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OLET2801: Music and Australian Indigenous Identities
2023 unit information
This unit of study students learn about Australian Indigenous music, including its performance on teh national and global stage. This unit explores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music, song and dance; traditional and contemporary genres; and the ways music signifies identity at various levels; and multiple versions of songs and how they relate to the contexts in which they are performed.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
| Code | OLET2801 |
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| Credit points | 2 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Distinguish between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musical expressions
- LO2. Compare several versions of the same Australian Indigenous song performance and interpret the song’s accumulation of meaning
- LO3. Explain how music is used to define social and cultural groups
- LO4. Discern unique ways music is capable of providing catharsis in the face of the traumas that have divided Australians ever since colonisation
- LO5. Distinguish between intended audiences for particular Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander songs, and determine their intended purposes
- LO6. Distinguish between classical (traditional) Indigenous music genres and imported genres
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