Majority perceptions of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders matter in the Australian democracy. This course explores the ways that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people draw on a range of personal, social and cultural resources to compensate for adversities brought about by colonisation.  

Studying the archival and oral history of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders since European contact, this course explores agency, successes and joys as well as the ways that people live with the challenges and traumas of history. The course prompts reflection on the ways in which histories are created and mobilised in communities and encourages deep engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ experiences.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
 1. Analyse key events in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history
 2. Reflect on perceptions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s experiences since colonisation
 3. Relate learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history to aspects of personal and professional lives
 4. Question familiar patterns of thinking about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Recommended Resources

You are encouraged to make use of the library and collections at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). AIATSIS is a world-renowned research, collections and publishing organisation. It holds a priceless collection, including films, photographs, video and audio recordings as well as the world’s largest collection of printed and other resource materials for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies.You can search the AIATSIS Library’s catalogue (named Mura) by accessing the link at the top of the AIATSIS homepage.

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

• Written feedback on assessments will be emailed to your ANU email account.

Student Feedback

ANU is committed to the demonstration of educational excellence and regularly seeks feedback from students. Students are encouraged to offer feedback directly to their Course Convener or through their College and Course representatives (if applicable). The feedback given in these surveys is anonymous and provides the Colleges, University Education Committee and Academic Board with opportunities to recognise excellent teaching, and opportunities for improvement. The Surveys and Evaluation website provides more information on student surveys at ANU and reports on the feedback provided on ANU courses.

Other Information

Additional referencing requirements:

?Students should use footnotes in assessment tasks. You are advised to follow the School of History Referencing Guide which will be posted on Wattle for this course. Please ensure that you include page numbers in your references.

Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	Disappearing Aborigines: Up to 1899
2	Disappearing Aborigines: Up to 1899
3	Disappearing Aborigines: Up to 1899
4	Disappearing Aborigines: Up to 1899
5	The struggle to be seen: 1900-1967
6	The struggle to be seen: 1900-1967
7	The struggle to be seen: 1900-1967	Assessment 1: Manifesto due 10am Wednesday 24 April, 2019.
8	The struggle to be seen: 1900-1967
9	Reset the image: 1968-2017
10	Reset the image: 1968-2017
11	Reset the image: 1968-2017
12	Reset the image: 1968-2017	Assessment 2: Take-home Test due 10am Monday 3 June, 2019.

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Due Date	Return of assessment	Learning Outcomes
Manifesto	40 %	24/04/2019	08/05/2019	1, 2, 3
Test	60 %	03/06/2019	17/06/2019	1, 2, 3

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

Policies

ANU has educational policies, procedures and guidelines, which are designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University’s academic standards, and implement them. Students are expected to have read the Academic Misconduct Rule before the commencement of their course. Other key policies and guidelines include:

• Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure
• Special Assessment Consideration Policy and General Information 
• Student Surveys and Evaluations
• Deferred Examinations
• Student Complaint Resolution Policy and Procedure

Assessment Requirements

The ANU is using Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website. In rare cases where online submission using Turnitin software is not technically possible; or where not using Turnitin software has been justified by the Course Convener and approved by the Associate Dean (Education) on the basis of the teaching model being employed; students shall submit assessment online via ‘Wattle’ outside of Turnitin, or failing that in hard copy, or through a combination of submission methods as approved by the Associate Dean (Education). The submission method is detailed below.

Moderation of Assessment

Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.

Assessment Task 1

Manifesto

 A manifesto is a public declaration of a person’s, a group’s, or an organisation’s principles and vision. It reveals your intent, what you set out to achieve, your purpose or plan for the future. Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto and Martin Luther King Junior’s, ‘I have a dream’ speech, Apple’s, ‘Think Different’ advertisement are a few well-known examples of manifestos. Your task is to write a 3000 word manifesto to explain your vision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Your manifesto should make clear what you know about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history. You may choose to write a personal manifesto, or to write one on behalf of an actual organisation that works with Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander people.

Assessment Criteria: 

Your manifesto will be graded on how well it deals with each of the course learning outcomes. Including how well you evaluate the gaps between your principles and your current reality, how well you challenge underlying assumptions and the potential for your plan to provoke change. 

It will be graded on how well it demonstrates your ability think relationally and contextually. Relational and contextual thinking will be explained, modelled and practiced in classes. It will also be graded on the range of reading and thinking, how well you reflect upon material covered in the course, whether your use of ideas and concepts are imaginative or derivative as well as the overall quality, coherence and clarity of writing, quality of expression, overall style and presentation, referencing. 

Range refers to drawing on a wide variety of ideas and concepts from different disciplines and contexts. You should strive to read from a wide variety of sources, texts, media, resources and experiences. The ideas and concepts you find should be combined in original ways to create new knowledge/understandings. 

Note: The various components of assessment described above do not have equal weight. Calculating your grade is not a matter of ticking off each section as addressed. Students may be able to compensate for defects in one area by high performance in another.

Assessment Task 2

Test

 There will be a once-question take-home test at the end of the semester. In this task, you will write about how your thinking has changed during the course. You choose the format of your answer. It may be in the format of a letter, a newspaper article, a blog, an opinion piece, a report or an essay. 

Assessment Criteria: 

Your take-home test will be graded on how well it deals with each of the course learning outcomes. Including how well you reflect upon and evaluate the changes in your thinking about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history. 

It will be graded on how well it demonstrates your ability think relationally and contextually. Relational and contextual thinking will be explained, modelled and practiced in classes. It will also be graded on the range of reading and thinking, how well you reflect upon material covered in the course, whether your use of ideas and concepts are imaginative or derivative as well as the overall quality, coherence and clarity of writing, quality of expression, overall style and presentation, referencing. 

Range refers to drawing on a wide variety of ideas and concepts from different disciplines and contexts. You should strive to read from a wide variety of sources, texts, media, resources and experiences. The ideas and concepts you find should be combined in original ways to create new knowledge/understandings.

Note: The various components of assessment described above do not have equal weight. Calculating your grade is not a matter of ticking off each section as addressed. You may be able to compensate for defects in one area by high performance in another.

Submit your typed response as a single word document on Wattle. You might want to refer to particular content from the course such as lectures, seminar discussions, authors and works referred to throughout the semester. If you do this, it is not essential that you reference with footnotes and a bibliography. Just refer to it in the text of your response. You might choose to make general references to content. It’s up to you. I am interested in what’s happened in your head as a result of our semester together. 

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a core part of our culture as a community of scholars. At its heart, academic integrity is about behaving ethically. This means that all members of the community commit to honest and responsible scholarly practice and to upholding these values with respect and fairness. The Australian National University commits to embedding the values of academic integrity in our teaching and learning. We ensure that all members of our community understand how to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support academic integrity. The ANU expects staff and students to uphold high standards of academic integrity and act ethically and honestly, to ensure the quality and value of the qualification that you will graduate with. The University has policies and procedures in place to promote academic integrity and manage academic misconduct. Visit the following Academic honesty & plagiarism website for more information about academic integrity and what the ANU considers academic misconduct. The ANU offers a number of services to assist students with their assignments, examinations, and other learning activities. The Academic Skills and Learning Centre offers a number of workshops and seminars that you may find useful for your studies.

Online Submission

You will be required to electronically sign a declaration as part of the submission of your assignment. Please keep a copy of the assignment for your records. Unless an exemption has been approved by the Associate Dean (Education) submission must be through Turnitin.

Hardcopy Submission

N/A

Late Submission

Late submission of assessment tasks without an extension are penalised at the rate of 5% of the possible marks available per working day or part thereof. Late submission of assessment tasks is not accepted after 10 working days after the due date, or on or after the date specified in the course outline for the return of the assessment item. Late submission is not accepted for take-home examinations.

Late submission is not accepted for take-home examinations.

Referencing Requirements

Accepted academic practice for referencing sources that you use in presentations can be found via the links on the Wattle site, under the file named “ANU and College Policies, Program Information, Student Support Services and Assessment”. Alternatively, you can seek help through the Students Learning Development website.

Returning Assignments

Grades and feedback for assessments will be returned via email to your ANU email address. 

Extensions and Penalties

Extensions and late submission of assessment pieces are covered by the Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure. The Course Convener may grant extensions for assessment pieces that are not examinations or take-home examinations. If you need an extension, you must request an extension in writing on or before the due date. If you have documented and appropriate medical evidence that demonstrates you were not able to request an extension on or before the due date, you may be able to request it after the due date.

Resubmission of Assignments

In order to pass this subject you will need to reach a satisfactory standard in prescribed written work. Non-submission of any piece of written work will automatically produce a fail grade. You must attempt all assessment items to pass the course. Failure to do so will result in a grade of NCN.

Privacy Notice

The ANU has made a number of third party, online, databases available for students to use. Use of each online database is conditional on student end users first agreeing to the database licensor’s terms of service and/or privacy policy. Students should read these carefully. In some cases student end users will be required to register an account with the database licensor and submit personal information, including their: first name; last name; ANU email address; and other information.
In cases where student end users are asked to submit ‘content’ to a database, such as an assignment or short answers, the database licensor may only use the student’s ‘content’ in accordance with the terms of service – including any (copyright) licence the student grants to the database licensor. Any personal information or content a student submits may be stored by the licensor, potentially offshore, and will be used to process the database service in accordance with the licensors terms of service and/or privacy policy.
If any student chooses not to agree to the database licensor’s terms of service or privacy policy, the student will not be able to access and use the database. In these circumstances students should contact their lecturer to enquire about alternative arrangements that are available.

Distribution of grades policy

Academic Quality Assurance Committee monitors the performance of students, including attrition, further study and employment rates and grade distribution, and College reports on quality assurance processes for assessment activities, including alignment with national and international disciplinary and interdisciplinary standards, as well as qualification type learning outcomes.

Since first semester 1994, ANU uses a grading scale for all courses. This grading scale is used by all academic areas of the University.

Support for students

The University offers students support through several different services. You may contact the services listed below directly or seek advice from your Course Convener, Student Administrators, or your College and Course representatives (if applicable).

• ANU Health, safety & wellbeing for medical services, counselling, mental health and spiritual support
• ANU Diversity and inclusion for students with a disability or ongoing or chronic illness
• ANU Dean of Students for confidential, impartial advice and help to resolve problems between students and the academic or administrative areas of the University
• ANU Academic Skills and Learning Centre supports you make your own decisions about how you learn and manage your workload.
• ANU Counselling Centre promotes, supports and enhances mental health and wellbeing within the University student community.
• ANUSA supports and represents undergraduate and ANU College students
• PARSA supports and represents postgraduate and research students