Indigenous People and the Environment - ARTS2247
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
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Description
Subject Area: Environmental Humanities
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Australian Studies
This course focuses on the complex intersection between Indigenous people and the natural environment. The course explores both Australian and international contexts, with two major case studies, where arguments are made for the preservation of cultural and natural diversity. The history of the concept of ‘nature’ is explored and various examples are given to illustrate the diversity of human/non-human relationships across different cultures. A second aim is the political economic analysis of specific sites of industrial-indigenous conflict where fundamental and often opposed values are negotiated. These two modes of analysis, cultural description and political economy, will help students to write future policy in these areas.