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Higher Education
Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development
School of Social Sciences
Campus Summer residential in Melbourne and online.
Prerequisite(s) Nil.
Content An introduction to this unit of study is included, via examination of the values and visions for advocacy organisations, including the interrelationships between sustainability, justice, inclusiveness and peace. It includes an introduction to the variety of paradigms that lie behind the purposes of advocacy. The unit covers the range of advocacy approaches from government-based programs to people's movements, with emphasis towards independent advocacy and empowerment. The unit then examines tension points within advocacy organisations and in advocacy issues, including those between: individual rights and sovereignty; traditional/local culture versus gender and socioeconomic equity; economic values versus community, cultural and spiritual values; wilderness versus human influenced ecosystems; issues-specific advocacy versus advocacy for social transformation.
Learning Outcomes By the end of this unit of study, students will have:
Awareness of the range of backgrounds, experiences and expertise within the participant group;
Appreciation of the visions and values that motivate advocacy and the various ways that advocacy action can be expressed;
Understanding of some of the major frameworks advanced to explain and explore advocacy, and of the participants' location within these frameworks;
Ability to identify the tension points in advocacy around a range of societal issues and outlooks, and a developed appreciation of the participant's own stance in relation to these tension points.
Required Reading Raskin P, Banuri T, Gallopin, G, Gutman P, Hammond A, Kates R & Swart, R 2002, Great transitions: the promise and lure of the times ahead: a report to the Global Scenario Group, Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm. Cohen, D, de la Vega, R & Watson, G 2001, Advocacy for social justice: a global and reflective guide, Kumarian Press, West Hartford.
Recommended Reading Monbiot, G 2003, The age of consent, Flamingo, London. Eade, D & Ligteringen, E 2002, Development and advocacy, Oxfam, Oxford. Chambers, S & Kymlicka, W (eds) 2002, Alternative conceptions of civil society, Princeton University Press, US. Howell, J & Pearce, J 2002, Civil society and development: a critical exploration, Lynne Reiner Publishers, Boulder, Colorado. Korten D 1990, Getting to the 21st century: voluntary action and the global agenda, Kumarian Press, West Hartford. Mulligan, M & Hill, S (eds) 2001, Ecological pioneers: a social history of Australian ecological thought and action, CUP, Cambridge. Stiglitz, J 2002, Globalisation and its discontents, Allen Lane/Penguin, New York.
Class Contact Two hours of lectures/tutorials and two hours of workshops per day over two weeks plus online (or equivalent).
Assessment Journal, Reflective paper, Bibliographic essay.
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