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Semester 2
Towards A Decolonised Approach to Psychology & Language (PSYL10182)
Subject
Psychology
College
CAHSS
Credits
20
Normal Year Taken
3
Delivery Session Year
2023/2024
Pre-requisites
Visiting students must be studying Psychology as their degree major, and have completed at least 3 Psychology courses at grade B or above. We will only consider University/College level courses. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**
Course Summary
This course will address the timely topic of decolonising academic disciplines, focusing on psychology and language. As the title suggests, decolonisation will be understood not as a product but a process, to which this course will aim to contribute.
Course Description
To start with, we will attempt to identify current constraints on our understanding of human mind and language and the dangers of constructing theories with universal claims based on a small selection of languages, cultures, societies and populations. We will then discuss how we could move towards a more inclusive, representative and deeper understanding of mind and language, taking into account the cultural and linguistic diversity of the world. We will cover a wide range of methods and approaches, from neuroscience and cognition, through linguistic typology and sociolinguistics, to discourse analysis and social psychology.
Assessment Information
Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%
Additional Restrictions
Unless you are nominated on a Psychology exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in one 3rd year Psychology course each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. Enrolment in a second course from this group will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the January Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the extremely limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.
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