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department Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (1524) Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (697) Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (547) Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences (507) UWA Business School (499) Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (279) Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts (273) Faculty of Law (249) Faculty of Education (214) |
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Students are introduced to the subfield of psychological anthropology via exposure to one or more of the approaches used by psychological anthropologists as they seek to understand the whys and hows of person, processes and structure interaction. These approaches may include culture and personality, cognitive anthropology, cultural psychology, ethnopsychology, neo-Darwinian theory, neuroanthropology and psychoanalytic anthropology.
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This unit is offered in partnership with the Berndt Museum of Anthropology and the School of Indigenous Studies. It introduces students to the anthropology of Australian Aboriginal visual art, focusing on various anthropological approaches to understanding the productions of individual artists within their respective sociocultural contexts. Frameworks derived from the sub-disciplines of visual anthropology, cultural anthropology, the new museology and the anthropology of art provide analytical structure for approaching an understanding of Australian Aboriginal art within the broader Australian postcolonial setting. Several local Aboriginal artists and commentators participate in the unit as guest lecturers. Topics addressed may include rock art as a living tradition; regional perspectives and stylistic values; art and the transmission of culture; art and its relationship to land; cultural creativity and the maintenance of religious knowledge; art and the emergence of new identities; respecting cultural values; and appropriation and copyright.
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This unit provides a critical overview of health and illness in Australian society. These subjects are approached with the premise that Australian health care is an area in need of widespread critical appraisal and should not be confined to the domain of science or medicine. The activities and assessments associated with the unit have been designed to develop generic and transferable skills as well as to increase knowledge of the topics covered, which include gender and social class inequities in health; Aboriginal and migrant health; rural and urban health; economic and technological imperatives in health care; the role of alternative health in contemporary Australian health care; the role of public health and health promotion; and health care ethics.
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This unit acquaints students with a variety of theoretical perspectives and research skills used by anthropologists and sociologists. While giving an overview of the broad range of research techniques used by social scientists, the unit focuses on qualitative techniques which include field research and participant observation; various forms of interviews and focus groups; genealogical, archival and census research; and textual-based content analysis. It uses both lectures and practical exercises to prepare students for future vocations and further research-oriented studies.
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This unit introduces students to anthropological perspectives on human engagements with the natural environment. It draws on case material from societies around the world to illustrate a variety of environmental beliefs and practices. The unit familiarises students with the main theoretical currents in environmental anthropology and provides them with a selection of frameworks for thinking about human interactions with nature. It encourages students to think analytically about the values and knowledge that human communities, urban and rural, hold about landscapes, plants and animals. The unit addresses both academic and applied research and is relevant to students from a range of disciplines including agriculture and the environmental sciences.
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This unit considers the ways in which media produce and reproduce culture. The advent of mass media and new forms of communication has generated novel ways of interpreting self and other. Through an examination of contemporary approaches to the analysis of media, contemporary social life, power, subjectivity and representation are explored. Throughout the unit students consider two key issues: (1) whether the media is a liberating or controlling element in contemporary life; and (2) the ethnography of media across world cultures. The unit combines a focus on contemporary debates about television, film, photography and electronic media, with an investigation of non-Western uses and forms of media.
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Business anthropology is a new specialisation within the worldwide discipline of anthropology. This unit applies anthropological knowledge and methods to the work of public and private business enterprises. It has three main areas of study—the culture of organisations; cross-cultural business activities; and product design/development based on ethnographic observation of human interaction with consumer products and services.
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Score: 5.407256 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 5.407256 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 5.407256 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 5.407256 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 5.407256 Details | Listing | Web page
Score: 5.407256 Details | Listing | Web page
This is a unit in applied anthropology focusing on indigenous cultural heritage. It includes an overview of state and federal cultural heritage legislative and administrative regimes; considers how Aboriginal cultural heritage affects research for Native Title and land rights claims; and examines anthropological issues arising in relation to cases of national prominence. The unit is primarily designed for those intending to conduct applied anthropology in the cultural heritage field.
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Core legal issues for researchers working in Native Title and indigenous cultural heritage in Australia include the relationship between legal practitioners and applied researchers; the role of experts in Native Title and cultural heritage matters; issues arising out of legislation such as Future Acts, Indigenous Land Use and other agreements, compensation claims; legal concepts and procedures relating to the protection of cultural heritage as defined under state and federal laws; and practice issues such as confidentiality, legal privilege and contracts. This unit imparts understanding of such legal issues to researchers and other practitioners working in Native Title and cultural heritage.
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This unit equips graduates with an understanding of anthropological concepts required to conduct Native Title claim research, particularly with respect to Aboriginal land tenure. It traces conceptual developments in research on land rights and Native Title in Australia, and examines anthropological issues arising out of relevant legislation and judgements, such as 'laws and customs', 'rights and interests', 'normative society', 'tradition' and 'cultural continuity', exploring the consequences of these for applied Native Title and land rights research. The unit is primarily designed for those intending to conduct applied anthropology in the Native Title field.
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This unit focuses on the development of practical knowledge and skills associated with Native Title and cultural heritage research and administration. Areas covered may include but are not limited to the recording and presentation of genealogical material; identifying the claim group; describing connection to land and sites; identifying rights and interests; identifying the right persons to consult; dealing with gender/knowledge distinctions and disclosure issues; using GPS, report-writing, contracts and terms of service; working for clients; acting as an expert witness in court and more. It includes an intensive residential component of five days at the University.
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The unit comprises a 15,000-word dissertation on a topic related to Native Title and land rights and/or Aboriginal cultural heritage, and is completed over the course of a year. The supervised dissertation demonstrates the student's competence to engage with a relevant professional practice issue, as well as with an appropriate body of academic literature.
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This unit comprises a 15,000-word dissertation on a topic related to Native Title and land rights and/or Aboriginal cultural heritage, and is completed over the course of a year. The supervised dissertation demonstrates the student's competence to engage with a relevant professional practice issue, as well as with an appropriate body of academic literature.
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This unit is an introduction to the principles and methods of archaeological research and to the evidence for us 'becoming human'. Topics covered in the first part of the unit include the distinction between archaeology and other disciplines, the way in which archaeological data are gathered and the techniques that are used to interpret the available data. The larger, latter part of the unit is concerned with the evidence for the emergence of modern human behaviour and for the dispersal of modern people throughout the world. Practical classes are designed to help understand some of the concepts discussed in lectures and tutorials.
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This unit is an introduction to the origins of agriculture, the development of civilisations and the last 10,000 years of archaeology. It examines the evidence for agriculture and the rise of civilisations in different parts of the world and evaluates the theories explaining these developments. Students are introduced to archaeology in Australia including Aboriginal, European and maritime topics. Practical classes are designed to teach students elementary analytical techniques.
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The introduction of metallurgy to Europe about 3000 years ago transformed simple peasant farming societies to more socially complex societies and accelerated the pace of cultural change, leading in the Iron Age to societies which can be identified as the antecedents of modern European ethnic and political groupings. This unit studies the development of these societies across Europe from the first introduction of metal working to Neolithic farming communities through the enigmatic Bronze Age societies to the emergence of such groups as Celts and Goths in the Iron Age to the threshold of the Medieval age with the introduction of literacy and Christianity.
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