305845 (v.2) Indigenous Australian Research 414

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Area:	Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	6.5
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Individual Study:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	1 x 1 Hours Once-only
Syllabus:	Aims to equip students with knowledge, skills and understandings to review and critique literature and to locate their research within appropriate academic discourses. To be aware of and knowledgeable about current theoretical approaches applicable to their proposed research. Students are especially encouraged to seek out and give primacy to Indigenous literature relevant to their topic
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will have - Demonstrated the ability to undertake an electronic search for texts relevant to their respective research areas. Completed a research proposal and shown the capacity to explain and defend the proposal. Understood the produce of annotated bibliography that serves as the foundation for their literature review. Demonstrated knowledge of literature relating to their field of research by producing a draft literature review as a step towards their dissertation.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Bessarab, D. (1996), 'What we found out', in 'More than the colour of your skin':exploring Aboriginality - a collaborative group inquiry, Honours thesis, Perth. Curtin University. 'The ethics of research', 1999, in Research of Interest to Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Peoples, Canberra. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, pp. 27-45. Gold, R. L. (1997), The Ethnographic Method in Sociology, Qualitative Inquiry, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 388-401. Janke, T. (1997), Our Culture, Our Future: Proposals for the Recognition and Protection of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property, Canberra. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Literature Review, (2002), in 'It's easier to be black if you're black': issues of Aboriginality for fair-complexioned Nyungar people', MA thesis, Curtin University, Perth, pp. 43-76. Murphy, J. T. (1980), 'Analyzing and writing', in Getting the Facts: A Fieldwork Guide for Evaluators and Policy Analysts, Goodyear Publishing Co. Inc., Santa Monica. Nakata, M. (1998), 'Anthropological texts and Indigenous standpoints', Australian Aboriginal Studies, no. 2, pp. 3-12.
Unit Texts:	Centre of Aboriginal Studies, Course Reader.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Annotated Bibliography Minor Essay (1) 30%, Literature Review Major Essay 50%, Research Proposal Minor Essay (2) 20%. This is by Grade/Mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y Y   2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y Y