Making Social Worlds - for iPad/Mac/PC: Recent Episodes
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.
How races were classified after the introduction of the 1950 Population Registration Act.
Transcript -- How races were classified after the introduction of the 1950 Population Registration Act.
Transcript -- The 'Vula-Vala' check-up that was undergone to get a red stamp in the passbook.
Transcript -- David Blunkett talking about the reasons behind the British citizenship ceremony.
Transcript -- Sir Bernard Crick talking about the limitations of new citizenship policy.
Transcript -- The benefits of free speech in Britain and how it compares with other nations.
Dr Sev Ozdowski talks about the early politics of Australian citizenship and the control of immigration.
Transcript -- Dr Sev Ozdowski talks about the early politics of Australian citizenship and the control of immigration.
Prof Andrew Jakubowicz identifies four categories of people who are applying for Australian citizenship.
Transcript -- Prof Andrew Jakubowicz identifies four categories of people who are applying for Australian citizenship.
Transcript -- How skilled migrants can end up in unskilled jobs because of language problems.
Liz Mc Fall describes The Open University course structure, concentrating on the issue of passports.
Transcript -- Liz Mc Fall describes The Open University course structure, concentrating on the issue of passports.
Sophie Watson discusses The Open University course structure, concentrating on citizenship and its meaning to individuals
Transcript -- Sophie Watson discusses The Open University course structure, concentrating on citizenship and its meaning to individuals