Unit of Study INDG2003 Country, Culture and Heritage (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces students to the Indigenous Knowledge principles related to country, culture and ancestry. Indigenous Australian cultural expressions and multiple levels of connectivity will be examined. Students will also investigate the interaction between Indigenous and non-Indigenous expressions of self, place and belonging through the concepts of cultural and social sustainability.

Unit content

Module 1: Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing

Module 2: Land rights

Module 3: Country and ontology

Module 4: Linking health of country and health of people

Module 5: Self-positioning and country

Module 6: Contemporary caring for country, culture and heritage

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term2,4	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate a critical understanding of the policies and practices of heritage institutions and their alignment with principles and protocols for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and culture

develop strategies including critical and ethical, self and group, evaluation skills necessary for effective practice in cultural heritage

describe and analyse the significance of personal values and ethical practice in establishing and sustaining affirming community relations.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Annotated bibliography	40%
Case study	60%

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Fee information

Domestic

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