Taught By:
Marianna Karakoulaki
Sociology Department
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Anglia Ruskin University
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Motivation to Teach Social Action:
I have been teaching courses on social theory, politics, international relations for years and I have also also facilitated campaign making workshops for the civil society in the past. I would like to learn new creative methods that I could bring into the classroom.
Course Description:
Building on work you have done at Level 4, this Level 5 module examines ways of thinking about the social that are ‘critical’ in that they, in a variety of ways, challenge or decentre taken-for-granted assumptions and structures. In doing so the module will consider the ways in which knowledge of the social world is itself political.
The module will show you how social theory can be both challenging and useful. The module is organised around four themes:
The changing political economy of twenty first century capitalism Intersectional approaches to social division Rethinking the global: connected sociologies Reassembling the social : how can sociology encompass nature, biology and technology?
