First Nations and Cultural Survival

Catalog description

The course introduces students to the diversity and complexity of Indigenous Australian Peoples, philosophy and cultures. Through quality print and audio-visual materials, guest lectures, field trips and class discussions students will be introduced to a diverse and challenging range of Indigenous perspectives, cultural values and practices. Students will consider Indigenous knowledge as valid contemporary ways of knowing, relevant to informing a sustainable and socially just global future. Through an investigation of the interactions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian society and comparative analysis of other Pacific societies, students will be encouraged to develop a critical awareness of diverse dominant processes of Indigenous exploitation as a result of colonization and the imperative of human rights and social justice for Indigenous peoples in Australia and globally. In order to register for this course, the student must be an active member of the Global College Student Group.