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AR2414:03
The Anthropology and Archaeology of Australia
39 hours workshops/seminars. Semester 1 (Townsville campus); Semester 1 Limited Attendance (Cairns campus). From 2004, the lecture material will be delivered on-line using LearnJCU. Students will attend on campus guided learning sessions (workshops) for two hours per week (contact hours for the semester will be 26 hours).
Dr R Henry,
Dr M Gibbs.
This subject considers the development, practice and findings of anthropological and archaeological research on Australia. Following a critical overview of the evidence of human colonisation and settlement of Australia and its cultural and linguistic diversity, the subject provides an integrated exploration of a number of key areas of research in the two disciplines under the headings: ritual; cosmology - beliefs in time and space; colonial encounters; authentic pasts/authentic presents; leadership and power; kinship and country.
to promote an appreciation of the complexity and diversity of Indigenous Australian social and cultural life through time;
to provide an understanding of the implications of current findings and theoretical perspectives in Australian anthropology and archaeology;