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Advocacy in Development (DEVT90043)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Overview
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This subject focuses on the practice of advocacy in development. The subject explores how development practitioners can meaningfully contribute to and support grassroots activism and social movements; in areas including gender justice, social inclusion, access to education and healthcare, and environmental justice. We examine the different forms advocacy actions can take, from small local initiatives to improve access to services, to campaigns to influence national and international policy. The subject engages with debates about the roles of local and international actors, and the strengths and limitations of ‘inside vs outside’ (or collaborative vs. confrontational) advocacy in different political and cultural contexts. Students will examine the strengths and limitations of different advocacy strategies and tactics, and consider how these can be combined to influence change. They will be invited to critically reflect on their own roles as advocates and development practitioners. The subject will include case studies from advocacy practice in Australia and internationally, including participatory action research, community arts, civil society networks, and policy influence. Students will select their own case study of an advocacy issue to analyse in their final research essay.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Identify the guiding principles for advocacy in development practice;
- Analyse the strengths and limitations of advocacy strategies in different cultural and political contexts;
- Critically engage with debates about the role of advocacy in relation to social movements;
- Reflexively examine how their own identities and positionality shape their roles in community development and advocacy work.
Generic skills
- Skills in developing and implementing community-based projects
- Skills in proposal-writing
- Skills in facilitation
- Skills in working independently and being members of a team
- Problem-solving skills relating to obstacles and risks encountered in community-based development projects
Last updated: 10 November 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Understanding of development issues DEVT90009 Development Theories
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: 10 November 2023
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A research essay
| During the teaching period | 50% |
A research essay on a case study
| During the examination period | 50% |
Additional details
Last updated: 10 November 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Jacqueline Storey Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 24 contact hours: A 2 hour seminar per week in Weeks 1-12 of Semester 1. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
Total 170 hours
Additional delivery details
Seminars/workshops run from 9am until 5pm
Last updated: 10 November 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of the subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Specialisation (formal) Development Studies Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) - 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.
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
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 November 2023