POLIS 7115 - Decolonising Security

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2023

Dominant approaches to security studies are state-centric and West-centric. Realist, liberal, and conventional constructivist, feminist and human security approaches prioritise the state as the relevant political agent and draw on Western political theories that are derived from dominant forms of Enlightenment thought which are imperialistic, racist, and patriarchal. This course provides an opportunity for the comparative study of security-seeking as it is practiced by social movements around the world. After exploring critiques of security studies in their dominant conceptualisations, the course proceeds to investigate how global social movements have reconceptualised dominant political categories and mobilised them in political action to contest oppressive paradigms and structures. We will look comparatively at a range of struggles including those organised around religion, class, race, caste, indigeneity, gender, and sexuality to interrogate how they conceptualise the conditions of oppression, and reframe and operationalise a different set of categories, concepts and norms to contest, disrupt and resist.

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Course Code	POLIS 7115
Course	Decolonising Security
Coordinating Unit	Politics and International Relations
Term	Semester 1
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	6
Contact	Up to 2 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Assessment	Research plan, Participation, Presentation, Research essay

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Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Priya Chacko

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Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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