PL32098: Postcolonialism and the politics of resistance
[Page last updated: 25 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 33%, EXOB 67% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Report (CWRI 33%)
- Exam (EXOB 67%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
> critically evaluate the continuing impact of colonialism on Asian, African and Latin American states, societies and people;
> challenge the dominant narratives regarding violence and conflict affecting the said spaces;
> appreciate the variety of ways resistance to colonial dominance can take;
> develop skills to understand how the legacy of colonialism continues to impact the contemporary politics at the 芒锟斤拷core芒锟斤拷;
> demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively in large-group settings.
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| Synopsis: | "Advance your understanding of the political dynamics and patterns of postcolonial resistance.
You will examine the deep structural impact of foreign intervention in areas such as Asia, Africa and Latin America, focusing on different types of resistance.
These range from non-violence to `intolerable violence, and assertion of victim status to the framing of local conflicts as `internal and `endemic."
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| Content: | This module will advance our understanding of the politics, dynamics and patterns of resistance in the postcolonial spaces, with particular focus on Africa, Asia and Latin America. The module aims to familiarise students to the deep structural impact of colonialism on the states and societies of these regions with the view to studying how the everyday life of the state and non-state actors continues to be shaped by that legacy. The focus of the module will be as much bottom-up as it will be top-down. Furthermore, it will show how the boundaries of the concepts like 芒锟斤拷postcolonial', 芒锟斤拷neo-colonial', 芒锟斤拷victim', 芒锟斤拷oppressors', 芒锟斤拷core', 芒锟斤拷periphery' are increasingly blurred and neat categorization is not always possible. A key focus of the module will be to study various ways in which resistance takes shape - ranging from regional solidarity among states to guerrilla movements, and resistance through assertion of a victim status.
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| Course availability: |
PL32098 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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- UHPL-AYB44 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio German) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB47 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB48 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Mandarin) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB46 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB45 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB43 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (French) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB44 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (German) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB45 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AFB53 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHPL-AFB54 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- UHSP-AFB31 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB21 : BSc(Hons) International Development with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB32 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB37 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB35 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB36 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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