James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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IA2014:03

Linking Indigenousness 2

Townsville, Cairns

Prerequisites: BI1000 BI1001 BI1002 BI1003 BI1004
Inadmissable Subject Combination: BI2014

52 hours field trip. Second semester and flexible delivery.

Staff: Assoc. Professor J Herbert.

Subject content as for IA1007.

Learning Objectives:

  1. gain a deeper understanding of the historical, political, social and cultural frameworks of identified Aboriginal communities;
  2. gain the ability to conduct appropriate consultation with Aboriginal communities;
  3. gain an understanding of protocols in conducting consultations within Aboriginal communities;
  4. develop greater conceptual insights into the processes of Indigenous epistemological and ontological perspectives;
  5. develop insights into ethical processes in relation to research within Aboriginal communities.

Assessment by attendance and participation (10%); field report (20%); personal journal (35%); major assignment (35%).

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