Hobart
This unit has been discontinued.
Actual Dates: 11 May - 3 Jul 2020.
Introduction
Convicts in Context is a 100-level unit that builds on the skills and knowledge acquired in Convict Ancestors. It introduces you to advanced techniques that will assist you to understand convict lives, and help in situating these lives within larger contexts. The unit is designed to equip you with online learning skills and academic knowledge that consolidate your studies in genealogy and history. In this unit, you will learn a range of techniques that will help you to recover information about convict ancestors transported to the Australian penal colonies and their descendants. Drawing on an extensive database of 1.5 million records, you will learn how to place individual convict lives within a relevant wider context. This will enable you to understand more fully the circumstances that shaped the lives of your ancestors, their children, and their grandchildren. Topics will include how to make sense of information about occupation, height, age, and literacy; how to analyse tattoos and scar patterns; and to situate offending and health outcomes within the context of the wider factors that shaped the development of Australian colonial society.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Convicts in Context |
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| Unit code | HAA105 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education School of Humanities |
| Discipline | History and Classics |
| Coordinator | Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart |
| Teaching staff | Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart |
| Level | Introductory |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Familiarity with a range of criminal justice and civil record groups relevant to convicts and their descendants.
- The ability to apply a range of analytical skills to convict and related records.
- The ability to place an understanding of individual circumstances within a wider societal framework.
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Fully online |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Task 1: Online quizzes x 4 (40%) Task 2: Transcription exercise (20%) Task 3: Essay (40%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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