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Unit of Study CUL00412 - Indigenous Ways of Cultural Expression (2015)

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Unit description

Aims to explain the various roles of Indigenous Australian cultural expressions that have maintained Indigenous cultures in pre- and post-invasion Australian societies. The unit seeks to investigate the interaction between Indigenous and non-Indigenous expressions and to challenge dominant processes of Indigenous exploitation.

Unit content

Topic 1 Overview
Topic 2 Indigenous Australians and the media
Topic 3 Indigenous intellectual and cultural property rights
Topic 4 Orality: oral literature
Topic 5 Iconography: Visual literature
Topic 6 Ritual: dramatic literature

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Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1
Online Session 1 Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 define and explain Indigenous Classical and Neo-classical literature
2 explain the various roles of Indigenous cultural expression
3 describe the ways that Indigenous cultures have been maintained through Indigenous literature in pre- and post-colonial times
4 explain the ways that Indigenous people have been exploited given the impact of invasion
5 assess the need for legislation that maintains intellectual and cultural property rights
6 challenge dominant processes of Indigenous exploitation.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. define and explain Indigenous Classical and Neo-classical literature
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA7:
  2. explain the various roles of Indigenous cultural expression
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA7:
  3. describe the ways that Indigenous cultures have been maintained through Indigenous literature in pre- and post-colonial times
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA7:
  4. explain the ways that Indigenous people have been exploited given the impact of invasion
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA7:
  5. assess the need for legislation that maintains intellectual and cultural property rights
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA7:
  6. challenge dominant processes of Indigenous exploitation.
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA7:

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