module
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SPA3003: Data Justice and Surveillance Capitalism
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all the following topics:
- Freedom and oppression in the Digital Society
- Sovereignty and Surveillance Capitalism
- Post-truth, social media, and Postcolonial Theory
- Ethnographies of Big Data.
- Dreams and Science in the digital sphere
- The Database of Dreams
- The Dream of Artificial Intelligence and its discontents
- Creative engagements with Data Justice in conflict scenarios.
- Participatory Action Research & Climate Change in a datafied society
- The ethics of Big Data and Data Justice: a critical perspective
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hours per week comprising of lectures and seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 4 | Guidance for case-study analysis |
| Guided Independent Study | 36 | Readings for seminars and tutorials |
| Guided Independent Study | 25 | Researching and writing essay |
| Guided Independent Study | 25 | Researching and writing the case study commentary |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
- ELE – College to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages