Engagements with Place (DEVT10002)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
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This subject begins by considering the role of stories and relationships as a cultural medium for storing and communicating the knowledge and values of a society. We will raise questions such as: What is a natural environment or 'nature'? How do humans relate to nature? How do we socially and ethically position animals, plants or landforms? In asking these questions, this subject draws on the legal concept of lawful relations to support each student to think through their relationship with place as a fundamental part of their student praxis. Students will have the opportunity, as either a guest on, or custodian of, the Kulin nations, to articulate the intellectual importance of these relationships to the places themselves and to the Victorian Aboriginal peoples, upon whose land the various campuses of the University of Melbourne are based. In doing so, students will engage with Elders and community members, consider the long and ongoing history of activism spearheaded by Victorian Aboriginal people in the fight for land rights and have the opportunity to visit various cultural institutions. In engaging with places and people beyond the university, students will be asked to complicate what knowledge is produced and valued within different contexts. Students will also consider what place means to contemporary Aboriginal people. Through this engagement and these questions, binaries such as ‘remote’/‘urban’ will be challenged as one of the most populated Australian capital cities is inscribed as an Indigenous cultural hub and safe place for students as they complete their studies.
This subject is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts (extended) or the Bachelor of Science (extended).
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Articulate what an Indigenous student praxis means as either guest on, or custodian of, a Kulin Nation or Nations
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the ongoing relationship between Aboriginal people, identity, culture, the environment and land
- Understand the significance of historical and contemporary political movements emergent from the Aboriginal Victorian context
- Work productively and collaboratively in a group in the field-visit setting
Generic skills
at the completion of this subject, students should gain generic skills in the following areas:
- Critical and creative thinking, based on an understanding of the connections between story, knowledge, environmental ethics and place
- Oral communication
- Collaborative and individual learning
- Research essay writing
- Interdisciplinary thinking
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into one of the following:
- B-ARTSEXT Bachelor of Arts (Extended)
- B-SCIEXT Bachelor of Science (Extended)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
ENST10001 Environment and Story
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 |
|---|---|---|
Personal Reflection
| Week 5 | 40% |
Project-Based Task (including an oral presentation identifying organisational desires (due week 8) and a research component in the form of a short annotated bibliography (due week 10), with ongoing feedback provided)
| Throughout the semester | 60% |
| Hurdle requirement: Attendance: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Steve Kelly Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 36 hours: 1 x 1 hr lecture and 1 x 2 hr tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
What do these dates mean
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- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Science (Extended) Course Bachelor of Arts (Extended) - Links to additional information
- 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 31 January 2024