School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyIndigenous Cultures: A Global PerspectiveWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101905.2
Discipline: SOCIETY AND CULTURE NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
300113 - Indigenous Tourism, 100600 - Indigenous Cultures and Tourism: A Global Perspective
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 60 credit points of study in Social Sciences.
About this Unit
Drawing on global case studies, this unit aims to introduce students to some of the pressing socio-cultural issues facing indigenous peoples around the world. The unit examines the complex relationships between globalisation, colonialism and post-colonialism and contemporary indigenous cultures and identities. It draws attention to the way in which issues of representation, cultural autonomy, cultural commodification, development and human rights play out with respect to indigenous peoples’ lives. More specifically, the unit interrogates the power relations and politics central to many of these issues and examines the nature of contemporary indigenous and non-indigenous interactions, particularly in the contexts of tourism and heritage, the cultural industries, the environment, development and urbanisation.