Course Summary
This course provides you with a critical introduction to the impact of policy regimes on Indigenous Australians and will provide comparative international analysis. The course will explore three key areas of policy regarding Indigenous people as these have developed historically. The course will also review how these policy areas operate in contemporary politics and society. These three areas include: Law, Land and Sovereignty; Culture and Identity; Social Control and Indigenous protest.
Through a series of workshops on specific policy areas, this course will provide you with a capacity to understand, navigate and work within the relationships between governments, service providers and Indigenous people. You will develop knowledge of the history and politics behind policy making for Indigenous people in Australia and overseas, and you will develop a skill set which may assist you to direct Indigenous policy in the public, private and community sectors.
The course will enable you to critically engage with the major Indigenous policy debates and issues, such as native title and land rights. It will also assist you to develop anti-racist and decolonising practices which support Indigenous perspectives in policy making. The course will further enhance your skills to critically analyse relevant international case studies and to introduce you to the global indigenous rights movement.