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_____________________________________________________________ Coordinator: April
K Henderson, April.Henderson@vuw.ac.nz 6
Kelburn Parade Room 206 ext
5829 Lectures: Tuesday,
Wednesday 1:10-2:00pm, HU LT 119 Tutorials: Thursday
11:00-11:50am, Seminar Room 6 KP ÑorÑ Friday
1:10-2:00pm, Seminar Room 6 KP For additional information: Diana
Felagai 6
Kelburn Parade Room
101 ext
5830 Talofa lava, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Bula vinaka, Fakaalofa atu, Taloha
ni, Ello wantok, Kam na bane ni mauri, Aloha kakou, Tena Koutou! In this paper, students will
examine complex processes of globalisation as they relate to the Pacific
Islands region, focusing particularly on the development and influence of
popular cultures and their relationships to global flows of capital,
information, resources, and people. This
course critically explores some of the dynamic contemporary popular cultures of
the Pacific. We will delve into the way popular cultures illuminate the
connections between local and global history. We will situate Pacific popular
cultures within global flows of capital, information, resources and people,
while also investigating their relationships to local histories of economic,
political, and social change.
Students will be encouraged to examine contemporary Pacific popular
cultures within long Pacific histories of dynamic innovation, while also
questioning how current processes of globalisation may present a new and
different context for cultural change. In
this paper, students will be encouraged to theorise Òthe work of the popularÓ:
what work do popular cultures do in Pacific societies? What are their effects?
How do the histories of Pacific popular cultures complicate essentialising
notions about Pacific cultures? In what ways are popular cultures both a
product of global processes and, sometimes simultaneously, potent spaces for
critique of these processes? How can the histories of Pacific popular cultures
illuminate longer histories of Pacific relationships within the region, and
between the Pacific and the rest of the world? While
discussion may range over a wide variety of topical examples of Pacific
participation, contestation, innovation and engagement with global processes,
particular attention will be paid to provocative examples drawn from music,
dance, film and television, sport, fashion, and tattooing. Learning Objectives Students who pass this paper will:
Mode of Delivery / Contact Hours This
course will be delivered in a standard format consistent with 22 point courses
in other departments within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Students will be expected to attend two one-hour lectures and one one-hour
tutorial per week, and should allow an average of 15 hours per week for this
course for class and tutorial sessions and preparation. Regular
tutorial sessions will be held from Week 2-Week 11. Additionally, in Week 12
there will be a combined tutorial session where group presentations will take
place (date, time, and venue to be arranged). Students must attend nine of
the eleven scheduled tutorial sessions. Students who fail to do so may lose
marks. Assessment Students
will be assessed on the following: Field
Trip Report Ð 10%
Approximately 600-800 word report Class
Test Ð 20%
Composed of short identification section; reading summary section; and
one short essay. Essay
Ð 20%
Approximately 2000 words, analysing an example of Pacific popular
cultures. Presentations
Ð 15% One 7-10
minute individual seminar presentation on a selected course reading, to be
delivered in tutorial (5%); one 4-5 minute presentation on your final essay
topic, to be developed and delivered as part of a larger group presentation on
globalisation and Pacific popular cultures in Week 12 (10%). Final
Examination Ð 35%
Composed of short identification section; reading summary section; and
two short essays. Submitting
assignments: Assignments
should be handed either to the lecturer in class, handed to Diana Felagai in
the SAMO/PASI office at 6 KP, or dropped into the drop box outside the office
door by the due date. Emailed assignments will not be accepted except by
special arrangement with the lecturer. Late assignments will not be accepted
except by special arrangement with the lecturer. If you have extenuating
circumstances, you MUST request an extension BEFORE the assignment is due. Further
description of assessment items: Field Trip Report
Ð 10% 600-800 words Due
Friday, 29 July in to 6 KP
The greater Wellington region is an exciting hot spot for Pacific
popular cultures! There are so many things happening here that make us realize
how closely what we do here links us to the islands of the Pacific and to other
regions of the world. Around Wellington, there are an inexhaustible number of
sites where popular cultures significant to Pacific peoples or places are
produced, consumed, and engaged with. So that you begin to make the links for
yourselves between what we're studying and what's going on in "the real
world," this field trip assignment requires you to seek out Ñoutside of
class hoursÑone of these sites where popular culture is engaged with and
produced, and write up a 600-word report of Òwhat, where, when, who, why, how?Ó
As stated, the list of applicable sites is almost inexhaustible, but here is a
partial list of suggestions you might consider:
This assignment requires you to describe and begin to analyze something
that might be completely new, or might already be familiar to you. To deepen
your analysis, keep in mind questions such as:
Class
Test Ð 20%
In-class 10 August This
50-minute test will be held during class midway through the term. The format of
this test is comparable to those in other Pacific Studies 18 and 22 point
courses (e.g. PASI 101; PASI 201). 1)
Section
I (5%) requires identification of key terms and short answers to questions
drawn from readings and lectures. 3)
Section
III (7.5%) requires one 500-600 word essay, selected from a list of topics
provided. Essay
Ð 20% Approximately 2000 words. Due Friday 14 October in to 6 KP Your essay will: A) Identify a form
or aspect of a Pacific popular culture within one of the following four broad
categories: 1. music and dance 2. fashion,
adornment, and body modification 3. sports and
recreation 4. film, television,
and other media B) Situate this form or aspect of Pacific
popular culture within a geographical, historical, political, and economic
context. In other words, where are people engaging in this popular cultural
practice, how long have they been engaging in it and how has it changed over
time, what relationships does the practice have to popular cultures practiced
elsewhere in the world, and what is the social, economic, and political
significance of the practice? Why does it matter that people are engaging in
it?; C) Analyse the
popular cultural practice in terms of key theories about globalization. How does this practice fit within
debates over whether globalization entails homogenization or heterogenization?; D)
Incorporate course materials, especially course readings, into your
analysis, and include a bibliography for the written or audiovisual sources
used in your analysis. Your
bibliography should have at least five sources; at least four of these must be
published sources, and at least one of these must be a required reading for
this course. The remaining sources can include internet sites. Your
bibliography should include authors' names, full title of publication, place of
publication, publisher, year of publication, and, if it is a magazine or
journal article, page numbers. The bibliography should be presented in the
alphabetical order of the authors' last names. Try to avoid consulting
encyclopedic reference books or substandard information off the netÑas a
university student you have access to so many more specialized sources. Take
advantage of your university privileges. Tutorial
Seminar Presentation and Group Presentation Ð 15% You
will be required to give two short presentations in this course. 1)
The
first presentation (5%) will be a focused response to a particular reading for
that week, to be delivered in tutorial.
In this presentation, you will outline the key themes raised in the
reading and pose several discussion questions to the group based on your
understanding and analysis of the material. Each tutorial seminar presentation
is to be 7-10 minutes in length, and assessment will be based on organisation,
relevance to course themes and materials, accuracy, and the provision of
references. Students will sign-up for the material they wish to present on
in the first tutorial session. 2)
The
second presentation (10%) will be based on your final essay topic, and will be
developed and delivered as part of a larger group presentation covering one of
the four categories of Pacific popular culture listed in the essay assignment. HereÕs
how it works:
You will sign up for one of the four presentation groups in Week 6 (sign-up
sheets posted at 6 KP). You will then need to work with other members of your
group to develop separate topics within the broad group theme. Once each of you
has your topic, you will individually begin working on your essays. In the
second half of the term, you should begin meeting and working together as a
group on your final group presentation. A successful group presentation will be
able to weave together the individual elements into a lively, articulate and
insightful discussion of the broader group theme. Creative elements are
welcomed. Assessment will be based on organisation, relevance to course themes
and materials, accuracy, and the provision of references, and you will be
assessed collectively as a group. Final
Examination Ð 35% 3 hour Registry
Examination-Date/Time tba The final examination is similar in format to the
class test, but is lengthier and requires more time for response. Materials
from the first half of the term will be relevant to this examination, but the
majority of the content will be drawn from the second half of the term. 1)
Section
I (7.5%) requires identification of key terms and short answers to questions
drawn from readings and lectures. 2) Section II (12.5%) requires
five150-200 word summaries of selected course readings and audiovisual
materials. 3) Section III (15%)
requires two 500-600 word essays. GENERAL UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND
STATUTES Students should
familiarise themselves with the University's policies and statutes,
particularly those regarding assessment and course of study requirements, and
formal academic grievance procedures. Student Conduct
and Staff Conduct The Statute on
Student Conduct together with the Policy on Staff Conduct ensure that members
of the University community are able to work, learn, study and participate in
the academic and social aspects of the University's life in an atmosphere of
safety and respect. The Statute on
Student Conduct contains information on what conduct is prohibited and what
steps can be taken if there is a complaint. For queries about complaint procedures under the Statute on
Student Conduct, contact the Facilitator and Disputes Advisor. This Statute is available in the
Faculty Student Administration Office or on the website at: www.vuw.ac.nz/policy/StudentConduct. The policy on
Staff Conduct can be found on the VUW website at: www.vuw.ac.nz/policy/StaffConduct.
Academic
Grievances If you have any
academic problems with your course you should talk to the tutor or lecturer
concerned or, if you are not satisfied with the result of that meeting, see the
Head of School or the relevant Associate Dean of your faculty. Class representatives are available to
assist you with this process. If,
after trying the above channels, you are still unsatisfied, formal grievance
procedures can be invoked. These
are set out in the Academic Grievance Policy which is published on the VUW
website: www.vuw.ac.nz/policy/AcademicGrievances. Academic integrity and Plagiarism Academic integrity is about honesty Ð put simply it means no cheating. All members of the University community are responsible for upholding academic integrity, which means staff and students are expected to behave honestly, fairly and with respect for others at all times. Plagiarism is a form of cheating which undermines academic integrity. Plagiarism is prohibited at Victoria. The University defines plagiarism as follows: Plagiarism
is presenting someone else's work as if it were your own, whether you mean to
or not. ÔSomeone elseÕs workÕ means anything that is not your own idea, even if it is presented in your own style. It includes material from books, journals or any other printed source, the work of other students or staff, information from the Internet, software programmes and other electronic material, designs and ideas. It also includes the organization or structuring of any such material. Plagiarism
is not worth the risk. Any enrolled student found guilty of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary procedures under the Statute on Student Conduct (www.vuw.ac.nz/policy/studentconduct) and may be penalized severely. Consequences of being found guilty of plagiarism can include: ¥ an oral or written warning ¥ suspension from class or university ¥ cancellation of your mark for an assessment or a fail grade for the course. Find out more about plagiarism and how to avoid it, on the UniversityÕs website at: www.vuw.ac.nz/home/studying/plagiarism.html. Students with
Disabilities
The University has a policy of
reasonable accommodation of the needs of students with disabilities. The policy aims to give students with
disabilities an equal opportunity with all other students to demonstrate their
abilities. If you have a
disability, impairment or chronic medical condition (temporary, permanent or
recurring) that may impact on your ability to participate, learn and/or achieve
in lectures and tutorials or in meeting the course requirements, please contact
the Course Co-ordinator as early in the course as possible. Alternatively you may wish to approach
a Student Adviser from Disability Support Services to confidentially discuss
your individual needs and the options and support that are available. Disability Support Services are located
on Level 1, Robert Stout Building: Telephone:
463-6070 Email: disability@vuw.ac.nz The name of your SchoolÕs Disability
Liaison Person is in the relevant prospectus or can be obtained from the
Administrative Assistant. Student Support Staff at Victoria want
students' learning experiences at the University to be positive. If your academic progress is causing
you concern, the following staff members will either help you directly or
quickly put you in contact with someone who can.
The Student Services Group is also
available to provide a variety of support and services. Find out more at: Email: student-services@vuw.ac.nz. VUWSA employs two Education Cooordinators
who deal with academic problems and provide support, advice and advocacy
services, as well as organising class representatives and faculty
delegates. The Education Office is
located on the ground floor, Student Union Building: Telephone 463 6983 or 463 6984 Email:
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05/07
Session 1 Ð Introduction to course
06/07
Session 2 Ð Lecture, ÒThe global nowÓ
**Reminder**
Ð Tutorials: You must sign up for either Tutorial Group 1 (Thursday
11:00-11:50am) or Tutorial Group 2 (Friday 1:10-2:00pm) this week. Sign-up
sheets on PASI board at 6 KP. All tutorials will take place in the Seminar Room
at 6 KP
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READINGS Ð WEEK 1 |
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1. Rasmussen, Vaine, ÒOur
Pacific,Ó in Robert Borofsky, ed., Remembrance of Pacific Pasts: An Invitation
to Remake History. Honolulu: University of HawaiÕi Press, 2000: 399-400 |
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2. Nero, Karen, ÒThe End of
Insularity,Ó in Donald Denoon, Stewart Firth, Jocelynn Linnekin, Malama
Meleisea and Karen Nero, eds, The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1997: 439-467 |
Recommended
Place to Visit - Week 1 This
is an easy one! If
you arenÕt already familiar with the Samoan and Pacific Studies building at
6 KP, drop by this week to introduce yourself to our friendly
administration assistant, Diana Felagai, and note the locations of the
Seminar Room, assignment drop-off box, and your lecturerÕs sunny office
upstairs
WEEK 2
ÐGlobalisation and the Pacific Islands
12/07
Session 1 Ð Guest Lecture, Dr. Maria Bargh (Maori Studies, VUW) (to be
confirmed) ÒGlobalisation from the top down or globalisation
from the bottom up?Ó
13/07 Session 2 Ð [video] Kilim Taem (prod. by UNICEF)
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READINGS Ð WEEK 2 |
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3. Firth, Stewart, ÒThe
Pacific Islands and the Globalization Agenda.Ó The Contemporary Pacific Vol. 12 No. 1, 2000:
178-192 |
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4. Lockwood, Victoria S., Ò
The Global Imperative and Pacific Islands Societies,Ó in Victoria S.
Lockwood, ed., Globalization and Culture Change in the Pacific Islands.
Upper Saddle River, NJ; Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004: 1-39 |
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[handout]
Mitchell,
Jean ÒÔKilling TimeÕ in a Postcolonial Town: Young People and Settlements in
Port Vila, Vanuatu,Ó in Victoria S. Lockwood, ed., Globalization and
Culture Change in the Pacific Islands. Upper Saddle River, NJ; Pearson
Prentice Hall, 2004: 358-376 |
Recommended
Place to Visit - Week 2 For
an extensive library on development and
globalisation issues in many Pacific Islands, visit: Development
Resource Center (DEVZONE) Level
5, PSA House, 11 Aurora Tce (off
the Terrace) (04)
472-9549
WEEK 3 Ð Globalisation and Culture
19/07
Session 1 Ð Lecture, ÒLocating culture in models of globalisationÓ
20/07
Session 2 Ð [video] Trobriand Cricket (dir. Gary Kildea and Jerry Leach)
**Reminder**
Ð Field Trip Report due in to 6 KP on Friday, 29 July
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READINGS Ð WEEK 3 |
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5. Small, Cathy A., ÒGoing
Home: Tongan Village Life in the 1990s,Ó in Voyages: From Tongan Villages
to American Suburbs. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997: 127-146;
227-228 |
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6. Appadurai, Arjun,
ÒDisjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy,Ó in Modernity
At Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Minneapolis, University
of Minnesota, 1996: 27-47 |
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7. Lipsitz, George, ÒFacing Up to WhatÕs Killing Us:
Artistic Practice and Grassroots Social Theory,Ó in Elizabeth Long, Ed., From
Sociology to Cultural Studies. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers 1997:
234-257 |
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8. Cruickshank, Samuel, Òurban
iwi: tihei mauri ora!,Ó in Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri, and Robert Sullivan,
eds, Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English. Honolulu;
University of HawaiÕi Press, 2003: 46-47 |
Recommended
Place to Visit - Week 3 Our
friends at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of HawaiÕi at
Manoa, and the Pacific Islands Development Program at the East-West Center,
have an ongoing project examining the origins, nature, and consequences of
globalisation in
both the Pacific Island and Caribbean regions. Visit this project, called
ÒIslands of Globalization,Ó online at
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/pidp/mi/index2.htm
WEEK 4 - The Work
of the Popular
26/07
Session 1 Ð Lecture, ÒWhat is Ôpopular cultureÕ?Ó
27/07
Session 2 Ð Lecture, ÒThe work of the popularÓ
**Reminder**
Ð Field Trip Report due in to 6 KP by Friday this week
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READINGS Ð WEEK 4 |
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9. Fiske, John, ÒCommodities
and Culture,Ó in Understanding Popular Culture. London and New York;
Routledge, 1989: 23-47 |
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10. Linnekin, Jocelynn,
ÒTradition Sells: Identity Merchandise in the Island Pacific,Ó in Victoria S.
Lockwood, ed., Globalization and Culture Change in the Pacific Islands.
Upper Saddle River, NJ; Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004: 324-338 |
Recommended
Places to Visit - Week 4 LangiÕs
Island Styles 8
Cobham Court, Porirua (or) 262
Jackson St, Petone; Dawn
Raid Clothing, online at http://www.dawnraid.co.nz
WEEK 5 Ð The
Pacific in Global Markets, Global Markets in the Pacific
02/08
Session 1 Ð Lecture, ÒLocating the Pacific in global marketsÓ
03/08
Session 2 Ð Lecture, ÒLocating the global in Pacific marketsÓ; [video] excerpt from
