Critical Indigenous Studies scholarship honours the deep and astounding continuities of knowledges about our places, peoples and our place in the existence. Indigenous scholars developed the theoretical and methodological tools of Critical Indigenous Studies to make sense of their Peoples' experiences and their contexts, to explore ways that we could resist destructive forces in our lives and nurture our unique knowledges. This course explores the development and influence of Critical Indigenous Studies in Australia.

The rich and often complex theories and methodologies developed and developing within the disciplinary field of Critical Indigenous Studies reveal assumptions, disrupt misrepresentations and critique asserted logics. Piercing the interfering glosses of bias, these Indigenous scholars have developed methodologies that make it possible for others to develop insight into First Peoples' perspectives. By decentring the western disciplinary canon, Critical Indigenous Studies has created spaces within educational structures for First Peoples to participate in research and education. Critical Indigenous Studies engages with social, political and legal theory, intersects with theories of other disciplines and is distinctive not only because of the fields (the areas or places) from which it emerges but also because of its unique epistemologies. This scholarship has expanded contemporary sensibilities about what knowledge is, how it can be transmitted and who is an authorised voice. Students will have an opportunity to work together to explore complex effects of colonisation on First Peoples and settlers in contemporary Australia.

Students can also study a six unit stream focussed on the ethics, protocols and methods Indigenous scholars developed in response to research about First Peoples. These now have influence beyond research practices, including education, policy development, medical and legal professional practice standards, and workplace occupational health and safety strategies and practices. We consider these in the context of cultural safety, decolonisation and more recent assertions of 'intellectual sovereignty'. We consider the relevance, recognition and contribution to research and knowledge of Indigenous peoples' methods, and some explore some of these more deeply.

This is an advancing course in Indigenous Studies, where students explore more deeply key concepts and methodologies and the scholarship that has influenced it. This immersive and intensive reading course in the scholarship of influential critical Indigenous Studies scholars from Australia and other places whose peoples are developing Indigenous Studies.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. demonstrate knowledge of and insight into knowledges and theoretical perspectives taught in this course (including basic precepts of First Peoples in Australia);
2. apply methods and methodologies taught in this course (including reflexivity skills and other decolonising methodologies) in group work and research writing;
3. explain protocols regarding oral communication and the conduct of ethical research and scholarly writing, including those related to intellectual property and cultural authority;
4. critically analyse issues taught in this course; and
5. demonstrate insight into the distinctiveness of Indigenous Studies and Indigenous scholarship in Australia relative to other fields of Indigenous Studies.

Research-Led Teaching

Mary Spiers Williams is Associate Dean (Indigenous Studies) in the College of Arts and Social Science (CASS) and has lectured in Law. She convenes the Australian Indigenous Studies Major, teaches numerous courses in Australian Indigenous Studies, and has been instrumental in the ANU's whole-of-curriculum initiative to advance all students' insights into First Peoples' knowledges and perspectives. Mary's research concerns the impact of colonisation on state laws, the impact of state laws on First Nations and other Indigenous people and coloniser-settlers, and the recognition of First Law. Mary's descendancy is that of the Darkenung and first colonisers. This - as well as other aspects of her identity - inform her scholarship, pedagogy and commitment to the strengthening of Indigenous Studies in Australia.

Field Trips

This is in an intensive course. Classes will be taught in two teaching blocks.

The first teaching block will be taught online from the ANU's Kambri campus. Students are required to attend all lectures and complete all tasks related to this session before joining in person the intensive workshops held at Kioloa.

The second teaching block will be at the ANU's retreat centre on the Kioloa coastal campus. Students must join this in person. The accomodation at Kioloa is shared rooms with bunkbeds, and is catered. This is a residential field school. Students are responsible for the cost of this.

Additional Course Costs

Students are responsible for the cost of participating in the course, including transport, accomodation and catering.

• Accommodation and catering at Kioloa is $96 per person per day for four days. Students can only join the Kioloa session if they have this course contribution fee by the due date. The due date will be at least one month prior to the Kioloa session.
• Students must make their own arrangements and cover the cost of travelling to Kioloa.

You may be eligible for bursary: CASS Study Tour and Field Trip Bursary. Cross institutional enrolled students may be able to seek financial assistance from your home university or other places.

Examination Material or equipment

Students must have good access to the internet and a reliable computer to undertake readings, other preparation, undertake research and complete assessment tasks.

Required Resources

This course is taught in a flipped mode and in two intensive teaching sessions. Prior to the first teaching sessions, students watch lectures and complete summaries (instructions will be given) and complete entries for their Annotated Bibliography task. All lectures, readings and other materials are released via the Course wattle site, and almost all are accessible via links from the wattle site to library resources. These materials include written, audio and visual materials.

Recommended Resources

Whether you are on campus or studying online, there are a variety of online platforms you will use to participate in your study program. These could include videos for lectures and other instruction, two-way video conferencing for interactive learning, email and other messaging tools for communication, interactive web apps for formative and collaborative activities, print and/or photo/scan for handwritten work and drawings, and home-based assessment.

ANU outlines recommended student system requirements to ensure you are able to participate fully in your learning. Other information is also available about the various Learning Platforms you may use.

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

• written comments
• verbal comments
• feedback to whole class, groups, individuals, focus group etc

Student Feedback

ANU is committed to the demonstration of educational excellence and regularly seeks feedback from students. Students are encouraged to offer feedback directly to their Course Convener or through their College and Course representatives (if applicable). Feedback can also be provided to Course Conveners and teachers via the Student Experience of Learning & Teaching (SELT) feedback program. SELT surveys are confidential and also provide the Colleges and ANU Executive with opportunities to recognise excellent teaching, and opportunities for improvement.

Other Information

'Unsettling: Introduction to Critical Indigenous Studies'

This course is being taught in two streams, delivered parallel to each other. Students who enrol in 12 units will take both streams. Students who enrol in only 6 units must elect which stream they will take at the beginning of semester.

The theory stream

This course introduces students to core ideas and influential publications of Indigenous and other scholars in Critical Indigenous Studies, as well as to the history of ideas and scholarly movements that have influenced CIS. This course has been developed in response to identified needs of students undertaking advancing courses in Indigenous Studies. This course will help students to prepare for courses in Indigenous Knowledges with senior knowledge holders taught using Indigenous pedagogy.

The ethics, protocols and methods stream

This course creates an opportunity to reflect more critically on the context of the production of Indigenous knowledges, ways of knowing and ways of being in contemporary Australia, our positions/standpoints, and the institutions and structures that influence individuals. This course introduces students to Indigenous perspectives on research methods that have been and are used to create knowledge about Indigenous people, introducing students to examples of protocols and scholarly reflection on the ethics of 'Indigenous research'. It also introduces students to methods that are borne of First Peoples' knowledge making and we explore the challenges of these methods being recognised in the western academy.

Modes of delivery

This course is being delivered in three different modes. This is to allow students as much flexibility as possible and maximise the opportunities for constructive engagment during the live classes. The first part of the lectures will be 'flipped', meaning that in the weeks before the first 'live' class, students will have to watch a series of lectures, prepare responses to that lecture and complete entries in the annotated bibliography. The first live teaching session will delivered remotely. The flipped and remote learning are designed to allow us to maximise the opportunities in the in person in place and in Country workshops that you will join in Kioloa.

> Flipped teaching - lectures and readings will be begin to be released four weeks before the first live class.

> Remote learning - the first intensive teaching session (the 'Kambri session') will be conducted wholly online via zoom. The dates and time for these classes have been timetabled.

> In person, in place, in Country - the second intensive teaching session (the 'Kioloa session') will be conducted wholly in person at a residential workshop. Students travel to Kioloa and will stay overnight for three nights at ANU's Kioloa Coastal Campus in Yuin Country on the south coast of what is known as New South Wales.

Note to students taking the Australian Indigenous Studies Major and Minor (AuIS-MAJ & AuIS-MIN):

• Students who undertake the ethics, protocols and methods stream can substitute this course for the methods course requirement.

Please note: The class summary of activities is indicative and will change as the teaching and learning experience shifts and grows over the time that we are together.

Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	Decolonisation and education in Australia	This is the first class in the theory stream. Prior to the first live class, students must have watched the flipped lectures, completed the related tasks and completed the Annotated bibliography entries.
2	Related scholarly movements and other influences
3	The emergence of Critical Indigenous Studies internationally
4	Critical Indigenous studies in Australia now
5	Influential theorists and philosophers
6	Indigenous intellectual authority
7	Decolonising methodologies	This is the first class in the Ethics, protocols and methods stream. Prior to the first live class, students must have watched the flipped lectures, completed the related tasks and completed the Annotated bibliography entries.
8	Indigenous knowledges and research about First Peoples in Australia
9	Questions, numbers, indices
10	Protocols
11	Indigenous research methods
12	Data sovereignty

Tutorial Registration

ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Learning Outcomes
Annotated Bibliography	15 %	1,2,3,5
Portfolio of regular reflections	10 %	1,2,4,5
Reflective essay (1200 words)	22 %	1,2,4,5
Preparation and engagement during first teaching session	10 %	1,2,3,4,5
Engagement during workshops	10 %	1,2,3,4,5
Research essay (1600 words)	33 %	1,2,3,4,5

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

Policies

ANU has educational policies, procedures and guidelines , which are designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University’s academic standards, and implement them. Students are expected to have read the Academic Integrity Rule before the commencement of their course. Other key policies and guidelines include:

• Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
• Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure
• Extenuating Circumstances Application
• Student Surveys and Evaluations
• Deferred Examinations
• Student Complaint Resolution Policy and Procedure
• Code of practice for teaching and learning

Assessment Requirements

The ANU is using Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the Academic Skills website. In rare cases where online submission using Turnitin software is not technically possible; or where not using Turnitin software has been justified by the Course Convener and approved by the Associate Dean (Education) on the basis of the teaching model being employed; students shall submit assessment online via ‘Wattle’ outside of Turnitin, or failing that in hard copy, or through a combination of submission methods as approved by the Associate Dean (Education). The submission method is detailed below.

Moderation of Assessment

Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.

Participation

Note that in order to receive marks for engagment it is necessary to participate in the online classes and in person workshops live. (In other words, this course cannot be taken asynchronously).

Assessment Task 1

Annotated Bibliography

Students are required to complete an annotated bibliography (AB) during the course.

The annotated bibliography is completed in stages:

• Before during and after the first teaching block, students will be given written and other materials to synthesise into AB entries. Each entry to the AB is submitted submitted by the dates that are set out in the Wattle Course page.
• After the second teaching block, students complete AB entries for the additional material that they have researched for their final task.

Note: late submission of AB entries is not permitted (see policy below). This means: each entry must be completed on or before the due time; it is not possible to submit late.

More information about the task is available on wattle.

Assessment Task 2

Portfolio of regular reflections

The portfolio of reflections is completed in stages:

• Students submit a reflective task after each class during the intensive teaching sessions, as well as after the completion of each major assessment task.

Note: late submission of each reflection is not permitted (see policy below).

More details about the task is on wattle.

Assessment Task 3

Reflective essay (1200 words)

This essay is written after the first intensive teaching session.

This task will be discussed during the first teaching session and more details about the task will be released on wattle, including when the task opens and when it closes.

Note: late submission is permitted, subject to penalties set out in the ANU policy (below).

Assessment Task 4

Preparation and engagement during first teaching session

This task is assessed during the first intensive (online) teaching session, assessing the degree of preparation and constructive engagement during the classes. This task will be discussed at the first class and more details will be available on wattle.

Note: late submission is not permitted (obviously).

Assessment Task 5

Engagement during workshops

This task is completed during the second teaching session that is in-person. Students will be assessed regarding their constructive engagement to the workshops. This task will be discussed at the first class of the Kioloa session and more details will be available on wattle.

Note: late submission is not permitted (obviously).

Assessment Task 6

Research essay (1600 words)

This task is completed after the second intensive teaching block and presents an opportunity for a student to undertake research on an issue that arose during the course that they would like to explore more. The nature and extent of the research will be discussed at the final workshop and more details will be available on wattle.

More details available on wattle.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a core part of the ANU culture as a community of scholars. The University’s students are an integral part of that community. The academic integrity principle commits all students to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support, academic integrity, and to uphold this commitment by behaving honestly, responsibly and ethically, and with respect and fairness, in scholarly practice.

The University expects all staff and students to be familiar with the academic integrity principle, the Academic Integrity Rule 2021, the Policy: Student Academic Integrity and Procedure: Student Academic Integrity, and to uphold high standards of academic integrity to ensure the quality and value of our qualifications.

The Academic Integrity Rule 2021 is a legal document that the University uses to promote academic integrity, and manage breaches of the academic integrity principle. The Policy and Procedure support the Rule by outlining overarching principles, responsibilities and processes. The Academic Integrity Rule 2021 commences on 1 December 2021 and applies to courses commencing on or after that date, as well as to research conduct occurring on or after that date. Prior to this, the Academic Misconduct Rule 2015 applies.

 

The University commits to assisting all students to understand how to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support academic integrity. All coursework students must complete the online Academic Integrity Module (Epigeum), and Higher Degree Research (HDR) students are required to complete research integrity training. The Academic Integrity website provides information about services available to assist students with their assignments, examinations and other learning activities, as well as understanding and upholding academic integrity.

Online Submission

You will be required to electronically sign a declaration as part of the submission of your assignment. Please keep a copy of the assignment for your records. Unless an exemption has been approved by the Associate Dean (Education) submission must be through Turnitin.

Hardcopy Submission

For some forms of assessment (hand written assignments, art works, laboratory notes, etc.) hard copy submission is appropriate when approved by the Associate Dean (Education). Hard copy submissions must utilise the Assignment Cover Sheet. Please keep a copy of tasks completed for your records.

Late Submission

Individual assessment tasks may or may not allow for late submission. Policy regarding late submission is detailed below:

• Late submission not permitted. If submission of assessment tasks without an extension after the due date is not permitted, a mark of 0 will be awarded.
• Late submission permitted. Late submission of assessment tasks without an extension are penalised at the rate of 5% of the possible marks available per working day or part thereof. Late submission of assessment tasks is not accepted after 10 working days after the due date, or on or after the date specified in the course outline for the return of the assessment item. Late submission is not accepted for take-home examinations.

Referencing Requirements

The Academic Skills website has information to assist you with your writing and assessments. The website includes information about Academic Integrity including referencing requirements for different disciplines. There is also information on Plagiarism and different ways to use source material. Any use of artificial intelligence must be properly referenced. Failure to properly cite use of Generative AI will be considered a breach of academic integrity.

Extensions and Penalties

Extensions and late submission of assessment pieces are covered by the Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure. Extensions may be granted for assessment pieces that are not examinations or take-home examinations. If you need an extension, you must request an extension in writing on or before the due date. If you have documented and appropriate medical evidence that demonstrates you were not able to request an extension on or before the due date, you may be able to request it after the due date.

Privacy Notice

The ANU has made a number of third party, online, databases available for students to use. Use of each online database is conditional on student end users first agreeing to the database licensor’s terms of service and/or privacy policy. Students should read these carefully. In some cases student end users will be required to register an account with the database licensor and submit personal information, including their: first name; last name; ANU email address; and other information.
In cases where student end users are asked to submit ‘content’ to a database, such as an assignment or short answers, the database licensor may only use the student’s ‘content’ in accordance with the terms of service – including any (copyright) licence the student grants to the database licensor. Any personal information or content a student submits may be stored by the licensor, potentially offshore, and will be used to process the database service in accordance with the licensors terms of service and/or privacy policy.
If any student chooses not to agree to the database licensor’s terms of service or privacy policy, the student will not be able to access and use the database. In these circumstances students should contact their lecturer to enquire about alternative arrangements that are available.

Distribution of grades policy

Academic Quality Assurance Committee monitors the performance of students, including attrition, further study and employment rates and grade distribution, and College reports on quality assurance processes for assessment activities, including alignment with national and international disciplinary and interdisciplinary standards, as well as qualification type learning outcomes.

Since first semester 1994, ANU uses a grading scale for all courses. This grading scale is used by all academic areas of the University.

Support for students

The University offers students support through several different services. You may contact the services listed below directly or seek advice from your Course Convener, Student Administrators, or your College and Course representatives (if applicable).

• ANU Health, safety & wellbeing for medical services, counselling, mental health and spiritual support
• ANU Accessibility for students with a disability or ongoing or chronic illness
• ANU Dean of Students for confidential, impartial advice and help to resolve problems between students and the academic or administrative areas of the University
• ANU Academic Skills supports you make your own decisions about how you learn and manage your workload.
• ANU Counselling promotes, supports and enhances mental health and wellbeing within the University student community.
• ANUSA supports and represents all ANU students