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IA2013 - Ecology and Australian Indigenous Cultures
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2012 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
1 |
Administered by: |
School of Indigenous Australian Studies |
Available to undergraduate degree students.
This subject engages with the ecological, social and spiritual interrelationship at
the core of Indigenous Australian cultures. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
diversity of beliefs and the significance of identity, family, sovereignty and land
and sea rights will be explored along with the impact of European colonisation. Students
examine traditional and contemporary relations with the environment paying particular
attention to the relationships between Indigenous Australian people's knowledge, customary
laws and social organisation and the Western science of ecology, in approaches to
natural resource management and conservation. Students will be introduced to issues
through online learning including the discussion board and email, digital medium and
reading materials. Therefore it is essential that students have access to the World
Wide Web to complete this subject.
Learning Outcomes
- Explore the nature of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander spirituality, kinship
and connectedness with the environment;
- Examine the impact of European colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
belief systems and ways of life;
- Analyse cross-cultural perspectives on resource management and property rights;
- Explore Indigenous Australian people's aspirations for healthy country, economies
and families;
- Critically evaluate different cultural perspectives on a range of contemporary issues
and present research outcomes in a written format.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments,
and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
- The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
- The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion
and political persuasion.
Availabilities
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Cairns,
Study Period 2,
Internal
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Census Date 23-Aug-2012 |
Coordinator: |
Mrs Val Wallace |
Workload expectations: |
- 26 hours lectures
- 13 hours tutorials
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Assessment: |
presentations (25%); literature review (40%); research briefing report (35%). |
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Cairns,
Study Period 2,
External
|
Census Date 23-Aug-2012 |
Coordinator: |
Mrs Val Wallace |
Method of Delivery: |
WWW - LearnJCUandPrinted materials
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Assessment: |
multidraft literature review (40%); assignments (25%); research briefing paper (35%). |
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