AR2011 - Australia Through Time and Place
[Offered in odd-numbered years by Internal on-campus mode. Offered in even-numbered years in Townsville. ]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Arts, Society & Education |
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, this subject provides an integrated exploration of a number of key areas of research in the two disciplines, under the following headings: ritual; cosmological beliefs in time and space; colonial encounters; authentic pasts/authentic presents; leadership and power; kinship and country.
Learning Outcomes
- to encourage critical analysis of anthropological and archaeological approaches to understanding Indigenous Australian societies;
- 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;
- to provide students with a framework in which they are able to assess the value of an interdisciplinary approach to a number of key areas of research on Australia.
| Assumed Knowledge: | To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | AN2107 AND AN3011 AND AN3107 AND AR2411 AND AR2414 AND AR3011 AND AR3411 AND AR3414 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 27-Aug-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Rosita Henry, Dr Shelley Greer |
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| Assessment: | multidraft Essays (50%); participation in discussion board (30%); quizzes and tests through learnjcu (20%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 27-Aug-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Rosita Henry, Dr Shelley Greer |
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| Assessment: | multidraft Essays (50%); (30%); (20%). |
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