IND102 - Aboriginal Australian Stories and Songlines
Unit details
Year: | 2021 unit information |
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Important Update: | Unit delivery will continue to be provided in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. This may include a mix of on-campus and online activities. To find out how you are impacted, please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Unit sites open one week prior to the start of each Trimester/Semester. Thank you for your flexibility and commitment to studying with Deakin in 2021. Last updated: 4 June 2021 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Cloud (online) Trimester 2: Cloud (online)
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Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Jessamy Gleeson Trimester 2: Jessamy Gleeson |
Cohort rule: | Nil |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 1-hour weekly lecture per week and 1 x 1-hour interactive collaborate session per week |
Content
This unit examines Aboriginal Australian storytelling methods across a variety of historical and contemporary mediums: oral storytelling, paintings and artwork, film, television music, dance, literature, and online spaces. Indigenous people continue to actively re/produce and recite stories that explore Indigenous histories in time, the relationship between stories, songlines and Country, the impact of colonization on storytelling and cultural production, and how stories act as forms of resistance and resilience.
The unit deconstructs understandings of Indigenous stories and story production as being ‘traditional’, ‘historical’, and ‘contemporary’ by examining how stories are told and retold across spans of times and through different forms of medium. It also considers the broader social discourses within which contemporary Indigenous stories are re/produced, received, and read and how different mediums act as a counter balance for story narratives.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Analyse and discuss cultural awareness of the significant role of historical and contemporary Aboriginal storytelling practices | GLO1: Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO2 | Explain key complexities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander society and culture precolonisation and how that shapes contemporary media productions | GLO1: Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO3 | Identify and examine the key structural components of stories across different mediums and cultures | GLO1: Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO4 | Identify and explain the connectedness of stories across different mediums: artwork, song, dance, film, television, and online spaces | GLO1: Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
ULO5 | Analyse and discuss how contemporary Aboriginal expressions of stories can challenge and resist Western narratives of colonisation | GLO1: Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 (Group) - Presentation | 1000 words or equivalent (or 10 minutes) | 20% | Week 4 |
Assessment 2 - Case study review | 1500 words | 40% | Week 9 |
Assessment 3 - Story telling analysis | 1500 words or equivalent | 40% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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