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NYUS2102: Texts and Ideas: Making Place and Country
2024 unit information
This unit of study is only available to students approved to be participating in the NYU Sydney Program.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Code | NYUS2102 |
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| Academic unit | Arts and Social Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. The history and legacies of colonial conflict over land
- LO2. The role of different texts in shaping colonial history and culture, including the ways in which Indigenous texts challenge colonial narratives, ideologies and values
- LO3. The contested knowledge and meanings of place and country expressed through stories, maps, artwork, travel narratives, and naming of places
- LO4. Differences between colonial and Indigenous principles and practices of ownership
- LO5. Indigenous contestations of dispossession and defence of culture and land rights
- LO6. Problems and alternatives in the management of land and resources in history and contemporary society
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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Modes of attendance (MoA)
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