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Unit of Study HUM73004 - Lateral Violence (2017)

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  • Enrolment information

    External students are required to attend a four day compulsory residential school for this unit.

Unit description

Explores theories of violence among members of dominated, oppressed and marginalised communities. Examines the sources of intra-group violence in marginalised and colonised populations through theories of passive resistance to cultural dominance. 

Unit content

Topic 1: Lateral Violence Theory
Topic 2: Social Dominance
Topic 3: Resistance Culture
Topic 4: Passive Resistance
Topic 5: Social Utility and Habitus (general constitution, especially physical build).

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Not currently available in 2017

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 analyse the origins, features and outcomes of passive resistance within a dominated population
2 critically examine the drivers of laterally violent behaviour in groups as a basis for understanding harm, perpetration and tolerance
3 analyse through case studies ameliorating approaches and care based transformations.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. analyse the origins, features and outcomes of passive resistance within a dominated population
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. critically examine the drivers of laterally violent behaviour in groups as a basis for understanding harm, perpetration and tolerance
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  3. analyse through case studies ameliorating approaches and care based transformations.
    • GA3:
    • GA4: