Undergraduate programs in Cultural Studies in Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa: a survey of the field

Hickey, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-6444 and McWilliam, Kelly and Hourigan, Sally (2019) Undergraduate programs in Cultural Studies in Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa: a survey of the field. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 33 (4). pp. 405-422. ISSN 1030-4312

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Abstract

This paper outlines initial findings drawn from the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia sponsored project Mapping Undergraduate Programs in Cultural Studies in Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa. The project surveyed programs in Cultural Studies offered by Australian and New Zealand/Aotearoan universities to gauge how Cultural Studies is positioned and the extent to which programs are offered in each country. Highlighting that ‘Cultural Studies’ as both a concept and disciplinary designation conveys some confusion beyond the discipline, and that a ‘failure of presence’ is observable in wider dialogues in the humanities and higher education around the definition and purpose of Cultural Studies, this paper asserts that it is with undergraduate programs, as a major expression and point of contact with the discipline, that insight into Cultural Studies’ disciplinary formulation is found. The paper concludes by drawing attention to initiatives that might be undertaken to further raise the profile of the discipline and define ‘the brand’.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Accepted version embargoed until 1 August 2021 (2 years), in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Humanities and Communication (1 Mar 2019 -)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Humanities and Communication (1 Mar 2019 -)
Date Deposited:	15 Aug 2019 04:34
Last Modified:	26 Sep 2019 01:48
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cultural studies; higher education; humanities; teaching; undergraduate programs; pedagogy
Fields of Research (2008):	20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200204 Cultural Theory 13 Education > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130201 Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education
Identification Number or DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2019.1627287
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/36573

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