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Fenner School of Environment and Society · ANU College of Systems and Society
This course introduces students to fundamental aspects of Indigenous relationships to lands, waters and cultural sites in Australia and internationally. It will provide students with an overview of Indigenous perspectives about the natural environment, knowledge systems and practices, the opportunities and challenges of Indigenous peoples Settlers’ relationships in this space, as well as the settler state legal and policy frameworks which often obstruct Indigenous opportunities to actively engage in cultural and natural resource management. These areas of contestation and collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous natural resources users are explored through a series of land and water management case studies and an examination of a range of theories on the topic. Students will learn from a diversity of indigenous land managers from across Australia. The course will also provide students with an opportunity to strengthen self-reflexive practices that are essential in engaging with Indigenous knowledge in many natural resource management issues.
Learning Journal
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Essay plan, 1000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Field Trip report, 2000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Essay, 2500 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
The expected workload will consist of approximately 130 hours throughout the semester including: - Face-to face component which may consist of 1 x 3 hour seminar and/or workshop, and up to 6 hours of course-related field work activities across the semester. - Approximately 88 hours of self-directed study which will include preparation for lectures, presentations and other assessment tasks Students are expected to actively participate and contribute to discussions. Other Information Field-based teaching and learning activity forms an integral and important part of many courses delivered by the Fenner School of Environment & Society. There are multiple optional field learning opportunities within this course. - Canberra afternoon with Ngunnawal Elder (additional cost of approx $40) - Day trip on the NSW South Coast with Walbunja Rangers (additional cost of approx $80) - Pre-recorded online accessible version of a previous field activity Fieldwork activities are designed to allow you to put the skills you’ve learned in the classroom into practice in new environments and provide powerful enrichment to student learning. Information about this will be communicated to the class in the first week of the teaching semester. Students should contact the Course Convenor if they have any questions.
Readings and other materials are on the course wattle page. A reading brick will be available on Wattle. Preliminary Reading Altman, J and Kerins, S. 2012. People on Country: Vital Landscapes, Indigenous Futures. Federation Press. Banivanua-Mar, T. (2010). Carving Wilderness: Queensland’s National Parks and the Unsettling of Emptied Lands, 1890-1910. In Making Settler Colonial Space: Perspectives of Race, Place and Identity (pp.73-94), edited by T. Banivanua-Mar and P. Edmonds. Palgrave Macmillan. Moreton-Robinson, A. 2015. The white possessive: Property, power, and indigenous sovereignty, University of Minnesota Press. Reo, N.J. 2019. Inawendiwin and Relational Accountability in Anishnaabeg Studies: The Crux of the Biscuit. Journal of Ethnobiology, 39(1): 65-75. Whyte, K. (2018). Settler Colonialism, Ecology, and Environmental Injustice. In Environment and Society Vol 9: Indigenous Resurgence, Decolonization, and Movements for Environmental Justice (pp.125-144). Berghan Books.