School: Arts and Humanities
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Sex, Travel and Global MediaUnit Code
CMM3170Year
2016Enrolment Period
1Version
1Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Description
This unit critically examines travel discourses and gender politics in various contact zones. Particular attention is paid to the manner in which the communications industries represent pleasure peripheries, city escapes, borderlands and detention zones. The unit investigates current trends in relation to identity and global travel with reference to a number of major issues: sex tourism, romance tourism, transborder migration, diasporic communities and asylum seekers. These issues are investigated with reference to pertinent case studies.
Prerequisite Rule
Students need to complete at least two first year units.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Critically discuss the cross-cultural issues surrounding specific forms of travel.
- Demonstrate the ability to generate and appraise theoretical concepts surrounding the politics and discourses around travel and gender.
- Examine the historical background associated with specific forms of travel and gender related issues.
- Take responsibility for own learning and development by reflecting on and evaluating personal practices and performance feedback.
Unit Content
- Cultural issues surrounding sex tourism, romance tourism, transborder migration, diasporic communities and asylum seekers.
- Film and media representations of travel discourses related to gendered experiences.
- Global networks of travel in the 21st Century and neo-liberal ideology.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Seminars
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Presentation | Presentation and Reflective Summary | 30% |
| Research Paper | Research Paper | 70% |
Journal References
- Gibson, S. (2006): Border Politics and Hospitable Spaces in Stephen Frears’s Dirty Pretty Things, Third Text, 20:6, 693-701.
- Hoefinger, H. (2011): ‘Professional Girlfriends’, Cultural Studies, 25:2,pp. 244-266.
- Housee, S. (1999) ‘Journey through Life: The Self in Travel’, in R. Kaur and J. Hutnyk (eds), Travel Worlds: Journeys in Contemporary Cultural Politics, pp. 137–54. London: Zed Books.
- Hughes, P. (2010): ‘Governmentality, blurred boundaries, and pleasure in the docusoap Border Security’, Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 24:3, pp. 439-449.
- Jeffreys, S. (2003). Sex tourism: do women do it too?, Leisure Studies, 22:3, pp. 223-238.
- MacCannell, D. (2001). Tourist Agency. Tourist Studies. vol 1(1) pp. 23–37.
- McRae, L. (2003). Rethinking tourism Edward Said and a politics of meeting and movement. Tourist Studies. vol 3(3) pp. 235–251.
- Perera, S. (2009). White shores of longing: 'Impossible subjects' and the frontiers of citizenship. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. 23:5. 647-662.
- Wilson, E & Little, D (2008) ‘The Solo Female Travel Experience: Exploring the ‘Geography of Women's Fear’’, Current Issues in Tourism, 11:2, pp.167-186.
Website References
Other References
- Burns, P and Lester, J. (2005) Using Visual Evidence: The Case of Cannibal tours. In Ritchie, B., Burns, P., and Palmer, C. (eds) Tourism Research Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice. CAB International: Wallingford.
- Dann, D. (2005). ‘We are not here to make a film about Italy, we are here to make a film about ME…” British television holiday programmes’ representations of the tourist destination’. In Crouch, D., Jackson, R., & Thompson, F. (Eds.) The Media & the Tourist Imagination. New York: Routledge.
- Elund, J., & Allmark, P., (2013), Virtual travel and the pleasure peripheries? A case study of Second Life. ANZCA Conference Proceedings, 10p., http://www.anzca.net/component/docman/search_result.html.
- Stratton, J. (2007). Dying to Come to Australia: Asylum Seekers, Tourists and Death. In Our Patch: Enacting Australian Sovereignty Post-2001, eds Suvendrini Perera, 167-196. Perth, Western Australia: API Network Books.
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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School: Arts and Humanities
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Sex, Travel and Global MediaUnit Code
CMM3170Year
2016Enrolment Period
2Version
1Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Description
This unit critically examines travel discourses and gender politics in various contact zones. Particular attention is paid to the manner in which the communications industries represent pleasure peripheries, city escapes, borderlands and detention zones. The unit investigates current trends in relation to identity and global travel with reference to a number of major issues: sex tourism, romance tourism, transborder migration, diasporic communities and asylum seekers. These issues are investigated with reference to pertinent case studies.
Prerequisite Rule
Students need to complete at least two first year units.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Critically discuss the cross-cultural issues surrounding specific forms of travel.
- Demonstrate the ability to generate and appraise theoretical concepts surrounding the politics and discourses around travel and gender.
- Examine the historical background associated with specific forms of travel and gender related issues.
- Take responsibility for own learning and development by reflecting on and evaluating personal practices and performance feedback.
Unit Content
- Cultural issues surrounding sex tourism, romance tourism, transborder migration, diasporic communities and asylum seekers.
- Film and media representations of travel discourses related to gendered experiences.
- Global networks of travel in the 21st Century and neo-liberal ideology.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Seminars
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Presentation | Presentation and Reflective Summary | 30% |
| Research Paper | Research Paper | 70% |
Journal References
- Gibson, S. (2006): Border Politics and Hospitable Spaces in Stephen Frears’s Dirty Pretty Things, Third Text, 20:6, 693-701.
- Hoefinger, H. (2011): ‘Professional Girlfriends’, Cultural Studies, 25:2,pp. 244-266.
- Housee, S. (1999) ‘Journey through Life: The Self in Travel’, in R. Kaur and J. Hutnyk (eds), Travel Worlds: Journeys in Contemporary Cultural Politics, pp. 137–54. London: Zed Books.
- Hughes, P. (2010): ‘Governmentality, blurred boundaries, and pleasure in the docusoap Border Security’, Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 24:3, pp. 439-449.
- Jeffreys, S. (2003). Sex tourism: do women do it too?, Leisure Studies, 22:3, pp. 223-238.
- MacCannell, D. (2001). Tourist Agency. Tourist Studies. vol 1(1) pp. 23–37.
- McRae, L. (2003). Rethinking tourism Edward Said and a politics of meeting and movement. Tourist Studies. vol 3(3) pp. 235–251.
- Perera, S. (2009). White shores of longing: 'Impossible subjects' and the frontiers of citizenship. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. 23:5. 647-662.
- Wilson, E & Little, D (2008) ‘The Solo Female Travel Experience: Exploring the ‘Geography of Women's Fear’’, Current Issues in Tourism, 11:2, pp.167-186.
Website References
Other References
- Burns, P and Lester, J. (2005) Using Visual Evidence: The Case of Cannibal tours. In Ritchie, B., Burns, P., and Palmer, C. (eds) Tourism Research Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice. CAB International: Wallingford.
- Dann, D. (2005). ‘We are not here to make a film about Italy, we are here to make a film about ME…” British television holiday programmes’ representations of the tourist destination’. In Crouch, D., Jackson, R., & Thompson, F. (Eds.) The Media & the Tourist Imagination. New York: Routledge.
- Elund, J., & Allmark, P., (2013), Virtual travel and the pleasure peripheries? A case study of Second Life. ANZCA Conference Proceedings, 10p., http://www.anzca.net/component/docman/search_result.html.
- Stratton, J. (2007). Dying to Come to Australia: Asylum Seekers, Tourists and Death. In Our Patch: Enacting Australian Sovereignty Post-2001, eds Suvendrini Perera, 167-196. Perth, Western Australia: API Network Books.
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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