ATS2927 · Global Encounters: Indigenous knowledges, entrepreneurship and cultural exchange

Overview

Designed to advance your intercultural competence to support you to operate ethically and effectively in contemporary workplaces, the Global Encounters program is delivered across diverse, virtual and real-world learning settings. You will undertake a pre-program module focusing on cultural awareness and relevant historical and cultural context. This module will also provide an introduction to Indigenous epistemologies, ontologies, axiologies, and transdisciplinary ways of addressing social, economic and ecological challenges. In the intensive component of the unit, you will learn from Indigenous community leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who will share aspects of Indigenous knowledge systems and cultures that shape and inform ecological practices, entrepreneurship, and creative and cultural industries in local contexts. Learning from specific Indigenous communities and cultural organisations, you will gain an insight into the nature of business and community engagement and education that seek to re-shape and encourage intercultural understanding and collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. critically reflect on the interrelationship between Indigenous worldviews and non-Indigenous worldviews
2. critically evaluate the changes from colonial to contemporary perceptions of First Nations Australians through reflexive writing
3. critically evaluate the role of Indigenous activism and self-determination in historical and contemporary colonial Australia
4. examine how specific Indigenous communities respond to social, economic and ecological realities through transdisciplinary traditions, practices and initiatives
5. contribute effectively to collaborative outcomes in interdisciplinary teams
6. demonstrate skills in intercultural competence based on relevant concepts and strategies.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.