ARCH8804 Ethnoarchaeology in Aboriginal Australia GE

2016

4.5

1 x 2-week field trip per semester

1 Admission into GCSM-Graduate Certificate in Screen and Media Production
1a Admission into GDPSM-Graduate Diploma in Screen and Media Production
1b Admission into MSM-Master of Screen and Media Production
1c Admission into GCCHM-Graduate Certificate in Cultural Heritage Management
1d Admission into GDPCHM-Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management
1e Admission into MCHM-Master of Cultural Heritage Management
1f Admission into GCARCH-Graduate Certificate in Archaeology
1g Admission into GDPARCH-Graduate Diploma in Archaeology
1h Admission into MARCH-Master of Archaeology
1i Admission into GDPAHM-Graduate Diploma in Archaeology and Heritage Management
1j Admission into MAHM-Master of Archaeology and Heritage Management
1k Admission into MAHMA-Master of Archaeology and Heritage Management [1.5 years]
1l Admission into MSMA-Master of Screen and Media Production [1 year]
1m Admission into MSMI-Master of Screen and Media Production [1.5 years]
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e or 1f or 1g or 1h or 1i or 1j or 1k or 1l or 1m))

Topic Coordinator approval required for enrolment in this topic

1 of ARCH3306, ARCH3311, ARCH8501 has been successfully completed

This topic will teach students how to undertake ethical and culturally sensitive ethnoarchaeological research. The skills that will be taught include rock art recording, site recording, stone artefact recording, collecting oral histories, and ethical interactions with Indigenous groups.

The themes for this topic are:

• Art and landscape

• Aboriginal people in their environments

• The sophistication of Aboriginal social systems

Under the guidance of Indigenous Elders, this field school provides a unique opportunity for learning and personal growth in the context of sharing daily life with Indigenous Australians.

Fees will be charged to cover such things as transport, accommodation and food depending on the location of the field school. Students should consult the topic coordinator before enrolling.

This topic aims to:

• help students develop the practical and personal skills necessary to conduct field research with Indigenous peoples

• give students an awareness of the ethical dimensions of ethnoarchaeology

• give students practical experience in working with Indigenous communities

• give students an understanding of Aboriginal relationships to the land

• help students develop recording skills used in Indigenous fieldwork, such as site recording, rock art recording, stone artefact recording and creating field maps

On completion of this topic students will be able to:

• undertake ethical archaeological fieldwork with Indigenous communities

• incorporate Aboriginal understandings of land into their archaeological fieldwork

• demonstrate an understanding of the range of recording processes necessary on an archaeological field project

• record the fieldwork process to an acceptable professional standard