Description
Topics
- What is legitimate leadership in Pacific context: gendered norms, practices and exclusions
- Pathways and motivations for women’s leadership: resistance, power and backlash
- Collective and individual leadership: identifying legitimate leadership strategies
- Intersectionality and leadership
- Trauma informed leadership
- Development programs to support women’s increased leadership in the Pacific
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion, enrollees will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of existing challenges to women’s leadership in the Pacific
- Identify and critically analyse different approaches and pathways to leadership
- Demonstrate familiarity with the academic and policy debates around gender equality and leadership in the Pacific context and more broadly
- Critically analyse strategies that aim to support women’s increased, legitimate leadership
Indicative assessment
Policy Brief: 40%; Links to LO: 1, 3 and 4
Leadership Pitch: 10%: Links to LO: 1, 2 and 3
Response to Policy Interventions: 40%; Links to LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Participation in class discussion: 10%; Links to LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Assumed knowledge
This Micro-credential is taught at graduate level and assumes the generic skills of a Bachelors or equivalent.
Micro-credential stack information
This Micro-credential is currently not part of a stack.
Details
Course Code: DPA17
Workload: Contact hours: 12 hours, face-to-face or online (eg via Zoom). Individual study and assessment: approx. 50-60 hours.
ANU unit value: 3 units
Course Code Level: 8000
Contact: ANU Department of Pacific Affairs: dpa@anu.edu.au
This Micro-credential is taught at a graduate level. This is not an AQF qualification.
Description
Topics
- Historical context, from traditional forms of communication in the Pacific to the advent of the mainstream media and, more recently, increasing access to ICTs
- Governance of ICTs in the Pacific region
- Uptake of ICTs in the Pacific region
- Daily use of ICTs in the Pacific region
- Political uses of ICTs in the Pacific region
- ICT4D: the use of ICTs for development outcomes
- e-government (electronic government)
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion, enrollees will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the governance, uptake and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Pacific
- Understand relevant terminology
- Comprehend the limitations and opportunities regarding ICTs in the Pacific
- Apply understanding to the design of an e-government or ICT4D project with potential application in the Pacific (or one part thereof)
Indicative assessment
Seminar attendance and credential participation 10%; Links to LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Terminology quiz 20%; Links to LO: 2
Paper on ICTs in one particular Pacific nation 35%; Links to LI: 1, 2 and 3
Design an e-government or ICT4D project with potential application in the Pacific (or one part thereof) 35%; Links to LO: 4
Assumed knowledge
This Micro-credential is taught at graduate level and assumes the generic skills of a Bachelors or equivalent.
Micro-credential stack information
This Micro-credential is currently not part of a stack.
Details
Course Code: DPA19
Workload: Contact hours: 12 hours, face-to-face or online (eg via Zoom). Individual study and assessment: approx. 50-60 hours.
ANU unit value: 3 units
Course Code Level: 8000
Contact: ANU Department of Pacific Affairs: dpa@anu.edu.au
This Micro-credential is taught at a graduate level. This is not an AQF qualification.
Description
Topics
- Colonial impositions and global standards including; legacies of colonisation, establishment of modern justice systems and impact of international conventions
- Legal and justice pluralism including; customary norms and state law, policing and security, adjudication and dispute management and punishment and compensation
- Law and justice capacity building in the region including; policies and programs using case studies and regional networks of state and non-state actors
- Local innovations including; hybrid approaches
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion, enrollees will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Use concepts and frameworks to critically analyse complex and contemporary law and justice issues
- Demonstrate a working understanding of law and justice policy challenges
- Formulate, analyse and evaluate policy options for improved law and justice outcomes in Pacific Islands countries
- Develop and communicate ideas, analysis, and arguments in a range of forms for professional and scholarly audiences
Indicative assessment
Essay in the form of a short research paper (2,000 words) on a topic agreed with the credential convenors: 60%; Links to LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Short presentation on research and main findings: 40%; Links to LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Assumed knowledge
This Micro-credential is taught at graduate level and assumes the generic skills of a Bachelors or equivalent.
Micro-credential stack information
This Micro-credential is currently not part of a stack.
Details
Course Code: DPA20
Workload: Contact hours: 12 hours, face-to-face or online (eg via Zoom). Individual study and assessment: approx. 50-60 hours.
ANU unit value: 3 units
Course Code Level: 8000
Contact: ANU Department of Pacific Affairs: dpa@anu.edu.au
This Micro-credential is taught at a graduate level. This is not an AQF qualification.
Description
- The AIDS epidemic
- Illness and death
- Sorcery and witchcraft accusations and related violence;
- The relationship between culture and land and conflicts over land,
- The ways that culture and exchange plays out in elections through money politics
Topics
- Culture and Development
- Culture and Health – Religion and the AIDS Epidemic
- Culture and Violence – Sorcery and Witchcraft Related Violence
- Culture and Land – Land Conflicts
- Culture and Politics – The Culture of Money Politics
- Working with Culture
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion, enrollees will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Acquire a critical understanding of the concept of culture
- Understand the importance of culture for development policy-making and programming
- Critically analyse the way culture is addressed in policy
- Conduct independent research that demonstrates scholarly and practitioner focused engagement with the subject matter developing ideas and analysis for both audience
Indicative assessment
Policy Review 20%; Links to LO: 3 and 4
Policy Brief 30%%; Links to LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Policy Intervention Design Project 50%; Links to LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Assumed knowledge
This Micro-credential is taught at graduate level and assumes the generic skills of a Bachelors or equivalent.
Micro-credential stack information
This Micro-credential is currently not part of a stack.
Details
Course Code: DPA18
Workload: Contact hours: 12 hours, face-to-face or online (eg via Zoom). Individual study and assessment: approx. 50-60 hours.
ANU unit value: 3 units
Course Code Level: 8000
Contact: ANU Department of Pacific Affairs: dpa@anu.edu.au
This Micro-credential is taught at a graduate level. This is not an AQF qualification.
Description
Topics
- What is Pacific feminism and who can be a Pacific feminist?
- Feminism and Pacific cultures: inherent tensions or opportunities for respect?
- The foreignness of feminism: do foreign ideas and actors do more harm than good?
- Effective Pacific feminist strategies: from solidarity to coalitions to movements
- Feminist backlash: who drives anti-feminist sentiment in the Pacific and how?
- Feminism as critical reflection: achievements and continuing challenges
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion, enrollees will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Independently identify, describe and relate critically to global and Pacific understandings of and divisions within feminist theory
- Use appropriate language, terminology and concepts for discussing gender and feminist thought in Pacific contexts
- Orally and in writing, present an independent analysis related to contemporary feminist concerns in the Pacific, including through standpoint and inter-sectional analysis
- Contribute qualified analytical comments in seminars and chair a seminar discussion
- Critically assess Pacific feminist strategies to achieve gender equality in terms of both Pacific and global normative frameworks
- Design an original Pacific-appropriate feminist campaign to eradicate a chosen indicator of gender inequality
Indicative assessment
Participation in class discussion: 10%; Links to LO: 1, 2, 3 ,4 and 5
Discussion leader 10%; Links to LO: 1 2, 3 and 4
Reflective piece 30%; Links to LO: 2, 3 and 5
Feminist campaign 50%; Links to LO: 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6
Assumed knowledge
This Micro-credential is taught at graduate level and assumes the generic skills of a Bachelors or equivalent.
Micro-credential stack information
This Micro-credential is currently not part of a stack.
Details
Course Code: DPA16
Workload: Contact hours: 12 hours, face-to-face or online (eg via Zoom). Individual study and assessment: approx. 50-60 hours.
ANU unit value: 3 units
Course Code Level: 8000
Contact: ANU Department of Pacific Affairs: dpa@anu.edu.au
This Micro-credential is taught at a graduate level. This is not an AQF qualification.
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