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2020 unit information
2020:
Trimester 2: Cloud (online)
Trimester 3: Cloud (online)
2021:
Trimester 1: Cloud (online)
Nil
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1-hour weekly lecture per week and 1 x 1-hour interactive collaborate session per week
Commencing Trimester 2 2020
This unit examines Aboriginal Australian storytelling methods across a variety of historical and contemporary mediums: oral storytelling, paintings and artwork, film, television music, dance, literature, and online spaces. Indigenous people continue to actively re/produce and recite stories that explore Indigenous histories in time, the relationship between stories, songlines and Country, the impact of colonization on storytelling and cultural production, and how stories act as forms of resistance and resilience.
The unit deconstructs understandings of Indigenous stories and story production as being ‘traditional’, ‘historical’, and ‘contemporary’ by examining how stories are told and retold across spans of times and through different forms of medium. It also considers the broader social discourses within which contemporary Indigenous stories are re/produced, received, and read and how different mediums act as a counter balance for story narratives.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit
At the completion of this unit, successful students can:
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1
GLO1: Discipline Specific
GLO2: Communication
GLO8: Global Citizenship
ULO2
Explain key complexities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander society and culture precolonisation and how that shapes contemporary media productions
GLO3: Digital Literacy
GLO4: Critical Thinking
GLO5: Problem Solving
ULO3
Identify and examine the key structural components of stories across different mediums and cultures
ULO4
ULO5
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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