| Upon completion of this unit students will acquire knowledge of Indigenous philosophies from oral and written works by Indigenous people from Australia and other countries that inform worldviews. Students will explore Indigenous ways of being (ontologies), knowing (epistemologies), and acting (ethics and politics), concentrating on the way that such knowledge traditions have been (mis)understood by the West. Through careful attention to Indigenous Voices and Indigenous Arts, students will ascertain how Indigenous communities have resisted settler-colonialism, extractive economic markets, and racialising conceptions of scientific research. Students will acquire foundational cross-cultural skills needed for understanding the history of interactions between Indigenous and Western traditions. Moreover, students will build expertise for contributing to real world problems, cultural safety and truth-telling around matters of Indigenous emancipation, Indigenous justice, and community-led research. |
