PACIS300-19A (HAM)

Contemporary Critical Issues in the Pacific

15 Points

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Jessica Pasisi

Jessica Pasisi
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jessica.pasisi@waikato.ac.nz

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Paper Description

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This paper looks at key Pacific contemporary issues specifically in the spaces of decolonisation, military and tourism, activism, climate change and education and knowledge.
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Paper Structure

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The nature of PACIS300 will be collaborative learning with limited lecturing, more talanoa and student-led discussion. There will be a maximum of activity-based learning resulting in lots of opportunities for contribution, positive class involvement and self-development. There will be ambitious amounts of entertaining reading. And there are assignments which provide opportunities for you to consider and extend your engagement with the material discussed in class.

PACIS300 is taught in five modules: decolonisation, militourism, activism, climate change and knowledge/education.

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Learning Outcomes

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Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:

  • Demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of key Pacific contemporary issues
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  • Critically engage with relevant Pacific and Indigenous scholars, thinkers, writers, artists, auteurs, activists and community leaders on contemporary issues facing our Pacific communities
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  • Apply learning to practical and political matters that affect Pacific communities
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  • Demonstrate key research skills in designing original research that addresses Pacific contemporary issues.
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Assessment

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The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.
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Assessment Components

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The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam. The final exam makes up 0% of the overall mark.

The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0 or 0:0, whichever is more favourable for the student. The final exam makes up either 0% or 0% of the overall mark.

Component DescriptionDue Date TimePercentage of overall markSubmission MethodCompulsory
1. Journal/scrapbook
Sum of All
24 May 2019
5:00 PM
25
  • In Class: In Lecture
2. Journal/scrapbook - decolonisation
13 Mar 2019
11:00 AM
-
  • In Class: In Lecture
3. Journal/scrapbook - militourism
27 Mar 2019
11:00 AM
-
  • In Class: In Lecture
4. Journal/scrapbook - activism
10 Apr 2019
11:00 AM
-
  • In Class: In Lecture
5. Journal/Scrapbook - climate change
8 May 2019
11:00 AM
-
  • Hand-in: In Lecture
6. Journal/scrapbook - knowledge
22 May 2019
11:00 AM
-
  • Hand-in: In Lecture
7. Activism engagement and reflective essay
18 Apr 2019
5:00 PM
25
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
8. Research template
10 May 2019
5:00 PM
20
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
9. Pacific epistemologies mind-map (Group assignment)
24 May 2019
5:00 PM
10
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
10. Woven narratives
4 Jun 2019
5:00 PM
20
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
Assessment Total:     100    
Failing to complete a compulsory assessment component of a paper will result in an IC grade
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Required and Recommended Readings

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Required Readings

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Most weeks you will have required readings; these will be available electronically in the "Reading List" for our class available through Moodle. Any exceptions, for example exhibit catalogues, will be provided in class.
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Recommended Readings

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Recommended readings related to topics we discuss will be listed each week on Moodle
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Online Support

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PACIS300 requires you to make use of Moodle; this is where announcements and additional resources are shared. The paper does not use Panopto.
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Workload

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This is a 15 point paper, and so you should plan to spend 150 hours on it over the course of semester. This time allocation includes
lectures/talanoa (48 hours), reading, and preparation of assignments.

Don't forget to allow time to prepare for lectures/talanoa: I expect that when readings are required for specific lectures you will attend having
read the material carefully and having thought about how it connects to our paper.

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Linkages to Other Papers

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This paper is part of the Pacific & Indigenous Studies major. This major is made up of several papers across FMIS and FASS, and
includes the three key papers PACIS100, PACIS200 and PACIS300.
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Prerequisite(s)

Prerequisite papers: PACIS100

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Restriction(s)

Restricted papers: MPDV300

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