312580 (v.3) Contested Knowledges: Truth, Lies and Memories 222
| Area: | Department of Social Sciences and International Studies |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Tuition Patterns: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | History is written from the traces of the past, the artefacts of memory: archival documents, gossip, rumour, ancient maps and drawings, and media reports and contemporary narratives. We explore the complex relationships between memory and history, and the contestations that produce multiple narratives of the same event - conspiracy theories, convenient memories, plausible denial, the reinterpretation and revision of the evidence by new generations, and the repackaging of misinformation to look like fact. We consider why some accounts of the past are more plausible than others and what it takes to change a society's accepted version of what happened and why. |
| Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Field of Education: | 090303 Anthropology |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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