Module Details

Module Code: CULT H0023
Full Title: Borders, Borderlands and Contested States
Valid From:: Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( June 2019 )
Language of Instruction:English
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 5
Module Owner:: Kevin Howard
Departments: Unknown
Module Description: The aim of this module is equip students with the theoretical and analytical tools to examine state boundaries and borders as institutions, and as territorial regions of contention, transition and connection. The specific case study is the Ireland/UK land boundary.
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Discover and explain territoriality as a key feature of the modern state
MLO2 Evaluate migration and borders: barriers, transitional spaces, bridges, particularly in the context of the expansion of the EU
MLO3 Assess territorial solutions to ethno-national conflict
MLO4 Evaluate how geography shapes nationalist projects.
MLO5 Assess the success of causes and consequences of partition in Ireland
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
 
Module Indicative Content
Analyse territorial solutions to conflict
Partitions, Secession and Population transfers
Boundaries, map images
The internalisation of map images as national territories
Territories and identities
Assess the tensions between ideas of territorial integrity and self-determination
The Ireland/UK land boundary as a case study
Geo-political context, ethnocentric state development, the failure of territorial solutions
Borders as hybrid spaces, migration and interface
Evaluate the notion of borders as bridges, spaces of liminality, migration and refuge
Europe's shifting boundaries
The external and internal boundaries of the EU: customs unions and single markets
Boundaries as barriers
The continuing and growing salience of boundaries as barriers
Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work40.00%
Final Examination60.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Continuous Assessment % of Total Mark 40
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing Every Second Week Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students self-select four specific topics from the module and contribute to the online forum assigned to that topic. Each contribution is worth 10% of the marks available for the module; approx. 1500 words
No Project
No Practical
Final Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 60
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome  
Duration in minutes 120
Assessment Description
Unseen, written examination comprising eight questions, of which, students select and answer four.

Part-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Continuous Assessment % of Total Mark 40
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Students self-select four specific topics from the module and contribute to the online forum assigned to that topic. Each contribution is worth 10% of the marks available for the module; approx. 1500 words
No Project
No Practical
Final Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 60
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Unseen, written examination comprising eight questions, of which, students select and answer four.
Reassessment Requirement
A repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Tutorial Contact No Description Every Week 1.00 1
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Learner Workload 3.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Marshall, Tim. (2018), The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our World (Politics of Place), Schriebner, New York, p.280, [ISBN: 1501183915].
  • Coakley, John (ed.). (2003), The Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflict, 2nd. Routledge, London, p.250, [ISBN: 978-0714680514].
  • Ferriter, Diarmaid. (2019), The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics.
Supplementary Book Resources
  • O'Leary, B and Lustick, I and Callaghy T (eds). (2002), Right-Sizing the State: The Politics of Moving Borders, 1st. Oxford University Press, Oxford, p.448, [ISBN: 978-0199244904].
  • Hirsch, Francine. (2008), Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the making of the Soviet Union, 1st. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, p.392.
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources