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
- 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.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - 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.