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IAS3104 Indigenous Peoples and the West
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (KURONGKURL KATITJIN)
Credit Points: 15
 
Description:

This unit provides a global historical context for the post-contact experience of Indigenous Australians. The first part of the unit outlines European expansion from 1492 to World War II and the economic, religious and scientific factors that motivated it. Apache, Maori and Tasmanian case studies illustrate the impacts of invasion and dispossession on Indigenous communities. The second part of the unit explores reasons for European expansion and domination, outlining Eurasia's' original ecological advantage, the development of early agricultural communities, the classical period, the renaissance, reformation, agrarian and industrial revolutions. The third part of the unit focuses on the emergence of capitalism, democracy and the modern nation state, detailing the 19th and 20th century social and institutional developments that underpin the contemporary dominance of Western industrial democracy.



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This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets
C55Bachelor of Sustainability
MABUUSDeveloping Sustainable Communities Major
MABUURHumanities and Arts Major
MIAABRIndigenous Studies Minor
MIAAHMIndigenous Studies Minor
 
 
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014