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IR3089 Identities, Belonging and Others

Academic year

2026 to 2027 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed

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Module coordinator

Dr J S Murer

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Module Staff

Dr Jeffrey Murer

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Module description

The module explores the processes of collective identity formation and is role in conflict; students will analyse the processes by which individuals form group attachments and come to be recognized as belonging to a particular community. Yet these processes of demarcation also are performances of exclusion, establishing boundaries of those to be trusted and those who may be subject to violent repudiation. The module will explore conceptions of nationalism and ethnicity and how the constructions of each can lead to communal violence. Similarly students will examine modes of reproduction and transmission of class and gender identities, and how all of these fluid identities shift and realign while maintaining distinctions, designating who belongs and who is other.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 1.5-hr lecture (x10 weeks) and 1 x 1.5 hr tutorial (x10 weeks)

Intended learning outcomes

  • Students will demonstrate knowledge of the historical, political, economic, and social developments and relationship that shape, contribute, and culminated in collective identity formation.
  • Students should be able to distinguish between different types of political and social movements and currents.
  • The module will develop critical thinking and analytical skills, as well as the ability to closely and critically read texts.
  • Module skills will include social movement literacy and the ability to discern the aspects and dynamics of complex, collective social relationships.
  • Transferable and Key skills include exposure to research methods, critical thinking, formal writing, and presenting oral arguments.
  • Students will also be asked to assess one another鈥檚 presentations and arguments. This will hone skills related to assessing an argument.