Contemporary Issues in Indigenous Australia (1967-)

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Effective Term: 2025/05
Institute / School :Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Unit Title: Contemporary Issues in Indigenous Australia (1967-)
Unit ID: INDSL3001
Credit Points: 15.00
Prerequisite(s): (BAXDC1002 or BAXDC1003 or FEAFN1102 or INDOL1001 or INDOL1002 or INDSL1000 or INDSL1001 or SOCIO1001 or SOSCI1002) (At least 30 credit points from BASOC or BAXDC or HEALT or INDOL or INDSL or SOCIO or SOSCI or VCHAT subject-area at 2000-2999 level)
Co-requisite(s): Nil
Exclusion(s): (INDSL2001 and INDSL2105 and INDSL3105)
ASCED: 090311
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Brief description of the Unit

This course explores the diversity and complexity of Indigenous societies and experiences in the post-1967 period within a framework foregrounding Indigenous perspectives. This period has witnessed both tremendous change and significant continuities in terms of Indigenous experiences and identities, as well as the policymaking approaches Australian governments have adopted in relation to Indigenous affairs. The course examines a variety of social and political issues of concern to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities from an interdisciplinary perspective incorporating historical, sociological and Indigenous approaches to understanding, interpreting and responding to such issues. Students will explore issues relating to human rights, social justice, power, identity, race and racism, representation, socioeconomic disadvantage, health, criminal justice, child removal, native title, reconciliation, sovereignty and self-determination.

Grade Scheme: Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF)
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Placement Component: No
Supplementary Assessment:Yes
Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment
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5678910
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Unit Content:

•A historical overview of Indigenous affairs policymaking in Australia
•The 1967 referendum: A turning point in Indigenous affairs?
•Indigenous policies and politics in the post–1967 period
•Land rights, self-determination and the fight for Indigenous rights
•Indigenous internationalism and the United Nations
•Reconciliation, human rights, social justice and Indigenous affairs
•The ongoing impacts of child removal on Indigenous people and communities
•Power and the politics of identity and representation
•Race and racism in contemporary Australia
•Closing the gap? Socioeconomic disadvantage and Indigenous Australia
•Land rights != native title: Unresolved issues of sovereignty and self-determination
•Seeking a voice: Where to from here?

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