IA2102:03
Indigenous Politics
Townsville
Inadmissable Subject Combination: CA2102
12 lectures, 24 tutorials. Residential 2 and flexible delivery
Available to Diploma of Communications students and students enrolled in appropriate mainstream courses.
Staff: Ms S Sullivan.
Traditional political structures and processes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island cultures will be examined.
The public, especially journalists and broadcasters, come into contact with different forms of poilitics on a daily or weekly basis. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities, both urban and rural, are constantly affected directly by various political processes. This contact has caused the creation of another role in politics one that can only be played out by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. To understand this role, one must look into and understand the why, what, when and how of Australia’s social history and its impact on the Indigenous people of this country.
Learning Objectives:
- be familiar with how Indigenous Australians have been affected by various political processes in Australian society over the last 21 years;
- be familiar with how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have attempted to influence political processes both on the domestic front and the international political stage;
- be able to demonstrate knowledge of how current political issues affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities;
- examine how service delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities is affected by political processes;
- link subject content with information gained in first-year subjects, to develop policy formulation in the political process;
- understand the complexity, spirituality and individualism of Indigenous politics.
Assessment by examination (30%); class exercises (10%); one on-campus essay (30%); attendance and participation (20%); one off-campus assignment (10%).
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