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Working with Indigenous Arts & Artists (CREA20001)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Not available in 2021
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Overview
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This subject introduces issues, methods, principles, and protocols to guide you in your arts industry, practice, teaching and/or research when working with Indigenous arts, artists and cultural heritage. The subject encompasses music, dance, story, language, and visual arts, and other forms of cultural heritage expression.
The subject is aimed at students from a wide range of fields and industries, bringing an intercultural and multidisciplinary team perspective to topics including decolonisation and the arts, industry protocols and standards, ethical principles, issues in intercultural appropriation and use of music, dance, and arts in Australia and other settler states, collaboration and positionality. Students will use knowledge from webinars and resources to design, propose and critique a project in their chosen area, and complete a short critical reflection essay.
This subject provides you with the opportunity to develop knowledge of good practice when working with Indigenous arts, artists, and cultural heritage, insight into decolonising arts industries, practices, curriculum and research, and to demonstrate skills to apply this knowledge in your field and career.
This subject is developed and lead by Indigenous scholarship, pedagogies and knowledges in creative and cultural practices.
The subject is co-taught with First Nations people.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- identify and summarise issues, methods, principles, and protocols that pertain to working with Indigenous arts, artists and cultural heritage;
- compare and contrast examples of intercultural work with Indigenous arts, artists and cultural heritage;
- describe and contextualise good practice in working with Indigenous arts, artists and cultural heritage;
- contribute to discussions and critique of artistic practice, arts industries, teaching and/or research in relation to colonisation and decolonisation;
- apply knowledge and insight to the design, proposal and critique of a project.
Generic skills
On the completion of this subject, students should be:
- well-resourced in aspects of the nation’s shared history and the role of our artists, and establish a dialogue across cultures;
- able to identify and access areas of greater cultural diversity within their own community;
- better resourced in problem solving and communication skills within diverse cultural frameworks;
- well-versed in alternative methods of recoding, maintaining and perpetuating history and identity.
Last updated: 23 December 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 23 December 2023
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Written assignment
| Mid teaching period | 25% |
Essay plan
| Late in the teaching period | 25% |
Essay
| During the assessment period | 50% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: Students must submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. Submitting only part of an assessment (e.g. only the title page) or an assessment on an irrelevant topic will not meet this hurdle requirement. | N/A |
Last updated: 23 December 2023
Dates & times
Not available in 2021
Last updated: 23 December 2023
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Breadth Track Experiencing Indigenous Cultural and Creative Practices - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
Last updated: 23 December 2023