Handbook

INDS207 explores how indigeneity is expressed and understood in contemporary global contexts. The subject critically examines a range of perspectives on Indigenous people, their everyday activities and experiences, and the way their lives are represented. It begins by examining how Indigenous people in both the Australian and international contexts have been studied and represented and then investigates how Indigenous people may confirm, challenge or disrupt some of the common expectations about what constitutes "authentic" expressions of indigeneity. Using a number of case studies, the subject will explore how Indigenous people may ‘perform’ their Indigeneity in everyday life; and how, and in what ways, they may symbolize their Indigenous ‘selves’ to others. To what extent are everyday cultural objects and technologies inscribed with new meanings and reworked by Indigenous people in ways that incorporate local knowledges and sensibilities?