MAOR317-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014

Takahi: Colonisation

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2014

Description

This course focuses on understanding colonisation and its impact on Maori and other indigenous societies. Topics include: initial contact; disease; missionaries, God vs Gods; "guns and sex", musket wars vs traditional taua, wars with indigenous peoples; sovereignty, settler governments vs Kingitanga and Kotahitanga; changes in education, economics and social life; leaders, rebels, fugitives, prophets, pacifists and kupapa; assimilation and institutionalisation; resistance and political movements; dependence and welfare; the psychological and emotional violence of colonialism and dispossession. Comparative histories North America, Trail of Tears, Wounded Knee; Australia, Stolen Generations, Deaths in Custody.

Colonisation has had a significant effect on the shaping of contemporary New Zealand society. From the earliest missionaries armed with bibles and literacy through to the continued alienation and marginalisation of Māori  today this course will cover the gambit of key events in the colonisation of New Zealand throughout its brief post-contact history. This course utilises different theories of coloniality, colonialism and post-colonialism to examine the continued subjugation of indigenous people. This paper will also pay special attention to breaking down the power relationships that have emerged between coloniser and colonised.
Course Goals:
The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the impact of colonisation in New Zealand and throughout the world. By examining key events in New Zealand colonial history, and providing comparisons with international colonial histories, this course aims to identify the significant, and continuing, effects of colonisation on indigenous peoples.

Learning Outcomes

  • Course Goals:
    The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the impact of colonisation in New Zealand and throughout the world. By examining key events in New Zealand colonial history, and providing comparisons with international colonial histories, this course aims to identify the significant, and continuing, effects of colonisation on indigenous peoples.

    Learning Outcomes:
    At the end of the course students will:
  •     have developed an understanding of what colonisation is and how it has affected                 indigenous populations in New Zealand and around the world
  •      understand and critique a range of different theory relating to colonialism, post-colonialism   and coloniality
  •      have demonstrated the ability to deliver a presentation of their course research

Prerequisites

Any 15 points in 200-level courses in Aotahi: School of Maori and Indigenous Studies or 30 points in 200-level courses in Arts, Education, Fine Arts, Music and/or Social Work, or
by permission of the Head of School.

Restrictions

RELS322, HIST366, CULT302

Equivalent Courses

CULT302, HIST366, RELS322

Lecturer

Phillip Borell

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Research Question 10% Focussing on theory and theorists.
Abstract 15% 200-300 word abstract outlinging their research topic.
Annotated bibiliography 20% Students will locate a number of soures, of which they will base their research. Each student will be required to choose what they consider to be four key readings and provide an annotated bibliography.
Research Essay 30% The research essay itself will include the abstrat, annotated bibliography an introduction, body of work and your findings/conclusions. The essay (minus the annotated bibligraphy and abstract) should be between 3-3500 words.
Presentations 25% Each student will present their reseach to the class. Presentations will be 15-20 minutes long with 5-10 minutes allowed for questions.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,340.00

International fee $5,700.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies .

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