Undergraduate - UnitATS1250 - Cross cultural interactions on the colonial frontier

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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 2014
Coordinator(s)	Dr Rachel Standfield

Notes

Previously coded AAS1050

Synopsis

This unit considers the colonial encounter between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Students will gain an appreciation of the historical context in which relationships between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous colonists have developed, and in particular will explore the ways in which gender and race was constructed by colonists in relation to Indigenous men and women, and how discourses of masculinity and racial superiority were a part of the colonising process. Assessment aims to provide students with the skills and confidence to demonstrate their ability to conduct independent research as well as skills in analyzing historical documents.

Outcomes

The unit focuses on the theoretical, political and legal dimensions of Aboriginal encounters with white Australia and provides students with foundational knowledge required to undertake further Indigenous Studies. On successful completion of this subject, students will:

have gained a broad understanding of the historical, political and legal dimensions that have shaped the colonial encounter between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
have gained an understanding of the theoretical ideas that have shaped understandings of the colonial encounter.
have gained an understanding of the manner and extent to which contemporary Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal race and gender relations remain influenced by earlier colonial relations
have developed an ability to reflect on their own relationship to questions of race and gender and the contemporary paradox of 'the frontier' and 'postcolonialism'
have developed an ability to critically analyse historical and contemporary sources
have engaged in written and oral presentations which reflect these understandings as well as an awareness of the value of interdisciplinary approaches to a study of this kind.

Assessment

Written work: 80% (3600 words)
In-class test: 20% (1 hour)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Rachel Standfield

Workload requirements

1 x 1-hour lecture plus 1 x 2-hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks

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

Indigenous cultures and histories

Prerequisites

ATS1254 or with approval of coordinator

Prohibitions

ATS1249