Introducing Indigenous Australia

• • "A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials."

No eligibility requirements

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 Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.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 contemporary Indigenous thought, culture and politics in Australia. Students in this unit learn about Indigenous futurism and activism, the history of race and settler colonialism in Australia, and Indigenous studies and decolonial thinking. Students will also be introduced to contemporary expressions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and identities. This is a transformative unit that provides students with skills and knowledge to be agents of change in their communities and the world at large.

• Lecture Quiz (30%)
• Major Essay (40%)
• Online Quiz (30%)

Current study term: 20 Feb 22 to 05 Jun 22

Next study term: 24 Jul 22 to 06 Nov 22