WS5109 - Anti Racist Social Welfare Practice

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of Social Work & Community Welfare

This subject connects postgraduate students with the study of race, racism, reconciliation and anti-racist practice. The study of racism demonstrates that Indigenous and non-Indigenous people are differentially located within the psycho-historical, socio-political and linguistic Australian terrain. This subject will demonstrate this through an historical analysis of the structural location of Australias Indigenous people. The study of global and national reconciliation indicates the potential of the Australian reconciliation agenda of the 1990s to liberate us from the racist imperatives of the capitalist, western democratic state. This study will demonstrate the liberatory power of anti-racist and reconciliatory practice. Students will engage in unravelling the potential of the human services to either be party to the racism of the state or to challenge this through reconciliatory welfare practice.

Learning Outcomes

• articulate an historical understanding of the Australian Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationship;
• recognise racist practice;
• demonstrate a political empathy and a vision for anti- racist and (re)conciliatory practice;
• recognise their margin of autonomy for developing welfare practice which is inclusive of Indigenous people at political, social, economic and linguistic levels of practice.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	Dr Debra Miles
Lecturer:	Dr Susan Gair.
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	essays (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.