About this course:
Intended Audience
Organisers and Campaigners
Workplace Leaders (Delegates and Activists)
Specialists Staff (Policy and Research)
About this course
This course introduces Liberation Sociology, a framework that will equip you with tools to engage in liberation for all those who experience exclusion and exploitation because of class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, and age.
Beginning with an analysis of our material conditions, particularly the class structure of capitalist society, the course explores the way power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of the few.
It introduces you to the dialectical method which will enable you to interrogate a situation exposing the root causes of injustice. Using dialectics will help you reach out to workers and galvanise them in collective struggle to achieve social change.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
Content
What is sociology?
Definition and how sociology applies to our union work
Understanding our material base
Features of neoliberalism
Analysis of our concrete conditions and how society is organised
Who has power and why?
Using dialectics
What is the dialectical method?
Using dialectics to critique inequality
Struggle for liberation
Interconnectedness of workers’ struggles
Application of sociology to achieve liberation
Delivery mode
Online
Delivery style
This course will comprise presentations and facilitated discussion by an expert practitioner along with interactive group work to apply theory to practice in the form of case studies. It also creates space for self-reflection on how sociology applies to and is embedded in union work.
Duration
3 x 4 hour online sessions
Pre-requisites
None
Related courses
Climate Action for Unionists
Economics for Unionists
Feature facilitator
This course is delivered by Dr John Falzon, sociologist and social justice advocate, and national CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society from 2006 to 2018. He has written and spoken widely on neoliberalism and the structural causes of inequality and has long been engaged in the collective movement for social justice and social change. John is a lifelong unionist and proud member of the Australian Services Union.
Credly Badge
Sociology for Unionists
Cost
$229
Session 2 | 24 October | 11:00am to 3:00pm
Session 3 | 31 October | 11:00am to 3:00pm
Organisers and Campaigners
Workplace Leaders (Delegates and Activists)
Specialists Staff (Policy and Research)
About this course
This course introduces Liberation Sociology, a framework that will equip you with tools to engage in liberation for all those who experience exclusion and exploitation because of class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, and age.
Beginning with an analysis of our material conditions, particularly the class structure of capitalist society, the course explores the way power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of the few.
It introduces you to the dialectical method which will enable you to interrogate a situation exposing the root causes of injustice. Using dialectics will help you reach out to workers and galvanise them in collective struggle to achieve social change.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Define the material base as a means of understanding the key elements that lead to inequality in society
- Identify the features of neoliberalism
- Analyse the causes of and solutions to insecurity, injustice and inequality
- Define dialectics and engage in the dialectical method to uncover and critique the root causes of injustice in a situation
- Identify how you can shape and change a situation by engaging in the struggle for liberation
- Identify how you can apply liberation sociology to your union work
Content
What is sociology?
Definition and how sociology applies to our union work
Understanding our material base
Features of neoliberalism
Analysis of our concrete conditions and how society is organised
Who has power and why?
Using dialectics
What is the dialectical method?
Using dialectics to critique inequality
Struggle for liberation
Interconnectedness of workers’ struggles
Application of sociology to achieve liberation
Delivery mode
Online
Delivery style
This course will comprise presentations and facilitated discussion by an expert practitioner along with interactive group work to apply theory to practice in the form of case studies. It also creates space for self-reflection on how sociology applies to and is embedded in union work.
Duration
3 x 4 hour online sessions
Pre-requisites
None
Related courses
Climate Action for Unionists
Economics for Unionists
Feature facilitator
This course is delivered by Dr John Falzon, sociologist and social justice advocate, and national CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society from 2006 to 2018. He has written and spoken widely on neoliberalism and the structural causes of inequality and has long been engaged in the collective movement for social justice and social change. John is a lifelong unionist and proud member of the Australian Services Union.
Credly Badge
Sociology for Unionists
Cost
$229
2024
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Session 1 | 17 October | 11:00am to 3:00pmSession 2 | 24 October | 11:00am to 3:00pm
Session 3 | 31 October | 11:00am to 3:00pm