AIR350 - Australia and the Indo-Pacific: Identity, Interests, and Order
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Previously coded as: | AIR202 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Assumed knowledge: | |
| Incompatible with: | AIR205, AIR243 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week 1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 1-hour lecture per week (recordings provided) 1 x 1-hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit introduces students to the evolution of Australia’s place in the mega-region known as the Indo–Pacific. In doing so the unit adopts a three-way focus on identity, interests, and order. First, it explores how and why the concept of identity matters for specific nation-states (including Australia) but also regions and regional groupings. This is particularly important in Australia’s region given that the Indo–Pacific construct recently superseded the ‘Asia–Pacific’ as the dominant (if not undisputed) paradigm. Second, the unit analyses the interests that bind – to varying degrees – the constituent members of the region. If Australia and the nation-states around are to be meaningful described as a region, what precisely do they have in common and are strong are those shared connections? Third, we focus on the norms and unwritten conventions – or order – that establish the ‘rules of the game’ for the region. What types of order have traditionally applied to Australia’s region and how well have regional orders – including the current one – facilitated stability and common prosperity? By focusing on the interaction of identity, interests, and order in the region, the unit will allow students to better understand not only Australia’s current place in the Indo–Pacific but also its future prospects.
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