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Resistance in Indigenous Design (CREA30001)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5Not available in 2023
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Overview
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This subject has been designed and developed for online delivery and assessment only.
This online subject engages with the intersections of Indigenous design and creative practices with an emphasis on the strengths of Indigenous creative design practices in Australia.
Informed by the assimilation period (1901-1973) in Australian history, students will examine historical and contemporary movements by First Nations artists to use art, craft and design to reinforce sovereignty and challenge the colonial project with reference to contemporary Indigenous scholarship, and focusing on resistance, refusal, authority, and agency.
Students will develop their capacities to critically engage with Indigenous Knowledges, to inform their creative and collaborative practices, and to enact responsible culturally safe practices in the context of ongoing settler colonialism.
In this online subject, digital synchronous (in real time) seminars and webinars are supported with guided and self-guided online activities including discussions, archival research, and creative practice.
Students will develop a creative project that enacts current strength-based approaches to change and transformation in First Peoples' communities. The creative project highlights the diversity, collaborative and empowering actions that can be taken working with and for communities that enrich learning student's experiences.
This subject is developed and lead by Indigenous scholarship, pedagogies, and knowledges in creative and cultural practices.
This subject is taught by First Nations people.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- critically respond to the diverse historical and contemporary Indigenous creative and cultural practices and intersections of art and design approaches;
- apply knowledges, technologies, place, diversity of perspectives to demonstrate strength-based approaches to working with Indigenous Knowledges, collaborative relational experiences, and creative practice;
- respectfully and responsibly respond to shared knowledges;
- apply principles of cultural literacies when developing and producing creative works;
- critically evaluate positionality to knowledges, technologies, place, and diversity of Indigenous perspectives expressed in creative and cultural practices.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- employ a wide range of idea creation techniques;
- articulate, integrate and adapt knowledge from different domains;
- apply critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills to unfamiliar challenges;
- manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work;
- integrate personal reflection into the creative process;
- give and receive constructive feedback;
- demonstrate empathy and ability to overcome stereotypes and prejudices.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Workbook supporting modules and learning activities
| Mid teaching period | 30% |
Creative project
| During the assessment period | 50% |
800-word reflection on learning and positionality
| During the assessment period | 20% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2023
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
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There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Design 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 Design
- 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
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024