Indigenous Treaties & Future Relations (ARTS90034)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
Contact information
April
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
| Availability | April - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject critically examines the role that treaties have played, and might play, in relations between Indigenous peoples and contemporary settler societies across temporal and international contexts, and investigates the possibilities and limitations of treaties for transforming contemporary relations. Learners will engage with, and analyse, theories of sovereignty, including related concepts such as self-determination and autonomy, from historical and contemporary viewpoints and how these concepts shape and inform treaty negotiations. Through critical analysis of how Indigenous settler relations came to be seen as unlawful, learners will examine how these ideas came to be recognised in international law through the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and how these legal frameworks relate to contemporary treaty negotiations. Learners will explore and critically reflect on the interlinked concepts and practices of Indigenous recognition, reconciliation, and refusal; and examine the strengths and weaknesses of these concepts and their intersection with treaty-making.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Compare similarities and differences between treaty and other forms of agreement-making
- Examine and apply the ways that Indigenous sovereignty will shape and inform contemporary treaty negotiations
- Apply knowledge of the relationship between international legal frameworks and the emerging treaty processes in Victoria and other Australian jurisdictions
- Critically examine the concepts of recognition, reconciliation and refusal in Indigenous settler relations and apply them to the emerging treaty processes in Victoria and other Australian jurisdictions.
Generic skills
- Access and appreciate national and international debates in Indigenous politics and treaty
- The capacity for independent critical thought and inquiry
- The ability to engage in self-directed learning
- Enhanced ability to communicate ideas effectively in both written and verbal formats
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Comparative Analysis – visual and written text response
| Week 2 | 25% |
Analytical essay
| Week 4 | 25% |
Investigative report
| Week 6 | 25% |
Analytical essay
| Week 8 | 25% |
| Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures where offered. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- April - Online
Coordinators Anya Thomas and Matt Campbell Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 14 April 2025 to 26 May 2025 Last self-enrol date 22 April 2025 Census date 2 May 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 May 2025 Assessment period ends 9 June 2025 April contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
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Last updated: 4 March 2025