Indigenous Queer Studies

• • "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:

• MAQ-ABSX1000-Introducing Indigenous Australia
• MAQ-GENX1000-Freedom Dreams: Foundations in Gender Studies

Others

Pre-requisite: 40cp at 1000 level or above and (ABSX1000 or GENX1000)

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 Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

ABSX2035 is a multidisciplinary unit that draws from both Indigenous and Queer Studies which have generally been treated as separate fields of academic inquiry. This unit prioritises Indigenous Queer populations as agents of transformation across social, cultural, and political landscapes of Australia and across the globe. Through critical engagement with Indigenous LGBTIQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer) worldviews, students will develop an understanding of Indigenous Queer identities and explore the specific challenges that these communities continue to endure under colonial regimes. We will engage in Indigenous Queer perspectives which interrupt, challenge, enrich and recalibrate our understandings of community, culture, gender, and sexuality.

• Quiz 1 (30%)
• Quiz 2 (30%)
• Major essay (40%)

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