IA3007 - Linking Indigenousness 3

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Available to Bachelor of Indigenous Studies students and other undergraduate students.

This subject is an invitation to critically engage in the discussion of divergent worldviews in relation to ' Indigenous knowledges ' and the way western academic frameworks produce and legitimatize knowledge. Attention is drawn to some of the contradictions and contestations in affirming the place of Indigenous knowledges in western ' traditions ' . This subject interrogates the notions of tradition, authenticity, and assertion of Indigenous identity as crucial to the educational and political project of affirming Indigenous knowledges. It further explores the issue of cultural ownership and Indigenous views of landscape and wilderness. Students will be introduced to issues and notions through online learning including the discussion board and e-mail, digital medium and reading materials. Therefore it is essential that students have access to the World Wide Web to complete this subject, students who do not have access to e-mail must notify the subject coordinator. Students who have successfully completed IA1007 or IA2007 must enroll in external mode.

There are additional charges for this subject; please contact the School for details.

Learning Outcomes

• interrogate the ways in which western academic traditions produce and legitimatize knowledge;
• critically examine the emerging call for academic knowledge to speak to the diversity of histories, events, experiences and ideas that have shaped Indigenous growth and development in Australian society;
• explore the concept of different knowledges co- existing, complementing each other yet conflicting with each other.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

IA1007 and IA2007 and IA5008

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Face to face teaching 16-Apr-2007 to 20-Apr-2007
Coordinator:	Ms Sharon Moore
Lecturers:	Ms Sharon Moore, Mrs Valda Wallace.
Contact hours:	0 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	(50%); assignments (50%).
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Face to face teaching (2 days workshops plus field trips.)
Coordinator:	Ms Sharon Moore
Lecturers:	Ms Sharon Moore, Mrs Valda Wallace.
Contact hours:	16 hours workshops/Seminars 0 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	(50%); assignments (50%).
Townsville, Block, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Face to face teaching 24-Sep-2007 to 28-Sep-2007
Coord/Lect:	Ms Sharon Moore.
Contact hours:	0 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	(50%); assignments (50%).
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Face to face teaching (2 days workshop plus field trips)
Coord/Lect:	Ms Sharon Moore.
Contact hours:	16 hours workshops/Seminars 0 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	(50%); assignments (50%).
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Ms Sharon Moore
Lecturers:	Ms Sharon Moore, Mrs Valda Wallace.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	assignments (50%); (50%).
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coord/Lect:	Ms Sharon Moore.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	assignments (50%); (50%).
Cairns, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Face to face teaching (2 days workshops plus field trips)
Coordinator:	Ms Sharon Moore
Lecturers:	Ms Sharon Moore, Mrs Valda Wallace.
Contact hours:	16 hours workshops/Seminars 0 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	(50%); assignments (50%).
Cairns, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Face to face teaching (2 days workshops plus field trips)
Coord/Lect:	Ms Sharon Moore.
Contact hours:	16 hours workshops/Seminars 0 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	(50%); assignments (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.