Unit Catalogue

Living and working within intercultural Indigenous contexts requires an understanding of the variety of ways in which ethical behaviour and protocols govern the interactions with people and the ways in which knowledge is used and shared. This unit explores the ways in which knowledges (Indigenous knowledges in particular) are represented in a variety of media including written and performative texts and the power relations that are inherent within that representation. Students will examine the ways texts about Indigenous Australian are created by others and as Indigenous people create texts that 'write' back onto other cultural groups provide good examples of how the politics of representation is played out in contemporary society. Representation and power are explored with a view to providing students with a practical knowledge of important ethical, moral and legal issues in relation to rights and ownership of 'voice' and knowledge.