Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Corrinne Franklin
Contact via corrinne.franklin@mq.edu.au
W3A 407
Thursday 1pm-2pm
Tutor
Grace O'Brien
Contact via grace.obrien@mq.edu.au
By email
Bronwyn Carlson
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit offers a broad introduction to the history and cultures of Indigenous Australia from an Indigenous standpoint. Students in this unit will study the historical impact of British colonisation on Australia's first peoples and learn about the history of Indigenous political resistance centred on land, social justice, human rights and cultural identity. Students in this unit will also be introduced to the social, cultural and political outlook of contemporary Indigenous identity and explore the impact and influence of early colonialist race theory on contemporary representations of Indigenous identity. This unit presents as a thought provoking and challenging cultural experience of Indigenous Australian history, culture and worldview and as such provides a solid theoretical foundation for anyone wishing to pursue further Indigenous studies.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Essay | 25% | Monday 29th August, 2016 |
Reflective Essay | 25% | Monday 10th October, 2016 |
Topic Analysis | 40% | Monday 7th November, 2016 |
Class participation | 10% | Ongoing |
Due: Monday 29th August, 2016
Weighting: 25%
Students will identify and discuss the local Indigenous Australian people of the land on which the student lives/works/or studies.
Further information about the assignment, including the criteria and standards by which your work will be assessed will be available in the ilearn site.
Please note that late submissions will incur a one mark per day penalty.
Due: Monday 10th October, 2016
Weighting: 25%
Students will write a 1500 word reflective essay drawing from their journals that focus on their learning and findings of the topics (lectures, tutorial discussion/online forum) presented to date.
Further information about the assignment, including the criteria and standards by which your work will be assessed will be available in the ilearn site.
Please note that late submissions will incur a one mark per day penalty.
Due: Monday 7th November, 2016
Weighting: 40%
Students will self-select 3 weekly topics and will critically engage with and draw upon those topics to discuss their relationship to Indigenous Australians.
Further information about the assignment, including the criteria and standards by which your work will be assessed will be available in the ilearn site.
Please note that late submissions will incur a one mark per day penalty.
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 10%
Student attendance and contributions will be assessed on an on-going basis.
This participation mark has two components:
*Class participation – attendance, reading, posing questions/identifying key themes.
*Class contribution – actively participating in classroom/online discussion.
Online units can be accessed at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/.
Students are to listen to all lectures and respond to the weekly question on ilearn.
PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g. internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement.
Please consult teaching staff for any further, more specific requirements.
Weekly Lecture Schedule ABST 100 Introduction to Indigenous Australia –
Semester Two 2016
X5B Theatre 1
Lecture 1 4th August |
Welcome to Indigenous Studies |
Lecture 2 11th August |
Who are Indigenous Australia: Identity
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Lecture 3 18th August |
Indigenous People and the Media |
Lecture 4 25th August |
An historical timeline: colonisation to resistance |
Lecture 5 2nd September |
Indigenous people and Health |
Lecture 6 8th September |
Race and Racism |
Lecture 7 15th September |
Indigenous people and Literature
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Mid-Semester Break
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Lecture 8 6th October |
Indigenous land and country |
Lecture 9 13th October |
Indigenous Education
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Lecture 10 20th October |
Stolen Generations |
Lecture11 27th October |
Indigenous people and the law: The Northern Territory Intervention or Stronger Futures? |
Lecture 12 3rd November |
More than dots: Indigenous people and the Arts
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Lecture 13 10th November |
Indigenous Australia: Where to from here
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Weekly Tutorial Schedule ABST 100 Introduction to Indigenous Australia – Semester Two 2016
Week 1 No Tutorial
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This week please post some information about yourself. This could include the course you are undertaking at Macquarie, your reasons for choosing this subject and/or what you hope to learn from ABST100.
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Week 2 11th/12th August Tutorial Reading and Question: |
What is Indigenous? Who are Indigenous? What is Indigenous studies?
DODSON, M. 1994. The Wentworth lecture the end in the beginning: Re(de)finding [A]boriginality. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2-13. |
Week 3 18th/19th August Tutorial Reading and Question: |
Students will name and discuss a recent news article. All students to locate their own news article from recent newspapers (Koori Mail, Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph etc). Internal students should bring a copy to their tutorial class, external students are to cite their news article for other students to locate and read.
How are Indigenous people represented by mainstream media? Is Indigenous media (Koori Mail, NITV) empowering for Indigenous people, why?
BANERJEE, S. B. & OSURI, G. 2000. Silences of the media: whiting out Aboriginality in making news and making history. Media, Culture & Society, 22, 263-284. |
Week 4 25th/26th August Tutorial Reading and Question: |
It has been claimed that the extent of Indigenous death through massacre has been greatly exaggerated (Windshuttle 2002). Do you think this aspect of Australia’s history is an inconvenient truth? Why was Australia invaded? What, in your opinion, was the greatest act of resistance by Indigenous Australia?
REYNOLDS, H. 2006. Resistance: Motives and Objectives. In: REYNOLDS, H. (ed.) The other side of the frontier: Aboriginal resistance to the European invasion of Australia. Sydney: UNSW Press. |
Week 5 2nd/3rd September Tutorial Reading and Question: |
What solutions can you argue that may improve basic health lifestyles for Aboriginal peoples in city/rural/remote locations? Can you identify some successful health programs?
PHOLI, K., BLACK, D. & RICHARDS, C. 2009. Is ‘Close the Gap’ a useful approach to improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians? Australian Review of Public Affairs, 2, 1-13. |
Week 6 8th /9th September Tutorial Reading and Question: |
How or why are Indigenous Australians targeted for racism by Australian society?
MELLOR, D. 2003. Contemporary Racism in Australia: The Experiences of Aborigines. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 474-486. |
Week 7 15th/16th September Tutorial Reading and Question: |
In what ways can literature expose Indigenous ways of seeing history, social issues and life in general?
Readings will be posted to ilearn. |
Mid-Semester Break |
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Week 8 6th /7th October Tutorial Reading and Question: |
What are the concerns about Aboriginal Australian Native title claims in Australia? Consider the pastoral (farming) and mining industries – who actually has control over ‘Aboriginal lands’? Why is land important to Indigenous Australians?
SEIDEL, P. 2004. Native Title: The struggle for justice for the Yorta Yorta Nation. Alternative Law Journal, 29, 70-74. |
Week 9 13th/14th October Tutorial Reading and Question: |
What strategies would you include in any educational setting (early childhood, primary, Secondary, tertiary) that could increase participation levels of Indigenous students?
RIGNEY, L.-I. 2011. Indigenous education and tomorrow's classroom: Three questions, three answers. In: PURDIE, N., MILGATE, G. & BELL, H. R. (eds.) Two way teaching and learning: Toward culturally reflective and relevant education. Victoria: ACER Press.
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Week 10 20th/21st October Tutorial Reading and Question: |
The Stolen Generations had a deep impact on Indigenous Australia. How and why is this still affecting Indigenous Australia today? Was the national apology effective?
Listen to more testimonies http://stolengenerationstestimonies.com/
READ, P. 1998. The return of the stolen generation. Journal of Australian Studies, 22, 8-19. |
Week 11 27th/28th October Tutorial Reading and Question: |
Discuss Gary Johns article on The Northern Territory Intervention in Aboriginal Affairs: ‘Wicked Problem or Wicked Policy’? What factors are at play?
JOHNS, G. 2008. The Northern Territory Intervention in Aboriginal Affairs: Wicked Problem or Wicked Policy? Agenda, 15, 65-84. |
Week 12 3rd/4th November Tutorial Reading and Question: |
Choose an Indigenous identified character from television or film, and discuss the ways in which that character is portrayed.
GLOW, H. & JOHANSON, K. Your Genre is Black': Indigenous Performing Arts and Policy. Platform Papers, 2009. Jan 2009, 1-66. |
Week 13 10th /11th November |
NO TUTORIAL |
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Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
New Assessment Policy in effect from Session 2 2016 http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html. For more information visit http://students.mq.edu.au/events/2016/07/19/new_assessment_policy_in_place_from_session_2/
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