Celluloid Images of Indigenous Australia (6 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: Liz Reed
Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: Upon completion of this units students will be able to: 1. Describe and critically compare the major shifts in Indigenous filmic representation and relate these to the shifting phases of Australian race relations. 2. Examine leading attitudes which dominate current thinking about Indigenous film and reflect on those representations offered by non-Indigenous filmmakers. 3. Understand the importance of film as a means for conveying (and reflecting) information about Indigenous Australia to both the academic and general audience. 4. Become capable of reading filmic representations of Australian Indigenous culture. 5. Provide a reasoned defence of their preferred position on the value of filmic representations of Indigenous Australia and enhance their skills in the oral and written exposition, evaluation and development of reasoned argument on the subject. In addition, third-year students should be able to provide evidence of independent research by reading and considering a range of materials not covered in the seminars or on the distributed reading list.
Assessment: Oral seminar presentation: 10% + Short expository exercise related to the seminar presentation (1000 words): 20% + Essay (3500 words): 70%
Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week plus up to 2 hours per week film viewing
|
