WMST2016 Indigenous Women's Voices: Race, Gender and Colonialism

Associate Professor Barbara Baird

2017

4.5

1 x 2-hour lecture weekly
1 x 1-hour tutorial weekly

1 of WMST3004, WMST7027, WMST8005 has been successfully completed

The topic aims to critically engage students with the voices and perspectives of Indigenous women in Australia. Students will critically assess the ethics and relevance of non-Indigenous conceptual frameworks as the basis for engaging with Indigenous women. Students will work both collaboratively and independently to explore the lives and scholarly and creative work of Indigenous women and their own positions in relation to Indigenous women. The topic aims to develop students' oral presentation skills, independently and in collaboration with others.

Demonstrate knowledge of the diversity of Australian Indigenous women's lives and perspectives and an understanding of some of the issues faced by Indigenous women
Demonstrate knowledge of their own position in relation to Indigenous women
Apply this knowledge to understanding practical situations involving Indigenous women in Australia
Work collaboratively with others to explore Indigenous women's perspectives
Know how to approach research about Indigenous women's lives in an ethical manner
Demonstrate facility with an appropriate vocabulary through which to discuss the situation of Indigenous women and be able to communicate orally and in written form about Indigenous women and themselves in relation to Indigenous women

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