Indigenous Queer Theory and Practice

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Identify Indigenous peoples historical and contemporary contributions to knowledge relating to gender and sexuality.
  2. Use a diverse range of texts to inform your understanding of Indigeneity, gender, and sexuality.
  3. Apply appropriate theoretical frameworks to facilitate an understanding of Indigenous Queer peoples
  4. Communicate effectively, in a range of written and spoken formats, within the conventions of the discipline of Indigenous Studies
  5. Identify the potential and limitations of multidisciplinary approaches to understanding Indigenous Queer peoples

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

• MAQ-ABSX1000-Introducing Indigenous Australia
• MAQ-ABSX1020-Dharug Ngurra

and one of

• MAQ-ABSX2020-Pacific Pop Culture
• MAQ-ABSX2060-Indigenous Histories and Knowledges
• MAQ-ABSX2035-Indigenous Queer Studies

Others

Pre-requisite: 130cp at 1000 level or above including ABSX1000 or ABSX1020 and 20cp at 2000 level including ABSX2035 or ABSX2020 or ABSX2060

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 Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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