KRS4010

Research methodology in Koorie studies

(ART)

Liz Reed

12 points + 2-3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton

Synopsis: Issues involved in planning the dissertation. Issues involved in studying and writing Aboriginal history, including gender, race, ethnicity and class. Constructions of Aborigines and discourses of Aboriginalism. Interdisciplinary approaches to knowing the past. Concepts of race in Australian scholarship.

Assessment: Oral presentation and written assignment (3000 words): 30% + Methodology paper (6000 words): 70%