1	Evaluate the importance and relevance of Indigenous connection to place.
2	Assess the impacts of colonisation on Indigenous peoples.
3	Critically reflect upon key concepts such as intellectual property, traditional and contemporary Indigenous environmental management, and Indigeneity.
4	Interpret the multiple dimensions within the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the environment.

Overview
This course will suggest a number of articles and sources for students which will be of use. Students will gain maximum benefit from reading through a suite of articles on the subject, which will be both up to date and give a broad understanding of the issues surrounding ethics and the environment. Most of these articles will provided on MYUNI. However, students are encouraged to access the suggested readings below for a good grounding in ethical issues.

Set texts:

Wessendorf, W. 2008. The Indigenous World 2008. Copenhagen: IWGA.

Set texts but which can be accessed via internet:

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, G.A. Res. 61/295,U.N. Doc. A/RES/47/1 (2007).

Bird Rose. D. 1996. Nourishing Terrains, Australian Aboriginal Views of landscape and Wilderness, Canberra: AGPS. The full text can be found at http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/ahc/publications/commission/books/pubs/nourishing-terrains.pdf

Colchester, M. 2004. Conservation policy and indigenous peoples. 7, Environmental Science and Policy 145-153.

Other recommended texts:

Baker, R, Davies, J & E. Young (eds). 2001. Working on Country, Contemporary Indigenous Management of Australia’s Land and Coastal Regions. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Beltran, J & A. Phillips. 2000. Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas, Principles, Guidelines and Case Studies, Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines, Series No 4 IUCN. Wales: WCU and Cardiff University.

Berkes. F 1999. Sacred ecology: traditional ecological knowledge and management systems. London: Taylor & Francis.

Brechin, S.R., Wilhusen, P.R., Fortwangler, C.L. & P.C. West. (eds). 2003. Contested Nature. Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century, State University of New York: SUNY press.

Butler, R. and T. Hinch. 2007. Tourism and Indigenous Peoples, issues and implications.Oxford, UK: Butterworth – Heinnmann (Elsevier).

Howitt, R. 2001. Rethinking Resource Management: Justice, Sustainability and Indigenous Peoples. London: Routledge.

Sillitoe, P, A Bicker & J Pottier. (eds). 2003. Participating in Development: Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge. London: Routledge.

A web site relevant to intellectual property issues:

http://www.alia.org.au/policies/atsi.protocols.html

Useful Journals:

Marine Policy
Geoforum
Society and Natural Resources

This course uses Canvas as its  main form of online learning. You wil be expected to access Canvas for the lectures, readings and other activities. 

Due to the current COVID-19 situation modified arrangements have been made to assessments to facilitate remote learning and teaching. Assessment details provided here reflect recent updates.

There is no longer any 10% attendance and that 10% is added now to the engagement (5%) and the art (5%) assignments.

Revised Assessment Schedule for Indigenous Peoples and the Environment

Engaging with Indigenous Peoples/20%/Friday 03 April
Course portfolio (comprises completion of 4 tasks which will be undertaken during the course). They rely on students attending the course and viewing the films/materials needed to complete the tasks/50%/Part A: Tasks 1 and 2 are due on Friday 01 May/Part B: Tasks 3 and 4 are due Friday May 22nd

Verbal - Art and Aboriginality/30%/ In class presentations, Week 12
Note that the 10% for assessment has been re-allocated at 5% each to the Engagement and the Art Assessments; and due dates remain the same.

Both the portfolio and the engagement strategy will not change as they are text based. Students will still be able to view all the films/videos required to complete as they are on SBS ON Demand or in the Library.

Students are now asked to develop 5 - 10-minute PowerPoint presentation which you will upload to MyUni, and which will be on the same theme of art and aboriginality.

The field trip to Tandanya is now cancelled. This will now be an individual NOT a group task.

Assignment 1: Course portfolio (50%)
This will be a series of class exercises that students will complete during the course. They will be developed as 5 discrete tasks, worth 10% each, spread out (and submitted) throughout the unit delivery. You will be given some time to complete these tasks in class but you might like to take the opportunity to polish up on the weekend. They include:

Part A (Tasks 1 and 2)

Task 1 (10 points): In class you will watch the film “Ten Canoes”. Write up a review of the film with regard to what it says about Indigenous connection to the environment. In your answer please include responses to the following (you may use these headings, and I expect a minimum of 1 paragraph per section/answer): (i) a summary of how the movie demonstrated Indigenous connection to the environment, (ii) detail some of the cultural differences between this culture and your own, (iii) effectiveness of the film as a means to relay information about Aboriginality in Australia, (iv) reflection on areas you found confronting, (v) reflection on the specific cinematic techniques they used (i.e. use of humor, black and white etc), and (vi) write a final reflection on whether (or not) you think Indigenous peoples have a unique connection to the environment and what makes that the case.



Task 2 (15 points): Choose one of the episodes of the First Australians that will be shown throughout the unit. Describe the key dimensions of colonisation that are within this episode, and then choose another international case study example. Describe both examples, and then critically reflect on the similarities and differences between the historical experience of colonization that are highlighted in each or both cases. Conclude with a reflection on what you think this means for contemporary Indigenous peoples. (minimum 2-3 pages expected including references, at minimum citation of 2 peer reviewed articles).

Part A (Tasks 3 and 4)

Task 3 (10 points): Indigenous people are leading the world today in terms of contemporary land and sea management, what we call Caring for Country in Australia. Using Wessendorf, and doing some research, write a 1 – 1.5 page profile of an Indigenous group (international) that have implemented a form of environmental management. You need to include (i) brief description of the group, (ii) summary of issue they are trying to solve, (iii) what program they have developed, (iv its challenges and progress and (v) end this task with a summary reflection on what dimensions/parts of the relationship to environment this shows.

Task 4 (15 points): For this task you are required to write a short literature review of the role you think Indigenous knowledge can play in advancing (i) climate adaptation and (ii) Indigenous connection to country

Assignment 2: Engaging with Indigenous Peoples (20%)
Today, Indigenous people’s are working alongside many practitioners in the natural resource/environmental management space. We will do this task during the second week as part of the session dedicated to a cross cultural workshop. Using one of the project scenarios provided and using at least 1 reference, please develop an engagement/collaboration strategy for how to approach that project.

Presentation: Art and Aboriginality (30%)
NOW INDIVIDUAL. Find/ choose a style of Indigenous art or a piece of art that represents a particular art form (while in class exercises and the field trip will focus on Australian Indigenous art work, you may choose any form of Indigenous art work/style). Using this artwork/style as a base you will prepare and then record a presentation that will: describe the style itself, and the stories therein in relation to specific examples you might be using: describe how this art form reflects Indigenous connection to the environment traditional, contemporary or both) and;