Undergraduate MAQ-ABSX3040-2023
Settler Colonialism, Decolonisation and Indigenous Futures
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Duration
18 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
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Prior study
Required
Start dates
- 20 Feb 2023
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Subject details
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of settler colonialism as a political structure, and explore how it manifests through both policy and institutional cultures in Australia
- Demonstrate knowledge and scholarly understanding of the practices of decolonisation.
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the role of political protests, land claims and non-Indigenous allies in moving towards justice in the context of settler colonialism.
- Critically engage with Indigenous scholarship to understand the diverse ways that Indigenous peoples resist settler colonialism and persist beyond it
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how Indigenous people are already both imagining and practicing a decolonised Australia—including through digital media, queer identities, and science fiction.
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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:
one of- MAQ-ABSX1000-Introducing Indigenous Australia
- MAQ-ABSX1020-Dharug Country: Presences, Places and People
- MAQ-ABSX2035-Indigenous Queer Studies
- MAQ-ABSX2020-Indigenous Pop Culture
- MAQ-ABSX2060-Indigenous Histories and Knowledges
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 Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.
This unit provides an overview and critical analysis of Indigenous–settler politics in Australia. Students will develop a nuanced, critically-informed understanding of settler colonialism as a political structure, and explore how it manifests through both policy and institutional cultures in Australia. The unit then turns to practices of decolonisation, unpacking the role of political protests, land claims and non-Indigenous allies in moving towards justice in the context of settler colonialism. It closes by exploring ‘Indigenous futurisms’—how Indigenous people are already both imagining and practicing a decolonised Australia—including through digital media, queer identities, and science fiction..
- Content Quizzes (30%)
- Major essay (40%)
- Minor essay (30%)
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