Online Courses Handbook 2003

8782 (v.5) Anthropology 218 - Contemporary Aboriginal Anthropology

Area:	School of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	3873 (v.5) Anthropology 318 - Contemporary Aboriginal Anthropology
Prerequisite(s):	7367 (v.4) Anthropology 111 - The Anthropological Imagination or any previous version OR 1973 (v.3) Anthropology 112 OR 10017 (v.1) Anthropology 113 OR 10018 (v.1) Anthropology 114
Overview of Aborigines in contemporary Australian society. Historical background to the present. Displacement, depopulation, cultural survival and revitalisation, adaptation and change. Issues and controversies. Aboriginality. Emerging forms of identity. Identity and political mobilisation. Aboriginal studies - growth, influence, methodological foundations, trends and developments.