Genealogies of Place (CWRI40009)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
In this subject students will engage with creative and intellectual concepts that deal with an understanding of place (and places) and its relationship to individuals, communities and cultural formations. These places may be physical, social or psychological, and can include "natural". landscapes, urban/industrial environments, the genealogies of family or place and the connections between memory and physical space. This subject asks students to engage with writings by novelists and poets in addition to non-fictional texts to stimulate their own creative writing project that will be developed and workshopped in the seminars. Students will explore the relationship between the creative process and the development of written and performative texts. On completion of the subject students will have produced a folio of writing that can include prose-fiction, poetry, performance/script or non-fiction.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should have:
- creatively engaged with texts that deal with the relationship between physical and natural landscapes;
- creatively engaged with texts that deal with the relationship between the individual, family and communities;
- reatively engaged with ideas dealing with social/political memory and place;
- developed skills in creative writing that draw upon materials and concepts presented and discussed in seminars;
- acquired a transportable set of interpretive skills;
- developed their capacity for independent thinking; and
- developed their ability to communicate ideas through creative writing.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should gain the following generic skills:
- developed skills in creative writing that draw upon materials and concepts presented and discussed in seminars;
- acquired a transportable set of interpretive skills;
- developed their capacity for independent thinking; and
- developed their ability to communicate ideas through creative writing.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Written work option 1 (Please see below)
| Throughout the teaching period | 100% |
Written work option 2 (Please see below)
| Throughout the teaching period | 100% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% (or 10 out of 12) classes in order to qualify to have their written work assessed. All required written work must be submitted in order to pass the subject. Any student who fails to meet this hurdle without valid reason will not be eligible to pass the subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
WRITTEN WORK OPTION 1:
- Written work of 3,000 words (60%), due in the examination period; plus
- Written critical work of 2,000 words due in mid semester (30%); plus
- Class participation, including workshopping creative drafts, throughout semester (10%).
OR
WRITTEN WORK OPTION 2:
- Written creative folio of work, comprising 5,000 words; plus
- Class participation, including workshopping creative drafts, throughout semester (10%).
Essays submitted after the due date without an extension will be penalised 2% per day. Essays submitted after two weeks of the assessment due date without a formally approved application for special consideration or an extension will only be marked on a pass/fail basis if accepted.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Jeanine Leane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 2-hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing Specialisation (formal) Creative Writing Specialisation (formal) Creative Writing Specialisation (formal) Creative Writing Informal specialisation PD-ARTS Creative Writing - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 3 November 2022