AIS315: Aboriginality in Australian Film and Television

Introduction to a range of issues relating to the politics of Aboriginality and representation. Students critique historical representations of Aboriginal peoples in cinema classics such as Jedda, and examine contemporary works by Indigenous filmmakers and collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous filmmakers.
A number of theoretical practices in relation to cultural difference and representation are introduced, which are particularly useful in applying critical thinking to reposition the framing and conceptualisation of race, difference, and otherness within Australian Film and Television.

Related Unit Codes:

AIS315
AIS615

Points

Enrolment Options

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

Contact Time

Lectures: 1 hour per week; tutorials: 1.5 hours per week; film screenings: 2 hours per week.

Prerequisites

Nil.
Recommended: AIS180 Introduction to Australian Indigenous Studies AND/OR MCC116 Introduction to Screen and Sound Studies (or MED116 Introduction to Screen and Sound Studies or MED116 Introduction to Screen Studies).
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Exclusions

Students who have successfully completed AIS215 Aboriginality in Australian Film and Television may not enrol in this unit for credit.

Notes

Graduate, Postgraduate and Honours students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit except where the course structure states otherwise.

School

School of Media Communication and Culture

Unit Coordinator

Ms Denise Groves

Position:	Lecturer - Aboriginal Studies
E-mail:	D.Groves@murdoch.edu.au
Location:	Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.056
Phone: Prefix: +618	9360 6226

Unit Contacts

Contact	Phone Prefix: +618	Location Explanation of Location Codes	Teaching Period(s)
Ms Denise Groves Lecturer - Aboriginal Studies (D.Groves@murdoch.edu.au)	9360 6226	Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.056	KDUPJ S1: Internal (16/02/2009 - 12/06/2009) KDUPJ S2: Internal (03/08/2009 - 27/11/2009) MURDOCH S1: Internal (16/02/2009 - 12/06/2009) MURDOCH S1: External (16/02/2009 - 12/06/2009)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations:
APMISIN	Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore)
CEJTOKYO	Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo)
JKURASHIKI	NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan)
KDUPG	KDU College (Penang, Malaysia)
KDUPJ	KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
SGP-REPOLY	Republic Polytechnic (Singapore)
SMANUFED	Singapore Manufacturing Federation
ZHENGZHOU	Zhengzhou University (China)