305844 (v.2) Indigenous Australian Research 413

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

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Fieldwork:

1 x 1 Hours Once-only

Anti Requisite(s):

305628 (v.1) Research Techniques and Practice in Indigenous Australian Contexts 301

Syllabus:

Develop applied research skills that enable students to plan and undertake effective and culturally sensitive research in Aboriginal contexts, skills that give priority to Indigenous perspectives and that benefit Aboriginal people. Students will have an opportunity to practice and develop structured and unstructured interview, focus group, questionnaire, document analysis and observational data collection skills and techniques, and to consider the strengths and weaknesses of each data recording and analysis techniques.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will have - Compared and contrasted some of the central features of Western research paradigms and methodologies. Understood the cultural and political significance of decolonising or Indigenist research paradigms and methodologies. Explored features of emergent culturally appropriate and empowering Indigenist research practices which foreground Indigenous knowledge and interests.

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:

Collard, K., Dudgeon, P., and Walker, R. (1998), 'Aboriginalising the Curriculum: A Disciplined Approach?', Curtin Indigenous Research Centre Discussion Papers, Perth, Curtin University. Langton, M. (1993). 'Well I heard it on the radio and I saw it onthe television, An essay for the Australian Film Commission on the politics and aesthetics of filmmaking by and about Aboriginal people and things, North Sydney, Australian Film Commission. Muecke, S. (1992), Textual Spaces: Aboriginality and Cultural Studies, Kensington, NSWU Press. Rigney, L. I. Internationalisation of an Indigenous Anti-colonial Cultural Critique of Research Methodologies, A Guide to Indigenist Research Methodologies and Its Principles', Paper presented at the HERDSA Annual International Conference, July 1997, Adelaide. Semali, L. and Kincheloe, J. (eds.) (1999) What is Indigenous Knowledge? Voices from the Academy, New York. Falmer Smith. L. T. 1999, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous People. London. Zed Books. and Indigenous People. Zed Books, London.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Major Essay 40%, Minor Essay 20%, Seminar Paper 20%, Seminar Presentation 20%. This is by Grade/Mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y