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Urban Indigenous History (HIST30078)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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The city is a dazzling and complex place. But who belongs in the city, and who has been excluded from its history? This subject explores how cities are sites for the production and consumption of Indigenous histories. It asks, first, what historical, political, cultural and Indigenous-led narratives have made the Australian city? And, second, how can we understand emerging urban Indigenous histories and identities? Case studies – of sites, objects and stories – will allow students to critically reflect and actively engage with Country and history. They include significant Indigenous sites and landmarks like the Blacktown Native Institute in Western Sydney and the relationship of Coranderrk to Melbourne. Students will explore how place-based narratives have been shaped by Indigenous and settler constructions of landscape, design and architecture, Indigenous-led storytelling, settler-history and truth-telling. They will ask how to better know Indigenous histories in urban places, using archives, storytelling and object-based learning.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Understand how historians relate and respond to the social, cultural and political landscape that informs urban Aboriginal history in Australia
- Demonstrate the ability to research Indigenous history according to best-practice ethical conventions and Indigenous-led methodological interventions
- Reflect critically on the knowledge and skills developed in the study of history, and on how these might be applied to scholarship, employment and citizenship
- Demonstrate the ability to research Indigenous history from Deep Time to Contemporary ways of knowing
- Engage with Indigenous-led research, theory and products.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Conduct independent critical thought and inquiry
- Employ critical and reflective research skills
- Apply a relational research ethic
- Communicate their ideas clearly.
Last updated: 8 November 2024