There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Who are you? However you answer this question, your response is likely to refer to social groups: your family, your position in the family, your job or social ‘function’, your nationality, ethnicity or race, your sex or gender, your generation …. Already, the answer to the question seems less straightforward. Curiously, your response to the question of who you are points to things outside of yourself. Moreover, each of these external points of identification is itself shaped by particular ideas of what it means to have or hold an identity, ideas which are far from natural or incontestable. This module will offer a space to explore these ideas and critically examine their roots, their validity and their implications. You will be introduced to a range of exciting theoretical texts and supported to explore, analyse, discuss and apply the ideas you encounter.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Analyse a range of theoretical perspectives relating to identity.

LO2: Critically reflect on processes associated with identification.

LO3: Apply theoretical perspectives on identity/identification to real life examples.

LO4: Develop existing scholarly skills in relation to critical analysis and argument construction.