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    Overview

    Indigenous experience of settler colonialism in Aotearoa and Australia is different and dismally similar. Using critical and decolonial theory we examine the politics of Māori and Australian Aboriginal peoples.

    About this paper

    Paper title Special Topic: Settler State Politics in Aotearoa and Australia
    Subject Politics
    EFTS 0.1500
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period Not offered in 2025 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,040.70
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    One 100-level POLS paper or 72 points
    Schedule C
    Arts and Music
    Contact

    politics@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    To be confirmed when next offered.

    Textbooks

    Readings will be available on eReserve via Blackboard.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
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    Learning Outcomes

    Students who successfully complete this paper should be able to:

    • Identify the key features of settler colonialism and its persistent affects in Indigenous people in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia;
    • Identify the underlying philosophic and political structures that validated claims to lands that were already settled with well established governance structures;
    • Trace key moments in Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Maori political activism and movements since British settlement;
    • Understand the role of critical race, decolonial and anticolonial theories as lenses of analysis.

    Timetable

    Not offered in 2025

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard
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