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124260 KO Critical Media Analysis (2023W)

Black Lives in Australia. Aboriginal People in Australian Film and Television

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Note: Several classes will take place online. We will discuss that in the first class.

  • Friday 13.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 20.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 27.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 03.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 10.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 17.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 24.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 01.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 15.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 12.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 19.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Friday 26.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course explores the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people in Australian film and media against the background of Australia’s history as a colonial settler nation. Students will learn not only of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people’s marginalisation in Australian popular culture but also of their own shaping and forming of the culture itself. Students will also learn a variety of film techniques, media analysis and cultural theory. Particular attention will be made to strengthening the ability to argue in a professional and academic manner. The course will analyse Ten Canoes (2006), Rabbit Proof Fence (2002), They Have Come To Stay (2008), The Nightingale (2018), Mabo (2012), and The Australian Dream (2019).

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular participation in discussions
Oral presentation
Short reflections
Final paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Weekly Feedback & Discussion - 24%
Presentation - 25%
Written paper - 51%

Examination topics

Reading list

Excerpts from the following will be provided online as well as other literature including:

Dockery, A. M. (2009). Culture and wellbeing: The case of Indigenous Australians, CLMR Discussion Paper Series 09/1, Centre for Labour Market Research, Curtin Business School. (Natural and Cultural Heritage), Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra. http://www.ea.gov.au/soe/techpapers/index.html
Krieken RV. The barbarism of civilization: cultural genocide and the “stolen generations.” British Journal of Sociology. 1999;50(2):297-315.
McConvell, P. and Thieberger N. State of Indigenous languages in Australia -
2001, Australia State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Serie, 2001.
Reilly A. How Sorry are We?: The Limits of the Apology to the Stolen Generation. Alternative Law Journal. 2009; 34(2):97-101.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612, BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BA07.3; BEd 08a.2, BEd 08b.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260

Last modified: Tu 19.09.2023 12:27