IA3007 - Linking Indigenousness 3
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| 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 a discussion of divergent worldviews in relation to 'Indigenous knowledges' and the way Western academic frameworks produce and legitimate knowledge. The subject draws attention to some of the contradictions and contestations in affirming the place of Indigenous knowledges in Western 'traditions'. Through fieldtrips that enable students to interact directly with Indigenous Australians in their own 'country', this subject interrogates the notions of power relations, authenticity and assertion of Indigenous identity. It further explores issues surrounding cross-cultural views of landscape and wilderness. It is essential that students have access to the World Wide Web to complete online components within this subject. Those students who do not have access to email must contact the subject coordinator.
There are additional charges for this subject; please contact the School for details.
Learning Outcomes
- examine the ways in which western academic traditions produce and legitimatize knowledge;
- identify a number of issues which characterize Indigenous Australian knowledges and discuss their social, cultural and political implications;
- comparatively analyse the complex interaction of western and Indigenous knowledge systems;
- develop the capacity to plan, organize and articulate a reasoned argument in a limited timeframe both independently and in small group discussions.
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 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching (Three days on campus workshops plus one day fieldtrip) | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Sharon Moore |
| Lecturers: | Ms Sharon Moore, Ms Emma Ignjic. |
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| Assessment: | other exams (40%); quizzes or tests (40%); presentations (20%). |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching (3 days on campus workshops plus 1 day in the field) | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Sharon Moore |
| Lecturers: | Ms Sharon Moore, Ms Emma Ignjic. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | other exams (40%); quizzes or tests (40%); presentations (20%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching (2 days workshops plus 2 days field trips) | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Sharon Moore |
| Lecturers: | Ms Sharon Moore, Ms Emma Ignjic. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | other exams (40%); quizzes or tests (40%); presentations (20%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching (2 days workshops plus 2 days field trips) | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Sharon Moore |
| Lecturers: | Ms Sharon Moore, Ms Emma Ignjic. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | other exams (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%). |
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.