Description
For current and ex-staff, students & colleagues of the Indigenous Studies program at Swinburne University - connecting with Indigenous cultures & histories Indigenous Studies at Swinburne is the study of Australia. It’s an examination of Indigenous Australian culture, history and people – the oldest living culture on the planet. We look at the historical and contemporary issues that have shaped Indigenous Australian culture, and we critically examine the factors of mainstream Australian history and society that have created and shaped our understanding of Indigenous Australia.
Indigenous Studies aims to educate all students about connections between past and present and delineate the long-held cultural notions of self and other. We seek to embrace Indigenous ways of learning through such connections with country, history, and community. All units of study have contributions from guest speakers, including local Elders and other community experts, as well as excursions to take students to significant sites on Wurundjeri country. We take a particular focus on Wurundjeri culture, and look to help students find ways for them to make their own connections to Wurundjeri culture and history.
Tell your friends
RECENT FACEBOOK POSTS
facebook.comCurtin Centre for Human Rights Education
QJenny
Brilliant
Dakota Access Pipeline Will Be Re-Routed In A Victory For Standing Rock Tribe
Sacred ground: Inside the Dakota pipeline protests
Powerful photo essay and article
Let's honour the invisible work of Aboriginal women tackling domestic violence | Larissa Behrendt
Private Miller Mack's 'spirit' to return home a century after he left for war
Finally this Ngarrindjeri ANZC is returning home
Archie Roach and a 100-year-old Indigenous brass band bring healing to tiny Queensland town
A lack of Indigenous voices is turning blackfellas off old media | IndigenousX
Stan Grant to join ABC as editor of Indigenous Affairs
Racial identity is a biological nonsense, says Reith lecturer
Desart
Goat Island to be returned to Aboriginal people of NSW
Just a tiny piece of land back, but right in the middle of Sydney Harbour
Quiz
