Introduction to Global Issues and Identities HUMS 1048
Final Essay Guidelines
Due: Friday 20th November 11:00pm
Word requirement: 1750 words (10% over or under)
Minimum number of academic sources required: 7 (5 of these must be additional to course material).
Weighting: 30%
We have 3 weeks of the course dedicated to working on the technicalities of writing a sociological essay. Additional guidance and advice will be provided during this period.
Choice of questions
Question 1: Global Citizenship
‘In this ever globalised world the concept of global citizenship is becoming an important element of the 21st century and challenging the traditional concepts of citizenship. Explain the importance of the concept of global citizenship and the impact on individuals, groups of people and countries?
In your response, provide an explanation of global citizenship and the different practices people can adopt that support a global citizenship approach. Also include examples from around the world of people, groups, and governments rejecting global citizenship and the impact of the resistance.
Question 2: Do your own research project! Case Study
In this course we have explored issues and experiences that people may face because of specific identity markers. The dominant cultural norms about gender, social class, race/ethnicity/religion, sexuality can play an important role in shaping people’s lives and their opportunities.
We have explored how being a Muslim in Australia, US or UK can be difficult with the increasing Islamophobia sentiment?
We have explored how patriarchy creates restricted roles for men and women, impacting both in negative ways such as balancing work and family life, mental health and income.
We have explored how being born LGBTQI+ can influence your life chances and access and opportunities
Finally, we have explored how people who have come to Australia as refugees have been treated by our federal government and sometimes the wider community.
Documenting experiences
Your task is to conduct your own qualitative research project by interviewing one participant who identifies with one of the ‘disenfranchised groups’ we have explored over the study period. You will be guided by a set of pre-scripted questions that may reveal the experiences of your participant. You will report back on the insights from your interview in ‘portrait’ form. In the course we have explored broadly how people can be constrained by the structures that surround us, but also how people can enact social change in their lives. The project aims to examine the impact the structures have had on your participant, but also whether they can identify possibilities for agency? The outcomes of the study will be in the form of a case study, where you incorporate the concepts and theories that explain how the identity marker is socially constructed and apply this to the experiences of your participant.
Question 2: Do your own research project! Case Study (theoretical essay)
If you would like to do a theoretical essay on one of the following concepts/questions, you can:
We have explored how being a Muslim in Australia, US or UK can be difficult with the increasing Islamophobia sentiment?
We have explored how patriarchy creates restricted roles for men and women, impacting both in negative ways such as balancing work and family life, mental health and income.
We have explored how being born LGBTQI+ can impact on your life chances and access and opportunities
Finally, we have explored how people who have come to Australia as refugees have been treated by our federal government and sometimes the wider community.
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