
Department of Gender and Cultural Studies HSC ‘Society and Culture’ PIP Workshop
POSTPONED DUE TO UNIVERSITY COVID-19 POLICY
Cost
$30 per student (includes lunch and light morning tea on arrival)
- No fee will be charged for teaching and school staff
- Student fee waiver/reduction will be considered for special circumstances.
Venue
The Sibyl Centre,
The Women’s College,
University of Sydney
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Registration
- Download the full program and expression of interest form here
- Please email the completed form to sophi.events@sydney.edu.au
Program
- 9 am | Arrival, registration and morning tea
Morning tea will be available on arrival
- 9:45 am | Welcomes and housekeeping
Includes Acknowledgment of Country - 10-11 am | Session 1
Mini lectures (3x 15 minute mini lectures on key concepts) - 11-11:15 am | short break
(Students to BYO snack if needed) - 11:15-12 noon | Session 2
Focussed discussion groups: Round-table discussions facilitated by a staff member, organised according to themes. Students will pre-register for preferred discussion group. - 12-45 pm
Lunch - 1-2 pm | Sessions 3a and 3b
Session 3a | Mini lectures: Research Methods in Society and Culture: 3x mini lectures
– run concurrently with
Session 3b | Pre-booked individual 10-minute consultations with an expert on the student’s PIP project design or PIP topic area (limited places available). - 2-2:15 pm | Closing remarks
Mini lectures
- Understanding Power
- Understanding Gender (TBC)
- Media Influence and Harm: Thinking More Complexity
Themed small-group consultations
Students will each join one 30-minute discussion group of around 10 students, led by an expert. If your school is accepted into the program, your students will be asked to nominate their top 3 preferred topics, which we will do our best to accommodate. Topics have been selected to connect with core Society and Culture themes as well as to topics on which the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies frequently receives requests.
This list of topics is not yet finalised, but the following is indicative:
Feminism in the 21st century | Media: “Sexualisation” and “objectification” |
Social conformity & nonconformity | Gender and climate change |
Identity | Indigenous perspectives |
Environmental activism | Globalisation |
Migration and migrant experiences | Gender and sexual diversity |
Masculinity | Social inclusion and exclusion |
Popular culture | Australian nationhood |
Body image | Diversity |
Research methods in Society and Culture: 3 x 15 minute mini lectures
- Intelligent use of sources: popular materials, grey literature & scholarly sources
- Getting the most out of interview subjects: how to ask good questions
- Intersectionality as a research approach
Individual consultations
These will need to be pre-booked and numbers will be capped. Students with booked one-on-one consultations will need to come with pre-prepared materials, such as an outline and a set of questions (details to be advised).
For more information please contact the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI) Events team: