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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Introductory

Former School/College

College of Indigenous Peoples (Gnibi)

Anti-requisites

CUL00402 - Contemporary Australian Indigenous Issues

Unit aim

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

Learning outcomes

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.

GA1: , GA2: , GA3: , GA4: , GA5: , GA6: , GA7:
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: 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:

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.