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Unit of Study HUM71006 - Indigenous Knowledge (2017)

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Unit description

Introduces the concept of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and how it is founded upon layers and patterns of connection to Country and environment. IK includes deep relations among people and with landscape through ancestral connections that are understood from a position that acknowledges the intelligence and agency of connection. Major theories in this area will be presented.

Unit content

Topic 1: Origins of Indigenous Knowledge

  • The Aboriginal Divine (Stanner)
  • Embedded Knowledge (Reed)

Topic 2: Emergence of Indigenous Knowledge

  • International Academic Movement
  • Local contextual relevance

Topic 3: Indigenous Knowledge Principles

  • Shared Themes
  • Differentiation

Topic 4: Relational Ontology

  • Patterns and Connection
  • Deeper Relations

Topic 5: Living Knowledge

  • Elders principles
  • Engagement

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1
Online Session 1 N/A

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 explain Indigenous approaches to being and ways for understanding in the world, with a focus on Aboriginal peoples in Australian contexts
2 examine the major Indigenous Knowledge theories including an examination of the contemporary and future-building potential of IK
3 demonstrate an understanding that IK is a relational philosophy that underpins all human culture and provides potential for adaptation

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

  1. explain Indigenous approaches to being and ways for understanding in the world, with a focus on Aboriginal peoples in Australian contexts
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. examine the major Indigenous Knowledge theories including an examination of the contemporary and future-building potential of IK
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  3. demonstrate an understanding that IK is a relational philosophy that underpins all human culture and provides potential for adaptation
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:

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