Indigenous Studies

"Australia has many cultures. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are special because their values are those of Australia's first peoples. All Australians can learn from this unique heritage"  Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation

Indigenous society offers to all Australians a sense of beauty through art, song, story and spiritualism. On another level it seeks its rightful place in Australia's history, from earliest times to the most recent. An appreciation of Aboriginal and Islander society, both traditional and contemporary, contributes much to a better understanding between the wider and indigenous communities.

This appreciation can be gained through Indigenous Studies which spans antropology, history, politics and sociology.

Units

HX520 Aboriginal Affairs and Indigenous Activism

HX521 Indigenous Societies in Contemporary Australia

HX522 Indigenous Culture

HX523 Indigenous History

HX533 The Anthropology of Australian Indigenous Art: from Spatial Maps to Urban Identities

HX534 White Law in black Australia: Key Judgements for Indigenous Australians

HX539 Myths and Massacres

For further Information on the Units please check the UoB Handbook