Community: Significance & Change

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Community remains an enduring, albeit contested, concept despite claims of its disappearance in the modern age. At the same time, globalisation, mobility, technology, and a range of other phenomena have changed people's experiences and understandings of `community¿. The experience of changing community life will be located through significant critical themes, which include, among others: belonging, conviviality, neighbourliness, place, identity, and migration. The module will also examine cases of local conflicts and consensus-style development that shape and are shaped by interpretations of 'community'. Empirical cases will be drawn from a range of international studies to explore these issues and themes.