit looks at the role of memory in politics and asks whether current attempts to 'deal with the past' are creating more compassionate democracies (i.e. democracies more attuned to the suffering of others) or making impossible demands upon the activity of politics itself.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2691.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Understand the political importance of 'coming to terms with the past';
- 2
Give an account of the conceptual tensions and ambiguities surrounding the theory and practice of dealing with past injustices;
- 3
Understand the relative strengths and weaknesses of conventional institutional responses to injustice based in law and the more innovative institutional responses based in theories of political reconciliation;
- 4
Think critically about the implications our struggles to come to terms with the past carry in terms of the relationship between politics and time;
- 5
Undertake structured research tasks and demonstrate high level written communication skills.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS2691 is part of 5 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
- INTLREL05International relations elective unitsInternational relationsNo reviews yet
- INTLREL06Level 2 or 3 unitsInternational relationsNo reviews yet
- INTREL04Elective unitsInternational relationsNo reviews yet
- POLITICS01Politics elective unitsPoliticsNo reviews yet
- POLITICS02Politics elective unitsPoliticsNo reviews yet
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Paul Muldoon
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Paul Muldoon
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2691?
ATS2691 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2691 offered?
ATS2691 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is ATS2691?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS2691?
ATS2691 is part of International relations and Politics.