EV5252 - Indigenous Environmental Management
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2015 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
2
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Administered by: |
College of Marine & Environmental Sciences |
This subject explores Indigenous people's role in environmental management in both
Australia and across the world. Students obtain an introduction to core issues and
concepts that reflect and accesses Indigenous perspectives on environmental management
issues throught an on campus 5 day intensive of lectures, workshops and tutorials,
and an off campus 7 week web-based self study program. They will participate in a
workshop experience with Government environmental management agencies, tradional owners
and other Indigenous Australians. Students are subsequently guided towards resources
to enable them to synthesise their new understandings and complete the assessment
requirements
Learning Outcomes
- describe the historical, political, scientific and economic contexts of environmental
management by Indigenous peoples;
- value debate, thought and knowledge with respect to the diversity of environmental
management approaches;
- discuss issues and debates relevant to achieving co-existence of Indigenous and non-Indigenous
peoples approaches to environmental management, including contested knowledge systems,
wilderness and contemporary hunting and resource utilization;
- demonstrate the capacity to communicate in cross- cultural situations;
- demonstrate understanding of the interface between non-Indigenous and Indigenous environmental
management practices and legal systems, including customary law and native title;
- demonstrate understanding of the roles of Indigenous peoples in tropical environments
across the world, and particularly in tropical Australia.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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EV3202 EV3252 EV5202 |
Availabilities
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Cairns,
Limited,
Study Period 1
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Census Date 26-Mar-2015 |
Face to face teaching
27-Apr-2015 to 30-Apr-2015
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Coord/Lect: |
<Person not found>. |
Workload expectations: |
- 40 hours lectures - residential
- 70 hours - Off campus self-study. 7 week web-based self learning (21 Feb - 11 Apr 2011)
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Assessment: |
end of residential exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.