Undergraduate MAQ-ABSX2020-2023
Indigenous Pop Culture
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Duration
18 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Required
Start dates
- 20 Feb 2023
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Subject details
At the completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Discuss significant contemporary Indigenous artists, performers, authors, musicians, meme makers and other producers of popular culture.
- Articulate the way Indigenous people and communities consume and subvert popular culture.
- Engage critically with colonial representations of Indigenous people
- Describe contemporary Indigenous Australian political creativity.
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- "A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials."
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
Others
Pre-requisite: 40cp at 1000 level or above including ABSX1000
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.
This unit introduces students to significant, contemporary Indigenous artists, performers, authors, musicians, meme makers and other producers of popular culture. This unit also considers the way Indigenous people and communities consume and subvert popular culture. Students will engage with global Indigenous collaborations expressing resistance, resurgence and rebellion against colonial representations. Graduates of this unit will be able to demonstrate an understanding of contemporary Indigenous political creativity.
- Content quizzes (30%)
- Reading quizzes (30%)
- Major Essay (40%)
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