HIST366-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012

Takahi: Colonisation

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 July 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 July 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 October 2012

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 15 points in Maori and Indigenous Studies or their double-coded equivalents or 30 points at 200 level in HIST or Ancient History (CLAS214, CLAS215, CLAS216, CLAS217) or ANTH or RELS. Students without these prerequisites but with 75 points in appropriate courses may enter the course with the approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

MAOR317, RELS322, CULT302

Equivalent Courses

CULT302, MAOR317, RELS322

Course Coordinator

Hamuera Kahi

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Test In-class 20%
Essay 30%
In Class Presentation 10%
Final Exam 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,239.00

International fee $5,375.00

* 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.

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