+1 862 207 3288 The word limit for each question is 300 words (plus or minus 10%). The total word limit for the assignment is 1,200 words. Only use the unit’s textbook (Contemporary
Society by James Arvanitakis) and/or material taken directly from this unit’s weekly lectures, including direct quotations, which must be correctly referenced using
Chicago. Do not use any Internet sources, except direct quotations from the “Emma Watson at the HeForShe Campaign 2014 – Official UN Video” for Question 4, if needed
to support your argument and when correctly referenced. Do not use any other scholarly texts or other texts of any kind. Marks may be deducted if you do. Think of this
as an electronic version of a tutorial-based open-book exam with three still-image examples and one video example. You are required to submit your finished online at-
home exam to Turnitin in Week 14 by 9am, November 3. Late penalties apply unless an extension has been granted. An extension must be requested via a completed Request
for Extension form (available in Student Forms), which must be sent directly to the unit coordinator of this unit (not through e-forms or the school office on either
campus), and lodged a minimum of three (3) days before the assessment task due date, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
QUESTION 1
Using the lecture, weekly readings and keywords from Week 10, discuss the following quotation from the textbook in relation to this image of an unnamed macaque that
took a photo of itself on the island of Sulawesi in 2011 using a camera owned by photographer David Slater.
• Week 10 -http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/teens-facebook-post-costs-her-dad-80000-20140301-33sjo.html
Additional (recommended) texts Week 10 .Shiva, V. Globalization’s New Wars: Seed, Water and Life Forms. New Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2005.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2719534/So-DO-monkey-selfie-Inside-world-British-wildlife-photographer-macaque-snaps-sparked-bizarre-copyright-
battle.html
“Both these examples highlight how technology is used to maintain and enhance power relations, rather than overcome them.” (P. 148).
QUESTION 2
Using the lecture, weekly readings and keywords from Week 6, discuss the following quotation from the textbook in relation to this meme.
• Week 6 : A. Giddens, Sociology, (Cambridge, U.K.: Polity Press, 1989), 300-305.
http://memegenerator.net/instance/26815950
“But we can also see a dark side to nationalism. This occurs when, in the process of seeing ourselves as uniquely Australian, others suffer. That is, we see others as
inferior to us. In this way, our sense of nationalism can be exclusionary, excluding those we do not think are worthy.” (P. 119)
QUESTION 3
Using the lecture, weekly reading/s and keywords from Week 13, discuss the following quotation from the textbook in relation to this image of Karim Belgacem.
Week 13: Arvanitakis, J. ‘Highly affected, rarely considered’, the International Youth Parliament Commission’s report on the impacts of globalisation on young people,
International Youth Parliament (IYP). Sydney: Oxfam, 2003.
https://twitter.com/guardian_fan/status/512707206601379840/photo/1
“I also want to emphasise that when I talk about globalization, I am not referring to an abstract phenomenon – something that is ‘out there’. It is something that is
here, shaping us all the time: it influences what we buy, how we entertain ourselves, and how safe we feel when we go to bed at night. When we think and write about
globalization, we should think about its influence on our lives in concrete terms.” (P. 157
QUESTION 4
Using the lecture, weekly readings and keywords from Weeks 7 and 9, discuss the following quotation from the textbook in relation to this YouTube video titled “Emma
Watson at the HeForShe Campaign 2014 – Official UN Video”. You will need to watch the video to be able to respond to this question.
• Week 7 – Anne Summers on the persecution of Julia Gillard (Warning: offensive images) http://annesummers.com.au/speeches/her-rights-at-work-r-
rated/#.UEtGCMoehfM.facebookWww.anne
week 7 http://www.upworthy.com/the-super-bowl-ad-that-you-should-see-if-you-think-little-girls-can-become-epic-rocket-scientists?c=upw1
Week 9: Ramazanolu, C, and J Holland. Feminist Methodologies: Challenges and Choices. London: Sage, 2002.
“When we start thinking about gender as a category for analysis, we’re thinking about the ways in which masculinity and femininity are produced in our world. How is
it they are produced, reproduced and understood? To understand this we need to explore the differences between masculinity and femininity and the relationship between
sex, sexuality and gender. These constructions of social categories combine in particular ways. We need to think not just about gender and norms, but also about
gender’s relationship to biological sex.” (P. 78)
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