Courses Handbook 2008

301440 (v.3) Indigenous Australian Culture 102


Area: Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Theories on ways of knowing Indigenous Australian culture currently available to non-Indigenous Australian people. The three main available discourses, according to Muecke, are racist, anthropological and romantic, and are seen as normal, natural and universal. A fourth discourse, one that is primarily framed and articulated by Indigenous Australian people, offers a critique of, or counter discourse to, the 'naturalised' ways of knowing.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 090311 Indigenous Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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