Unit details

INDG3700 Sharing Space

Credit

6 points

Offering

Availability	Location	Mode
Not available in 2020	UWA (Perth)	Multi-mode

Details for undergraduate courses

• Level 3 option in the Indigenous Knowledge, History and Heritage major sequence
• The area of knowledge for this unit is Society and Culture
• Category A broadening unit for Bachelor of Arts students where relevant according to the broadening requirements for each student
• Level 3 elective

Content

This unit explores the various project design relationships and processes that a range of planning, heritage and design professionals can find themselves in while working in different Aboriginal localities. Environmental planning, design and visual art and heritage related practices from across Indigenous Australia are shared by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous presenters, highlighting the importance of decolonised practice procedures and protocols appropriate for working within the 'shared space' in Australia. Students gain an advanced understanding of the different cultural constructions and representations of landscape as well as finding shared spaces through dialogue with Indigenous people. The key to the delivery of the unit is the collaborative and team-based teaching methods of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous presenters and mentors. Students are encouraged to take this unit with INDG3600 Indigenous Design Studio.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) acquire the advanced knowledge, skills, ethics and attitudes necessary to understand the various project art and design relationships and processes that architects, landscape architects, visual artists and land managers, and others can find themselves in while working in different Aboriginal localities; (2) become aware of the particular importance placed on environmental art and cultural design practice, and the representation procedures and protocols appropriate for working within the decolonised 'shared space' in Australia; and (3) become aware of how the different ways of knowing and representing landscape and country become central to this cross-cultural knowledge.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) participation and engagement assessments; (2) workshop presentation; and (3) major report (or approved equivalent). Further information is available in the unit outline.

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 overall and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Mr Melville Thomas

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

INDG2300 Indigenous Knowledge: Mind, Body and Spirit
or
INDG2500 Looking North: The Wild West
or
INDG2700 Knowing Country: The Dreaming and Darwin

Incidental fees

Incidental student fees and charges are costs incurred by students as part of their studies at UWA that are in addition to their tuition fees (further information is available here or contact your Faculty Office).
Participation in this unit will incur the following incidental fee(s):
Perth and Fremantle - 1 Day (estimated cost - $60 per day).

Contact hours

6 weeks (lectures/seminars: 2 hours per week; workshops/field trips: 2 hours per week)

Note

It is recommended that students take INDG3600 Indigenous Design Studio concurrently when the units are available in the same teaching period.