Undergraduate - UnitATS2354 - Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the state

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Monash Indigenous Centre
Offered	Not offered in 2013
Coordinator(s)	Dr. Rachel Standfield

Notes

Previously coded AAS2020

Synopsis

The unit focuses on theories of race and issues of ethnicity, prejudice and racism, with particular emphasis on the continuities and discontinuities of discourses on 'race' in Australia; language use in a multicultural context; the uses of opinion polls; the representation of Indigenous people in the media and other forms of popular culture; multiculturalism and Aborigines. The value of an interdisciplinary approach to these topics is highlighted.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit students should have gained an understanding of the relationship between Australian Aborigines and social institutions and how theories of race and experiences of racism continue to impact upon Aborigines, and in addition engaged with issues of research and research methodologies in relation to racism and prejudice in contemporary Australia.

Assessment

Written work: 90% (4500 words)
Oral Presentation 10% (500 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr. Rachel Standfield

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Human rights theory
International studies
History
Australian studies
Australian Indigenous studies
Anthropology

Prerequisites

First year sequence or with permission of the coordinator

Prohibitions

AIS3020