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Ancient & Contemporary Indigenous Arts (AIND10003)

Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)

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Overview

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Winter Term
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This subject engages with Indigenous creative arts and cultural practices through relational On Country learning. Students will reflect on their own positionality through creative practice and develop their capacity to act in a culturally safe manner to engage with Indigenous communities.

Students will attend a 5 day immersive cultural experience working with Indigenous lecturers, tutors and community members. Creative and cultural practice workshops will focus on the significance of continuing, reclaiming and revitalising Indigenous cultural and artistic practice in the context of ongoing settler colonialism.

Activities include working with traditional technologies, and performative practices in whole class, small group and one to one activities. Following their immersive cultural experience, students will create a project brief utilising techniques, skills and materials shared throughout the intensive, and adapted into a reflective response to knowledges gained.

This subject may incur costs for transport and materials in addition to tuition fees.

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:

  • explain, in the context of place, the diversity and history of Indigenous cultures and creative practices in south east Australia;
  • describe the significance of Country to the continuation, reclamation and revitalisation of Indigenous cultural and creative practices;
  • use materials and traditional Indigenous technologies from Country, following cultural protocols;
  • apply principles of cultural safety in complex relational, intercultural experiences to develop creative works;
  • critically reflect and recognise the role of unconscious bias embedded in structural privilege.

Last updated: 16 September 2022

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: 16 September 2022

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Creative Works Portfolio - demonstrating the skills, techniques and materials learnt.

  • 1200 words (equivalent)
During the teaching period30%

Written reflection

  • 800 words
1 Weeks after the end of teaching20%

Creative Project

  • 2000 words (equivalent)
During the assessment period50%
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 80% of all scheduled classes and regularly participate in group activities and discussions.Throughout the teaching periodN/A

Last updated: 16 September 2022

Quotas apply to this subject

Dates & times

  • Winter Term
    CoordinatorTiriki Onus
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Southbank)
    Contact hours36 hours across 6 days
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Pre teaching requirementsA short reading list will be released one week before intensive.
    Teaching period27 June 2022 to 3 July 2022
    Last self-enrol date28 June 2022
    Census date 8 July 2022
    Last date to withdraw without fail15 July 2022
    Assessment period ends23 July 2022

Additional delivery details

Quota

This subject has an enrolment quota of 30 students per availability, and places are limited. Places will be allocated until the quota is reached. Enrolment in this subject is not guaranteed.

Last updated: 16 September 2022

Further information

Last updated: 16 September 2022