Badanami Centre For Indigenous EducationFrom Corroborees to Curtain RaisersWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101754.1
Discipline: PERFORMING ARTS
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. This unit will provide students with an understanding of the historical framing and cultural re-framing of Indigenous Australians in the live arts. Students will be provided with a theoretical understanding of the politics of representation through examining and reflecting on the transitional shifts that Indigenous artists’ have made from: cultural performance to theatre productions; ‘traditional’ storytelling to telling of stories through poetry and writing; ceremonial sounds to music and spoken word performance; documentary film to screen based drama to exploring new technologies and moving image performance. Students will be introduced to a variety of Indigenous artists and their creative works.