HIST366

Takahi: Colonisation

28 points

Occurrences

  • HIST366-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010 - Not Offered
  • HIST366-10S2 (C) Semester Two 2010

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.

Prerequisites

Any 22 points in Maori and Indigenous Studies or their double-coded equivalents or 44 points at 200 level in HIST or Ancient History (CLAS214, CLAS215, CLAS216, CLAS217) or ANTH or RELS. Students without these prerequisites but with 80 points in appropriate courses may enter the course with the approval of the HOD.

Restrictions

MAOR317, RELS322, CULT302

Equivalent Courses

CULT302, MAOR317, RELS322