UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

UPD5202 Planning study 4: Democratic engagement

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

UPD5202 Planning study 4: Democratic engagement is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 2
Caulfield
Assessment
No exam
4 tasks

The 2027 handbook has no page for UPD5202. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.

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Overview

This unit develops knowledge and experience of community engagement theory and techniques, social impact analysis, and the ability to address fundamental issues for diverse communities including indigenous peoples. You will explore methods for deploying new communication technologies, innovative community consultation and conflict resolution strategies through proactive mediations and negotiations.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Assessment

  • Assessment 1: Mapping Social Planning Issues
    20%
  • Assessment 2: Community and Stakeholder Engagement Plan
    35%
  • Assessment 3: Community Action and Communications Plan
    35%
  • Assessment 4: Weekly Workshop Activities
    10%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Critically reflect on and describe key theories and concepts for democratic participation and engagement;

  2. 2

    Apply a range of engagement techniques in diverse communities, including Indigenous communities;

  3. 3

    Apply methods to identify the assets, issues, and conflicts of various stakeholders;

  4. 4

    Effectively communicate community planning concepts and strategies;

  5. 5

    Understand and be able to apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the unit of study.

Workload and teaching

  • Studio activities36 hours
  • Teaching approachResearch activities
  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachIndustry-based learning
  • Teaching approachField trips
  • Teaching approachPeer assisted learning

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

Learning resources

Required resources

Lucas, C. (2018). Haves and have-nots: Income gap widens between outer and inner Melbourne, The Age . 27 October, https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/haves-and-have-nots-income-gap-widens-between-outer-and-inner-melbourne-20181026-p50c91.html

Hunter, D. 2007. The art of facilitation: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy . Random House: Auckland. Chapter 2: The role of the facilitator and Chapter 4: Facilitating yourself.

Fainstein, S. (2013). The just city. International Journal of Urban Sciences , 18(1): 1-18.

Talen, E. and Lee, S. (2018). Ch. 3 Why Diversity? and Ch. 4 Why Design? in Design for Social Diversity (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Badland, H. et al. (2014). Urban liveability: Emerging lessons from Australia for exploring the potential for indicators to measure the social determinants of health. Social Science & Medicine, 111, 64-73.

Randolph, B. and Tice, A. (2017). Relocating Disadvantage in Five Australian Cities: Socio-spatial Polarisation under Neo-liberalism, Urban Policy and Research , 35:2, 103-121

Cottam, M. L., Mastors, E., Preston, T., & Dietz, B. (2015). Introduction to Political Psychology : 3rd Edition, Routledge. Chapter 3: Cognition, Social identity, emotions, and attitudes in Political Psychology

Gammage, B., 2011. The Biggest Estate on Earth How Aborigines made Australia ., Sydney: Allen & Unwin. Chapter 5 – Country.

Andrews, M., Pritchett, L., Woolcock, M. (2017). Building state capability: Evidence, analysis, action . Oxford University Press. Chapter 9 Managing your authorizing environment

Ruming, K. (2018). Post‐political planning and community opposition: asserting and challenging consensus in planning urban regeneration in Newcastle, New South Wales. Geographical Research, 56(2), 181-195.

Fincher, R., Pardy, M. and Shaw, K. (2016) Place-making or place-masking? The everyday political economy of “making place”, Planning theory and practice , 17(4): 516-536

OECD (2001). Citizens as Partners: OECD Handbook on Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making, OECD Publishing, Paris.

Cornwall, A. 2008. Unpacking ‘Participation’: Models, meanings and practices. Community Development Journal , 43 (3): 269-283.

Swyngedouw, E 2018, 'Theorizing the Political Difference: "Politics" and "the Political"', in Promises of the Political: Insurgent Cities in a Post-Political Environment, MIT, United States.

Gualini, E & Bianchi, I. (2015). Planning and Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Contentious Urban Developments. Taylor and Francis, Florence. Chapter 2: Space, Politics and Conflicts: A Review of Contemporary Debates in Urban Research and Planning Theory

Pascoe, B. 2016. Dark Emu: Black seeds agriculture or accident?, Magabala Books. Chapter 3 Population and Housing

Bratt, R. and K. Reardon. 2013. Beyond the Ladder in Policy, planning, and people: Promoting justice in urban development. Focus on pp. 370-377.

Australian Indigenous Design Charter https://www.design.org.au/documents/item/216

Lennertz, B. and Lutzenhiser, A. (2017). The Charrette Handbook . Second ed. Routledge

Putnam, R. 2012. Bowling alone: America’s declining social capital” in The Urban Sociology Reader 2nd ed.

Lyndon, M. Garcia, A. (2015). Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change . Chapter 4 Of cities and citizens: Five tactical urbanism stories.

Schwarz, Roger M. (2016). The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Coaches, and Trainers . Wiley. Kindle Edition. Chapter 5: Eight Behaviors for Mutual Learning.

Wood, L., Giles-Corti, B., & Bulsara, M. (2012). Streets Apart: Does Social Capital Vary with Neighbourhood Design? Urban Studies Research, 2012, 11.

Purcell, M 2016, 'For Democracy: Planning and Publics Without the State', Planning Theory, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 386-401.

Department of Environment‚ Land‚ Water and Planning. (2015). Effective engagement: Building relationships with community and other stakeholders. Book 3: The engagement toolkit (4th ed.). Melbourne: State Government of Victoria.

Talen, E. and Lee, S. (2018). Ch. 2 Separation vs Diversity in Design for Social Diversity (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Sander, T. H., & Putnam, R. D. (2010). Still Bowling Alone? The Post-9/11 Split. Journal of Democracy, 21(1), 9-16.

Pawson, H. and Herath, S. (2017). Sinks of Social Exclusion or Springboards for Social Mobility? Analysing the Roles of Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods in Urban Australia, Urban Policy and Research, 35(4): 373-390.

Davison, G. (2011). An Unlikely Urban Symbiosis: Urban Intensification and Neighbourhood Character in Collingwood, Vancouver. Urban Policy & Research , 29, 105-124.

Jackson, S., Porter, L., Johnson, L. C., 2018. Planning in Indigenous Australia: From Imperial Foundations to Postcolonial Futures . Taylor and Francis. Chapter 1 Framing Relations between Planning and Indigenous Peoples.

Goetz, E.G. (2008). Words matter: The importance of issue framing and the case of affordable housing. Journal of the American Planning Association , 74(2).

Campbell, H, Tait, M & Watkins, C 2014, 'Is There Space for Better Planning in A Neoliberal World? Implications for Planning Practice and Theory', Journal of Planning Education and Research , vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 45-59.

Therivel, R., Wood, G., (Eds) (2018). Methods of environmental and social impact assessment (Fourth ed.), Natural and built environment series.

Bell, S., & Hindmoor, A. (2009). Governance through community engagement. In Rethinking Governance: The Centrality of the State in Modern Society (pp. 137-161). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. and / or (pp. 1-19). (Chapter 1)

Chapple, K and Zuk, M. (2016). Forewarned: The use of neighborhood early warning systems for gentrification and displacement. Cityscape .

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Professor Carl Grodach
Unit Coordinators
Ms Suzanne Barker

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for UPD5202?

UPD5202 has no prerequisites.

When is UPD5202 offered?

In 2020, UPD5202 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.

Does UPD5202 have an exam?

No. UPD5202 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Architecture
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2020