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Gender & Extractive Economies (DEVT90057)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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July
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Development is frequently equated with peace, yet throughout our contemporary world development coexists in contentious political climate. In this course, students will examine the interrelationship between extractive economic regimes, development, and gender. The subject will have a special focus on different forms land relations and how they have altered gender relations and for communities on the ground. The central aim of this course is to provide students with analytical tools to critically engage with the interconnections between gender politics and extractive economic activities occurring throughout the contemporary world.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- engage with key questions and debates in extractive resource economies;
- understand the interconnections between extractive economies and emerging themes of ‘development and progress’;
- have insight into the interrelationship between extractive economies and changing land relations;
- understand the importance of gender relations in extractive economic regimes;
- understand the contemporary political economy of extractive economies and examine who suffers/benefits, and the different debates; and
- gain a dynamics academic grasp of extractive economies and develop critical perspectives on the role these economies play in development more broadly.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should:
- be able to construct coherent and convincing argument about extractive economy through a gender framework;
- learn to develop written and verbal communication skills keeping the relationships between extractive economy, development, and gender;
- be able to critically appraise the theoretical debates on extractive economy and gender in the global north and south as well;
- develop the ability to analyze development projects, particularly in areas related to extractive economy, development, and gender;
- acquire skills and ability to shift perspective between academic and policy perspectives; and
- apply research to treat the knowledge, language and workings between the policy and development world and the academic world, on their own merit, while identifying tensions and connections between them.
Last updated: 3 November 2022