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Making Social Worlds - for iPad/Mac/PC
by The Open University
How does society create and control our social world? How do passports and passbooks function as agents of government control? And what are the purposes of citizenship tests and ceremonies? This album provides insight into how large communities are organised to regulate their social behaviour. People who lived under Apartheid in South Africa describe how their passbook governed their social world, from alcohol consumption to medical health. Philosophers, politicians and academics offer differing perspectives on requirements for citizenship and the importance of citizenship ceremonies in the UK and Australia. In the two audio tracks, course team members Liz McFall and Sophie Watson put the ideas covered in the album into their academic context. This material is taken from The Open University course DD308 Making social worlds.
Episodes
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Making social worlds
A short introduction to this album.
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South African passbooks
Obligatory passbooks governed life in South Africa under Apartheid.
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Classifying races
How races were classified after the introduction of the 1950 Population Registration Act.
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Held hostage to a passbook
The impact of passbooks on the community.
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Humiliation of the red stamp
The 'Vula-Vala' check-up that was undergone to get a red stamp in the passbook.
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Finding work
The rules of working in South Africa and the role of the passbook.
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Fear of forgetting
Being caught without a passbook meant humiliation.
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Green IDs and liquor quotas
Passbooks during prohibition.
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The waiting game
Passbook restrictions: one man's story.
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British citizenship ceremony
A British citizenship ceremony hosted by Brent Council in London.
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Why ceremony?
David Blunkett talking about the reasons behind the British citizenship ceremony.
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Inclusion ceremonies
How the British government engineers citizenship as an achievement.
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What is Britishness?
UK government minister David Blunkett defines good British citizenship.
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The importance of language
The role of language in social inclusion.
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Changes in policy
Sir Bernard Crick talking about the limitations of new citizenship policy.
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Migrant labour
Sir Bernard Crick talking about changes in migrant worker recruitment.
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Freedom of speech
The benefits of free speech in Britain and how it compares with other nations.
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Australian citizenship ceremony
An Australian citizenship ceremony.
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The past politics of Australian citizenship
Dr Sev Ozdowski talks about the early politics of Australian citizenship and the control of immigration.
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Four groups migrate to Australia
Prof Andrew Jakubowicz identifies four categories of people who are applying for Australian citizenship.
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Language limitations
How skilled migrants can end up in unskilled jobs because of language problems.
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Keep multiculturalism
Why Australia should continue to be multicultural.
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Embracing Australian culture
Why the willingness to embrace Australian culture brings benefits.
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An academic perspective on passports
Liz Mc Fall describes The Open University course structure, concentrating on the issue of passports.
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An academic perspective on citizenship
Sophie Watson discusses The Open University course structure, concentrating on citizenship and its meaning to individuals
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
How does society create and control our social world? How do passports and passbooks function as agents of government control? And what are the purposes of citizenship tests and ceremonies? This album provides insight into how large communities are organised to regulate their social behaviour. People who lived under Apartheid in South Africa describe how their passbook governed their social world, from alcohol consumption to medical health. Philosophers, politicians and academics offer differing perspectives on requirements for citizenship and the importance of citizenship ceremonies in the UK and Australia. In the two audio tracks, course team members Liz McFall and Sophie Watson put the ideas covered in the album into their academic context. This material is taken from The Open University course DD308 Making social worlds.
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