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106-095 Reconciliation | |
Note | Formerly available as 106-452. Students who have completed 106-452 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Philip Morrissey |
Prerequisites | Usually admission to Fourth Year Honours, see Honours entry. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject asks students to consider settler-Aboriginal relations as a central theme in post-1788 national narrative and to examine the ways in which this relationship has been represented discursively. The subject explores the origins of the official policy of Reconciliation; its representation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultural production and eventual formalisation as government policy. Students will encounter a range of historical and contemporary literary and critical and political texts. They should develop an understanding of the subsequent conservative critique of the underlying values of the reconciliation policy and its implication for issues of national identity. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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