| CODE | SOC2347 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Maritime Sociology | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Sociology | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | A sociological introduction to the relationship between the sea and society. This will comprise conceptualizations of maritime-social interactions; analysis of maritime issues from a sociological perspective; the social construction of the sea; the agency of non-human actors; maritime communities, contention, and policy. Focus will be made on areas such as the blue economy; maritime occupations; port cities and coastal communities; food security and sustainable blue consumption; fisheries governance and emergent activities; climate change and natural hazards. The course is open for students coming from different backgrounds (social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, etc..) Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to develop a comprehensive sociological understanding of maritime issues. Particular emphasis will be made on their social construction and their interactions with society, nature, and political economy. In turn, this will enable a critical analysis of concepts, events and processes within changing maritime contexts. The study-unit also focuses on policy development processes in the field. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - define the sea and maritime matters from a sociological perspective. - analyse the importance of sociological constructs in maritime analysis; - trace the development of maritime discourses and their influence on policy-making; - analyse the interaction between martime matters and society. - appreciate the importance of multidisciplinary studies of the sea. The student will also be able to analyse the importance of sociological constructs such as identity, structure and agency and different dimensions of power and networks (macro, micro); The student will be able to trace the development, application and interpretation of ideologies and discourses. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - sociologically reflect and critically engage with maritime issues and policy; - recognize the plurality of theories and concepts to analyse maritime-social interactions; - apply the course material to analyse specific maritime issues; - write a scholarly paper. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - International Studies in Maritime Sociology Series Editors: Agnieszka Kołodziej-Durnaś. Frank Sowa ,Marie C. Grasmeier (Brill: 2022, 2023) - Various scholarly papers on maritime sociology from academic journals. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michael Briguglio |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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