Faculty of Arts and Education
Deakin University
Waterfront Campus, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
The aim of this unit is to give you tools for cultural orientation; information, experiences, analyses and interactions which will inform, entertain and heighten your understanding of Australia Today.
We will do so through a series of presentations and readings on everything from Australian history, politics and geography to an engagement with key social and political issues – Indigenous rights, gender relations, inequality, multiculturalism, national identity and Australia’s place in the world – while also exploring myths and popular cultures.
In addition to quality printed materials, you will attend presentations and small group discussions of the materials. You will venture on field excursions beyond the University - to tour Australian cities and suburbs; to see elements of Indigenous Australia. Assessment will be connected to each of these elements - the presentations and readings, tutorials and the excursions.
Topics include:
Photos from 2007-2008 intensives
