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Not required
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- Aboriginal authors: stories from rural, urban and remote communities
- Aboriginal people represented in literature and film
- Examine Aboriginal writing as both literature and history
- Concept of 'voice', in relation to history, representation and culture
- Issues of audiences and contexts of publishing and transcription
- Other important forms of expression ie. cinema, dance, music, theatre and visual art
- Cultural connections, comparison of different regions and contemporary and historic forms of cultural expression
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Instructional methods
- Web links
- Online assignment submission
- Embedded Multimedia
- Discussion forum/Discussion Board
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Online materials
- Audio-Video streaming
- Printable format materials
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No eligibility requirements
Special requirements
No special requirements
Please note: This subject has been withdrawn from offer. UniSA has suggested existing students enrol into the equivalent subject AIS204 - Indigenous Australia and the Nation.
Students will build on their knowledge of Aboriginal cultures by exploring the production of contemporary Aboriginal texts, critical comparisons with Indigenous writing from other first nations peoples, construction of Aboriginal identity by Australian colonial and post-colonial society and Aboriginal constructions of self. Students will analyse non-Indigenous historical and contemporary representations of Aboriginal people, Indigenous literature, history and cinema and Indigenous and non-Indigenous post-colonial theory.
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