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The Politics of Indigenous Australia
Undergraduate | LTU-ABS2PIA | 2022
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed,
- No prior study
- Duration
- 12 weeks
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The Politics of Indigenous Australia
About this subject
- Analyse a range of materials in the field of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
- Develop your knowledge to understand the key topics of the politics of Indigenous Australia.
- Apply research methods to demonstrate a written understanding of the subject matter.
- Produce a developed written argument that reflects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives of the subject matter.
- Reflect on your own identity and how this affects your positionality in debates related to Indigenous politics.
- • Indigenous peoples’ rights
- • Racial discrimination
- • Australian colonisation
- • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
- • Australian state politics
- • Australian federal politics
- • Decolonisation
In Politics of Indigenous Australia we will explore a wide range of topics related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander politics. This subject enables students to understand what Indigenous politics includes, from Dreaming Lore to the introduction of British colonial law. Students will learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heroes of the resistance to Frontier violence, and civil rights activism against racial discrimination. The history of the fight for First Nation rights in Australia will be compared to other countries colonised by the British, and the subject teaches students to critically analyse the effectiveness of government policies such as the White Australia policy, Aboriginal Protection Acts, the Racial Discrimination Act, Native Title Amendments Act, and Closing the Gap. The final topic is reconciliation and allyship – to teach students how to go forward with their knowledge of Indigenous politics and be part of a decolonised future where truth telling, healing, and treaty can see Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians work together respectfully.
- Annotated bibliographies x 2 (400 words and 10% each) (20%)
- Biography of an Indigenous Australian activist (1200 words) (30%)
- One 2,000 word major essay (50%)
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