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Expanding Indigenous Lifeworlds unit (HOS213)

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Location: Online

While this unit can be completed entirely online, however, we also offer two optional in-person activities for students enrolled in the unit:

  • an in-person lecture delivered in Hobart (also available online)
  • An optional On-Country experience in both the north and south of Lutruwita / Tasmania.

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
College Office - CALE
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

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Online Semester 2 This unit is available through off-campus delivery Available to International Students Available to Domestic Students
  • Key:
  • This unit is available through on-campus delivery On-campus
  • This unit is available through off-campus delivery Off-Campus
  • Available to International Students International students
  • Available to Domestic Students Domestic students
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Key Dates

Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Semester 2 20/7/2025 18/8/2025 7/9/2025 25/10/2025

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2025 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2025 will be available from the 1st October 2024. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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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

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
090311 $2,124.00 $996.00 not applicable $2,142.00
  • Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
  • HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility3
  • FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility4

1 Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
2 Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
3 Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
4 Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

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Teaching

AssessmentEngagement and Participation (20%)|Four short-answer tests (20%)|Textual Analysis (20%)|Portfolio (40%)
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Textbooks

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