Course Title: Country and Story
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Country and Story
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Sean Redmond
Course Coordinator Phone: Please email
Course Coordinator Email: sean.redmond@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 9.5.30
Course Coordinator Availability: By Appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
In this course you will develop a rich and nuanced understanding of how concepts of identity and place shape and inflect the ways we tell stories: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual artists, film makers, musicians, journalists, poets, fiction- and song-writers – storytellers all – ensure the ongoing, creative expression of First Nations’ sovereignty.
This course invites you to develop an informed and reflective awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives through the key concepts and protocols of Country and story.
Through practice and making you will explore and apply your awareness of the concepts of deep history and shared futures; embodied and emplaced continuity in diverse Indigenous communities and who these are expressed in creative and scholarly works relating to your professional discipline. At the heart of this course is the opportunity to continue to develop your own ethical responsible professional practice.
Your relation to Country and story, including to the Country on which your learning takes place, will be a starting point and in doing so will engage with a range of Indigenous creative works, scholarship, community-based experiences, cultural collections and exhibitions to develop yourself awareness of Indigenous sovereignty.
You will be further guided by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communication techniques (such as yarning and deep listening) and protocols (discipline-based guidelines) toward envisioning your professional role in community engagement and collaboration.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Program Learning Outcomes
This course contributes to the following BP221 Bachelor of Communication (Media) Program Learning Outcomes:
PLO 1: Initiate, produce and evaluate media projects and be able to adapt your practice in a complex and changing world
PLO 2: Reflect upon, direct and evaluate your own learning apply a body of theoretical and practical knowledge and specific skills in media and communication in your professional practice or future study
PLO5: Communicate using diverse formats and strategies to audiences within and external to your discipline
PLO8: Identify, evaluate and critically analyse cultural, historical and theoretical practices which contextualise your professional practice and further study
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain key concepts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty, demonstrating a self-awareness of your personal and professional connections to that sovereignty.
- Respectfully engage with and respond to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creative and critical works as concrete expressions of sovereignty.
- Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander techniques and protocols to your emerging professional practice.
- Develop and propose a Responsible Practice approach to collaboration with an Indigenous individual, community, or organisation, articulating your envisioned role in community engagement.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities which may include project work, lectures, screenings, tutorials, class discussion, individual and group activities.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
School of Media and Communication Technical Services:
You are entitled to access the resources available in the School of Media & Communication Technical Stores and to book sound and video suites located in buildings 8, 9, 10 and 12. Security swipe card access is required to access these spaces. For equipment loan requests, studio bookings and enquiries please refer to: https://rmiteduau.sharepoint.com/sites/TechPoint/SitePages/Equipment-Loans.aspx
The RMIT Australian Screen Research Collection
(RMIT ASRC): is a specialist film and television library that is housed within the Central Library on our city campus. It is one of the most significant film and TV studies research collection in Melbourne. This is a research library which means that materials cannot be borrowed and need to be looked at in the library. Librarians at the RMIT ASRC can assist you both online and on campus at the library.
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
Assessment Tasks:
Assessment Task 1: Walking on Country: A Visual Essay (30%) [CLO 1 & 2].
Assessment Task 2: Practising on Unceded Lands: A Professional Scenario (30%) [CLO 1, 2 & 3].
Assessment Task 3: Letter for a Shared Future: Toward a Responsible Professional Practice (40%) [CLO 1, 2, 3 & 4]
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it
may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.