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Issues around contemporary Australian First Nations cultures continue to be mired in racist representations of inadequacy. There are also commonalities of experience in other colonised cultures where the coloniser did not leave, and whilst we remain unaware of these it is too easy to lay the blame of contemporary realities on a failure of culture, rather than perfectly executed and planned results of colonisation. This course introduces and engages students with contemporary Indigenous Australian politics, societies and issues in the comparative context of other settler colonial societies. It compares the accounts of First Nations peoples' experience across Pacific nations and Continental America (including Canada and South America).

This course will begin with an introduction to a broad range of issues of relevance to contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. This will be layered against a weekly analysis of other First Nations cultures and their experiences. Through an analysis of academic texts, songs, written stories and video representations an understanding will be gained about international First Nations cultures and how such knowledge theoretically impacts on analysis of Australasian First Nations cultures.

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Evaluate the relationship between history, policy and contemporary notions of disadvantage in an Indigenous Australian context and First Nations context globally.
2. Critically reflect on the complex political processes that produce dispossession across the world.
3. Explain the changes in the way we communicate (social media, internet, and accessible stories) and how technologies impact on First Nations peoples.
4. Recognise, analyse and compare First Nations peoples' experience from around the world.
5. Examine concepts of sovereignty, power and agency.