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Whiteness Beyond Colour: Identity and Difference - ATSI3005
Nura Gili

 
Faculty: Division of Registrar and Deputy Principal
 
 
School:  Nura Gili (Indigenous Progrms)
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.nuragili.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
 
 
Equivalent: SOCA3210
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Whiteness is generally assumed to be the norm in classifying difference. It is also assumed to be neutral. This course explores whiteness as a mode of identification and whether it can be assumed to be the norm as well as neutral. Topics include whiteness as Other, whiteness as a non-Indigenous identity, and whiteness in coloniser societies. Explorations of whiteness as a representation of oppression and as transformation will be addressed.

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