Expanding Indigenous Lifeworlds unit (HOS213)

Introduction

In this unit, you are invited to expand and deepen your understanding of Indigenous realities through critical engagement with Indigenous voices and scholarship. You will use the key concepts of sovereignty, truth telling, resurgence, and relationality to identify and understand Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing. You will engage analytically with a wide range of scholarly and creative works by Palawa/Aboriginal people of Lutruwita/Tasmania including: virtual tours (and one, optional physical tour) of Country; academic and activist writing; storytelling and poetry; visual art; film, music and photography.

The unit will advance your ability to reflect upon your own identity and Lifeworld (Indigenous or non-Indigenous) and your relational connection to Indigenous communities and Lifeworlds. Your learning from this unit will allow you to meaningfully engage at the ‘cultural interface’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Lifeworlds and will provide you with knowledge and critical skills that you can apply to a wide range of academic course work, professional practices, and social environments.

Summary

Unit name	Expanding Indigenous Lifeworlds
Unit code	HOS213
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Arts and Society Arts and Society Office
Discipline	Arts|History and Classics|Sociology and Criminology
Coordinator	Doctor Joseph Haddon
Available as an elective?	Yes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Intermediate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Identify Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, using the key concepts of sovereignty, truth-telling, resurgence, and relationality.
• Develop an extensive and community-informed knowledge of Palawa Indigenous Lifeworld perspectives.
• Frame your own experience and position as a student engaging with Indigenous scholarship, creative outputs, and activism, using your understanding of Lifeworlds and relational standpoints.
• Develop and communicate ideas through respectful collaboration, discussion with peers, and through formal and reflective writing where expected.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Teaching

Assessment	Engagement and Participation (20%)|Four short-answer tests (20%)|Textual Analysis (20%)|Portfolio (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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