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Indigeneity is one of the more controversial relations created by globalisation. Widely criticised for being ‘essentialist’ and ‘anti-liberal’, it is one of the more quickly growing identities recognized by the United Nations and defended in the constitutions of many nation-states. Using anthropological insight, this course survey the history of the term, study its expansion from the ‘salt-water colonies’ and ‘settler states’ to the heartland of Europe, and explore some of the challenges and advantages of the term. The seminar will explore how the term has come to be used in different post-colonial situations from the classic “heartlands” if indigeneity in North America, Latin America, and Northern Fennoscandia, to new contexts in China, India, Africa. The course will also explore how the politics of aboriginal rights has become closely linked to struggles for recognition, environmentalism, and collective struggles against neo-liberalism. The course is run in a seminar format with students encouraged to weigh and evaluate the results of their reading.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Indigeneity is one of the more controversial relations created by globalisation. Widely criticised for being ‘essentialist’ and ‘anti-liberal’, it is one of the more quickly growing identities recognized by the United Nations and defended in the constitutions of many nation-states. Using anthropological insight, this course survey the history of the term, study its expansion from the ‘salt-water colonies’ and ‘settler states’ to the heartland of Europe, and explore some of the challenges and advantages of the term. The seminar will explore how the term has come to be used in different post-colonial situations from the classic “heartlands” if indigeneity in North America, Latin America, and Northern Fennoscandia, to new contexts in China, India, Africa. The course will also explore how the politics of aboriginal rights has become closely linked to struggles for recognition, environmentalism, and collective struggles against neo-liberalism. The course is run in a seminar format with students encouraged to weigh and evaluate the results of their reading.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Essay topic plan (10%)
4x group annotations (20%)
3000-word essay (30%)
Take-home exam (35%)
Resit (for students taking the course in AY20/21)
Resubmit plan 10%
Resubmit essay 30%
Take-home exam 65%
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | This course encourages critical reflection on the history of colonisation. |
| Procedural | Analyse | The course gives you an opportunity to work with each other in preparing seminar presentations. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | The course encourages you to reflect critically on the quality of your own work, to direct your own learning, and to manage your time effectively. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | The course shows how anthropological ideas can be applied to specific areas of enquiry; to raise central issues about the nature of the evidence we present for our claims about the world. |
| Conceptual | Create | The course shows the value of comparative analysis. |
| Factual | Create | This course will improve your ability to obtain and evaluate relevant information and to write concise and clear analytical essays that draw upon advanced anthropological sources. |
| Procedural | Remember | The course encourages you to present structured and reasoned points to a small group. |
| Procedural | Apply | The course teaches you to revise large amounts of material and be able to select from that body of knowledge what is relevant to a very specific question under the pressure of time constraints. |
| Factual | Apply | The current assessment in the course encourages the complex use of library materials. |
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