Auto ethnographic blog

ATS 3004 – Crime, Risk and security

Auto ethnographic blog instructions

Purpose:  Assessment 4 contributes to the learning outcomes of building a critical understanding of relevant theories on crime, risk and security; applying these theories to a range of contemporary issues of crime, risk and security; critically analysing practical and policy responses to contemporary challenges of a risk and security framework nationally and internationally; and synthesising and developing ideas on the nature and impact of response to crime, risk and security.

Due date: Wednesday 1 June, 11:55 pm. 

Value: 30%

Word count: 2000 words (max). 

Note: you are only required to do the writing part.

Topic: Week 11 - Case Study 5: "The Pursuit of Security": The Case of Australia's offshore detention policies

Synopsis:

In the wake of the 21st century there has been a global push towards the management and securitisation of borders. This is seen in the language and mechanisms being deployed in an effort to preserve and secure national borders. To examine such changes, this week we will be looking at the case study of Australia’s offshore detention regime implemented following the MV Tampa incident in 2001. Since then, there have been three key eras of Australia’s offshore detention policy which will comprise the three parts of this lecture. We will be exploring the Australian case study through the lens of securitisation and border externalisation.Reading for the week: Chia, McAdam and Purcell (2014) ‘Asylum in Australia: Operation Sovereign Borders’ and International Law, Australian Year Book of International Law Vol. 32

Other helpful resources for the topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOv0gMjRF7M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG62PR6prYs

Additional Readings:

Grewcock, M (2013) ‘Australia’s ongoing border wars’, Race and Class, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 10-32.  See PDF below.

Howard, J (2003) ‘To Deter and Deny: Australia and the Interdiction of Asylum Seekers’, Refugee, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 35-50. See PDF below.

Instructions:

Every week throughout this Unit, we will be exploring a different topic that relates to various cultural, political, social and historical aspects pertaining to Crime, Risk, Security, and (In)Security.  We explore various forms of national and international security, State/Government security, human security, bodily security as well as all of the paradoxes, risks and insecurities associated with these modes.Your task is to choose ONE week's topic from Modules 3 and 4 (i.e. Weeks 7-12 inclusive). Module 3 encompasses all of the Case Study weeks and Module 4 is devoted specifically to Resistance. You are to construct an auto-ethnographic blog that reflects on the content of your chosen week. How has the weekly content (ie. readings, lecture, case studies) changed your perspective on crime, risk and security in contemporary Australia? In other words, how can you frame and theorise the weekly topic in relation to your own lived experience, contemporary politics and culture?

There are three components to this task.

1) Reflection on your own personal lived experiences and responses. (MAKE UP SOMETHING)An auto-ethnographic journal is a pedagogic tool to encourage reflection and critique by students. It enables students to explore the relationship between your personal, lived experiences (and personal resonses) with wider social structures and forces, in particular, those relating to broader issues pertaining to crime, risk and security. Reflect on your own personal experiences, and personal responses, to issues related to crime, risk and security pertaining to your chosen topic. Provide concrete and anecdotal examples of this.

2) Integration of key theories and concepts from the Unit.Integrate key theories and concepts from the Unit to enrich your response.Some potential relevant topics include, but are not limited to, issues relating to security, borders (both geographical and bodily), surveillance, (including State surveillance and self-surveillance), risk, (eg. who is considered a risk, at risk, or constructed in the media as risky?), migration, State and institutional controls, modes and forms of regulation, and resistance. Use a minimum of six academic reference sources in this component.

3)Produce the blog itselfThis component involves incorporating the material you have collected into an internet blog format. The blog should be written and produced for a wide, general readership and for an Australian audience. It should not exceed 2000 words.

Presentation / Referencing requirements:

· Read the 12 Dos and Don’ts of Writing a Blog (by Brian Klems)

· Read the marking criteria/rubric to guide you through the assessment task.

· References: Use a minimum of six academic reference sources.

· In writing your blog, you are encouraged to be as creative as possible, drawing upon a range of personal examples and anecdotes, images, social media resources etc.

Helpful reading resources:

 Use these sources for the assessment

Week 1:

· Mythen, G 2014, ‘Introduction’ in Understanding the risk society: crime, security and justice, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 1-10.

·  Zedner, L 2009, ‘Introduction’ in Security, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 1-7.

· Mythen, G 2014, "The Turn to Risk" in Understanding the risk society: crime, security and justice, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 11-20. Note: The chapter is on pages 11-26 but you only need to read pages 11-20.

· O'Malley, P 2006, "Criminology and Risk" in Beyond the risk society: critical reflections on risk and human security, Open University Press, U.K and USA, pp. 43-59

Week 2:

Governmentality theory by Michel Focault (REQUIRED FOR THE AUTO ETHNOGRAPHIC BLOG)

·     Foucault, M 1994, ‘Omnes et Singulatum: Towards a Criticism of Political Reason’, in S.M. McMurrin (ed), The Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 253-254. Note: Only read these two pages.

Rose. N. 2005, ‘Government’ in T. Bennett, L. Grossberg, M. Morris (eds)., New Keywords: A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society, Oxford, Blackwell, pp. 151-153.

Risk Society theory by Ulrich Bech (REQUIRED FOR THE AUTO ETHNOGRAPHIC BLOG)

·  Beck, U 2008, World at risk, Polity, Cambridge.

·Beck, U 1992, Risk society: Towards a New Modernity, SAGE, London. 

Week 3:

Anthropological theory by Mary Douglas (REQUIRED FOR THE AUTO ETHNOGRAPHIC BLOG)

 Douglas, M 1992, Risk and blame: essays in cultural theory, Routledge, London.

·      Douglas, M 1996, Purity and Danger.

Culture of Fear theory by Frank Furedi (REQUIRED FOR  THE AUTO ETHNOGRAPHIC BLOG)

·Furedi, F 2007, ‘The only thing we have to fear is the ‘culture of fear’ itself’, Spiked Online, viewable at: http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/3053/

·Furedi, F 2002, Epidemic of Fear', Spiked Online

Further resources:The 12 do’s and don’ts for writing a blog

https://www.writersdigest.com/getting-published/the-12-dos-and-donts-of-writing-a-blog

What is autoethnography?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIvC0IohRVc

Overview of autoethnography

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YUb7mLRXUU

Blog examples (for reference only – for the writing part of this asses

 https://crimeriskandsecurity.weebly.com/

2.    https://statecrimesgwot.wordpress.com/2021/05/30/states-crimes-and-the-sacrifices-of-our-morality/

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• Antisocial and Prosocial behaviors
• EF DQ1 T2
• Importance of Crime Patterns
• The Downsizing of Jails and Prisons and Public Safety
• Criminology
• Re-Integration of Ex-Convicts into The Society
• Criminal Justice
• Criminal Justice
• Interview with Municipal Police Agencies Law Enforcement Officers