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IAS124 - Contested Knowledges

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Indigenous Knowledges

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

(IND173)

Prerequisites

Incompatible

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

Contested Knowledges focuses on issues of knowledge production and how this relates to research and the management of resources in Northern Australia. The unit introduces students to issues of knowledge creation, maintenance and validation, and the way in which these processes are contingent upon our social and cultural histories. The unit emphasises the importance of the contingency of knowledge to the ways in which people conduct research and develop, manage and maintain resources.This is achieved through analysis of the relationship between knowledge and structures of power and authority.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Analyse the concept of contingent knowledge systems.
2.	Examine the history of the western scientific tradition and important events that have shaped dominant systems of knowledge in Australia.
3.	Analyse the relationship between the contingency of knowledge production and the contemporary management of resources.
4.	Evaluate the role of grand narratives in cross-cultural interactions.
5.	Evaluate strategies of knowledge negotiation in professional contexts.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Reading Response Paper (800 - 1,000 words)	20%	1
2.	Short Answer Exercises (6 x 100 words each)	10%	2,3,5
3.	Major Report (1,200 - 1,500 words)	40%	1,2,3,4,5
4.	Glossary and Bibliography (10 x 150 words)	30%	2,4,5

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	ITV,OLR
2025	Semester 2	External	External Studies	ITV,OLR

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ITV: This unit will be delivered/part-delivered intensively in this teaching period rather than over the full semester.

OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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