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Aboriginal Sustainability
Postgraduate | CUR-SCP545 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Investigate historical, cultural and contemporary issues of Aboriginal sustainability.Explore case studies from across Australia. Measure the impact of colonisation. Look for factors that push cultural change in Indigenous communities.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
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Aboriginal Sustainability
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- discuss and analyse traditional Aboriginal sustainability
- assess and communicate how sustainability applies to Aboriginal communities and its basis in the historical and cultural differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians
- categorise and reflect upon the drivers of cultural change for Aboriginal communities and debate how this relates to the creation of new practices, industries and impacts
- use and interdisciplinary approach to appraise issues facing Aboriginal communities.
- Introduction to Aboriginal Sustainability: Traditional principles and practises of country, kinship and knowledge
- Case Stories, South Australia and Western Australia
- Case Stories, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory
- Case Stories, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales
- Contact history and terra nullius
- The third space, knowledge systems and sustainability
- The gap: Health, wealth and wellbeing
- Stolen Generations
- Identity and kinship
- Caring for country and Native Title
- City country
- Art and performance
This subject explores the factors affecting sustainability for Aboriginal peoples of Australia. The lectures are based around personal stories of survival, loss and reconstruction. Through these stories, key practices and policies are examined. The subject is approached through three modules: traditional Aboriginal sustainability and worldviews; impact of colonisation on sustainability; and contemporary approaches to sustainability.
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- Exercises (30%)
- Presentation (30%)
- Essay (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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