Global Indigenous History: An Australian Perspective
UndergraduateMAQ-MHIX30102020
Previously MAQ-MHIX301
Course information for 2020 intake
Chart the history of European colonisation, examining case studies that include South Africa, Canada and Australia. Uncover themes like war and assimilation. Focus on the stories of Indigenous people and issues such as rights and reconciliation.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 18 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Global Indigenous History: An Australian Perspective
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Understand key themes in Indigenous historical experience from pre-European contact to today
- Appreciate Indigenous historical perspective
- Understand Australian Indigenous history through a world Indigenous history lens
- Think critically and analytically about Indigenous historical experience
- Interpret a variety of historical sources including art, biography, dance and story
- Communicate effectively in oral, written and digital forms
- Indigenous societies pre-colonisation
- Negotiating Outsiders and Contact
- Mobility
- Cultural collision and war
- Religious encounters and adaptation
- Removal
- Indigenous Soldiers
- Demanding Civil Rights
- Assimilation
- Land rights
- Black Power
- Sovereignty
- Contemporary Indigenous socieites and politics
This subject was previously known as MHIX301 Indigenous-Settler Histories: Comparative Contexts.
What does world history look like from an Indigenous perspective? In world history terms Indigenous peoples’ historical experiences are often overlooked or eclipsed by non-Indigenous stories. This unit privileges Indigenous historical experience, reassessing the deep historical connections between Indigenous and non-Indigenous history. From an Australian vantage point we explore key themes in the history including pre-contact societies, environmental knowledge, migration and mobility, cultures, contacts, accommodations and other responses to invasion and survival, including contemporary politics and challenges.
- Source Analysis (20%)
- Research Project (50%)
- Presentation (20%)
- Reflection (10%)
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Entry requirements
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
MAQ-MHIX301-Indigenous-Settler Histories: Comparative Contexts (no longer available)
Others
130cp at 1000 level or above or 20 cp in HIST or MHIS units or POL units at 2000 level including 10 cp in HIST or MHIS units.
Note: Level 3 subjects normally assume a moderate level of prior knowledge in this area, e.g. from studying related Level 1 and 2 subjects or other relevant experience.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateMAQ-ART-DEG
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