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ABST200: Contested Issues in Indigenous Studies |
This unit introduces the basic broad themes of Indigenous Studies. They are: the dominant philosophical movements which have affected ("western") approaches to Indigenous Studies; a comparative approach to "seeing" and understanding (Indigenous) cultural worlds; and governmentality, the past and present of government policies and Indigenous people's experience of that. In particular we look at specific examples of how "Western" taken-for-granted theories of justice result in unjust outcomes for Indigenous people in the contemporary, liberal democratic, multicultural Australian nation state. We also examine the idea of Indigenous "community"; how communities know and think about themselves and their experiences and strategies of dealing with "state thinking" and behaviour.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Mr Widders |
| Prerequisites: |
ABST100 or ECLS104 or 18cp or permission of Head of Division
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| NCCWs: | ECLS204, ECED211
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| Unit Designations: |
Social Science
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Graded
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| Offered By: |
Warawara - Department of Indigenous Studies |
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