Unit

Badanami Centre For Indigenous Education

Revaluing Indigenous EconomicsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101753.1

Discipline: INDIGENOUS STUDIES

Student Contribution Band: 1

Level: 2

Credit Points: 10

Prerequisite
101751 Contextualising Indigenous Australia

About this Unit
This unit is available to all Undergraduate students who have open electives. Revaluing Indigenous Economics will examine Australia’s Indigenous economy and its dynamics. It will challenge students to reflect on the significant contribution Indigenous Australians have made and continue to make to our growing economy. It will also challenge students to rethink the politics of the welfare economy as it relates to Indigenous Australians. Students will be introduced to a number of enterprise development case studies for example, The Arts, Mining and Land Development, Tourism and the Environment, Sports and Small Business.