Undergraduate - UnitATS3958 - Practice and praxis: research in contemporary Indigenous studies

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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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	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Liam Brady

Synopsis

This is a capstone unit that will give students the opportunity to explore the relationship between theory and practice in primary research in Indigenous studies. Indigenous studies is a site of multidisciplinary learning which aims to foreground the concerns of Indigenous peoples in regards to academic research and ways in which academics can develop and undertake collaborative research projects. Students will be exposed to traditions of research in three main discipline areas: anthropology, archaeology and history, after which they will then choose a specific discipline and undertake a major research project. By selecting a discipline area students will be supervised through a major research project which they will complete throughout the semester. In addition students will be exposed to a number of researchers from across the university who engage in the practice and praxis of working with Indigenous peoples.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will understand the relationship between practice and praxis
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be aware of the traditions, debates and current concerns of research in the three nominated discipline areas
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be aware of the complexities and concerns of Indigenous peoples in regards to academic research
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will have undertaken a major research project aimed at developing their understanding of research in a specific discipline
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will recognize the inter-relatedness of the three discipline areas in regards to research with Indigenous peoples.