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ISE3001 Perspectives on Knowledge

Semester 2, 2022 Online
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Coll for Indigenous Studies, Education & Research
School or Department : Coll for Indigenous Studies, Education & Research
Grading basis : Graded
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Overview

The Western Eurocentric canon contains both overt and covert racist tendencies. This course provides an analysis of historical and contemporary theories that make up the Western canon, alongside theories that sit outside it, in order to examine the often hidden theories that underpin racial hierarchies. It acts as a counter measure to the subtle and hidden ideologies that posit First Nations peoples, critical analyses and theories as secondary or non-existent in the Western canon. Through an analysis of First Nations theorists, and historical thinking around the Aboriginal body and mind, this course will unpack the veracity of earlier racist theories that ignored the wealth of First Nations knowledge and Indigenous research methodology that has been practiced since the beginning of time.

Through an analysis of historical and contemporary theories that make up the western canon running alongside theories that sit outside of western academia students will gain an insight into the often hidden theories that underpin racial hierarchies. The course will go back to the beginnings of western academic and democratic thinking comparing those explicit written early western theories and their outcomes alongside First Nation theories and intelligentsia. Issues of race, power, knowledge and colonialism will be explored through a combined First Nations and western lens. The dynamic relationship of belonging to country, and the community values associated through this longevity of connection and knowing is theorised through story and place.

Course learning outcomes

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

  1. Explain the relationship between natural sciences and Western empirical knowledge systems.
  2. Articulate the ongoing systems of enquiry, thought and solution of Australian Aboriginal Research methodology.
  3. Analyse the stages of Western thought throughout the ages.
  4. Argue and defend epistemological and cosmological theories that exist outside the Western canon.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. pre-modern approaches to knowledge, theories, praxis, techne and First Nation 20.00
2. modernist views of knowledge / post modernity 20.00
3. decolonising epistemology 20.00
4. Darwin/colonialism, racial hierarchies. The invention of racism. 20.00
5. Ideologies of terror: orientalism, globalism, military power and fear. 20.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Required readings will be posted on the 精东传媒app Desk weekly.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Essay 1 No 30 3
Assignments Written Essay 2 No 35 2
Assignments Written Essay 3 No 35 1,4
Date printed 10 February 2023