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Unit of Study SOC71005 - Colonising Histories (2018)

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Unit description

Introduces students to the history, methods and impact of colonisation. Students will explore racism, social disregard, government control, denial and cultural oppression as continuing factors that impact on Indigenous peoples. The political, cultural and social resistance of Aboriginal and non-Indigenous peoples to colonisation throughout this history will also be discussed.

Unit content

Topic 1: Colonial Myths

  • The Antipodeans
  • Terra Nullius

Topic 2: Settlement/invasion

  • Omission
  • A special warfare

Topic 3: The Aborigine’s Friend

  • Protection Policies
  • Institutional Slavery

Topic 4: Protest and Rights

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advancement
  • Politics and Power

Topic 5: History Wars

  • Media Battles
  • Power over Politics

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Location Domestic International
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 demonstrate an understanding of colonialism as a violating movement and explain how it continues in different social formations
2 explain the major de-colonising theories and the forms of resistance and denial that emerged in the past and remain evident in contemporary responses
3 demonstrate an understanding of colonial contexts as an ongoing interplay between concepts of the world that differ fundamentally, and still provide an opportunity for positive change.

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

  1. demonstrate an understanding of colonialism as a violating movement and explain how it continues in different social formations
    • GA4:
  2. explain the major de-colonising theories and the forms of resistance and denial that emerged in the past and remain evident in contemporary responses
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  3. demonstrate an understanding of colonial contexts as an ongoing interplay between concepts of the world that differ fundamentally, and still provide an opportunity for positive change.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:

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