Selves and History

Subject AIND40004 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 4 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 2
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: Admission into the postgraduate diploma, postgraduate certificate or fourth year of Australian Indigenous Studies.
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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Coordinator

Mr Philip Morrissey

Contact

Philip Morrissey

philipjm@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview: This subject will engage in a detailed and nuanced investigation and discussion of issues central to Aboriginal identity in contemporary Australia. Analysis will be undertaken through considering issues relating to affirmative action, and contemporary racism. Discussion will be framed within the context of contemporary theoretical and legal debates around these issues, and where possible contexted with reference to cognate developments in other countries, for instance New Zealand, the United States, France and Great Britain. A developed theoretical perspective will be used to problematise and elucidate the multiple impacts of Australian coloniality, racism and nationalism on Aboriginal conceptions of self. This subject will extend, in a more intensive and theoretically refined manner, ideas encountered in the undergraduate program.
Objectives:

Students who successful complete this subject will:

  • understand issues related to self and other in Australian Indigenous Studies in relation to comparative issues in an international context;
  • achieve a higher-level understanding of the isomorphic fluidity of relations between Settler policies and representations, and Aboriginal people; and
  • understand the dynamic and operative possibilities of theory in relation to creation of the self.
Assessment: 5000 word essay (100%) due end of semester. Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to qualify to have their written work assessed. All required written work must be submitted in order to pass the subject.
Prescribed Texts: A subject reader will be available from the University Bookshop.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

  • have a sophisticated understanding of the role of theory in Australian Indigenous Studies;
  • develop the ability to undertake high-level individual research;
  • gain a developed understanding of the ethical requirements of research in Australian Indigenous Studies; and
  • appreciate the enhanced intellectual outcomes of collegiality.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Australian Indigenous Studies
Australian Indigenous Studies

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