Australian Society, Aboriginal Voices

Course aim

To introduce students to contemporary Indigenous writing, performance and cinema, and to examine texts produced within the discourses of Indigenous Knowledge and social theory.

Course content

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; investigate Aboriginal constructions of self; analyse non-Indigenous historical and contemporary representations of Aboriginal people; Indigenous literature, history and cinema; Indigenous and non-Indigenous post-colonial theory.

Textbook(s)

Heiss, A 2012, Am I black enough for you?, Bantam, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Seminar	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Online activities)	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Presentation, Summary

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.