Mapping shared spaces : an approach to teaching Indigenous Australian studies
- Publication Type:
- Thesis
- Issue Date:
- 2007
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NO FULL TEXT AVAILABLE. Access is restricted indefinitely. ----- This thesis discusses an approach to teaching Indigenous
Australian Studies within a university setting. It argues the need to
employ a holistic approach to learning that can be achieved by
utilising the arts as part of classroom practice. The arts have
always been used within Indigenous Australian communities as a
way of teaching and disseminating information and important
lessons. As with all cultural practices, the arts have changed and
adapted in order to reflect and relate to new environments. Such
changes do not negate their importance but create a way forward
in reaching and communicating to a wider audience.
The thesis notes that Universities have [also] changed with the
inclusion of Indigenous Australian studies and students and
argues that university environments must also reflect and adapt to
accommodate cultural change and influences so that it remains
relevant and inclusive of today's society.
It is therefore necessary that we find a positive way forward for
including Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives within all
areas of the university including Indigenous Australian Studies.
This thesis will argue the importance of finding and naming
connections in order to create a safe position within Indigenous
Australian Studies for all to actively participate.
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