ANTH 34390 - Developmental Ideology in the Pilbara

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

A short 10-day fieldwork course that provides a substantive introduction to anthropological issues in the Pilbara region of NW Australia. The course explores development ideology in Western Australia, and examines contested visions of 'the land' as manifested between competing groups including: Aboriginal groups, mining and resource extraction interests, environmental groups, pastoralists, and political representatives espousing Australian versions of Manifest Destiny. The course is organized to sample all of these perspectives, but the emphasis has been on Aboriginal culture and rights. Students visit the most hotly contested areas of the Pilbara -- Dampier/Karratha. They visit various plants, talk with public relation representatives, and get the 'development' side of things from several resource extraction industries that are literally crating off the landscape. At the same time students meet with Aboriginal groups based in the nearby city of Roebourne, and spend a couple of days with leaders and elders discussing their history and their present situation vis-a-vis the development activities surrounding them.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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