Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 25)
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100-201/301 "Australia Now: Environments, Cultures, Institutions" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Australian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p25) : Next:131-209 | Prev:131-204
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr K Darian-Smith; Assoc Prof R Fincher.
Contact: Two hours of lectures and one tutorial weekly, or equivalent field work/excursions as negotiated.
Timetable: Semester 1 and repeated semester 2
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject should be able to:understand the ways in which Australia's environments have influenced and been shaped by the experiences of its non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal societies; be aware of how Australian cultural practices, notions of identity and key economic and political institutions are being shaped in contemporary postcolonial contexts; analyse how Australian environments and peoples are represented in a range of visual, cinematic and written texts.
Content:
This interdisciplinary subject has been designed for students who may be unfamiliar with Australia's social and physical landscapes. It presents analyses of contemporary Australia, critically using appropriate theoretical constructs, field work, and written and visual sources to focus particularly on: efforts to care for the land, transitions in the Australian economy and the social repercussions of these, Aboriginal identities in postcolonial Australia, and representations of Australian peoples and environments in a variety of texts.
Assessment:
A class paper presented orally (10%); written work not exceeding 5,000 words in total (90%).
Prescribed texts:
1. Australian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p25) : Next:131-209 | Prev:131-204
2. Australian Studies, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p75) : Next:131-209 | Prev:131-204
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr. K. Darian-Smith; Associate Professor R. Fincher.
Contact: Two hours of lectures and one tutorial weekly, or equivalent field work/excursions as negotiated.
Timetable: First or second semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject should be able to:-understand the ways in which Australia's environments have influenced and been shaped by the experiences of its non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal societies; be aware of how Australian cultural practices, notions of identity and key economic and political institutions are being shaped in contemporary postcolonial contexts; analyse how Australian environments and peoples are represented in a range of visual, cinematic and written texts.
Content:
This interdisciplinary subject has been designed for students who may be unfamiliar with Australia's social and physical landscapes. It presents analyses of contemporary Australia, critically using appropriate theoretical constructs, field work, and written and visual sources to focus particularly on: efforts to care for the land, transitions in the Australian economy and the social repercussions of these, Aboriginal identities in postcolonial Australia, and representations of Australian peoples and environments in a variety of texts.
Assessment:
A class paper presented orally (10 per cent); written work not exceeding 5,000 words in total (90 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, SEMESTER differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Australian Studies, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p75) : Next:131-209 | Prev:131-204
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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