Indigenous Music: Roots & Key Concepts

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
MUSI 2016
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Course ID
204325
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

This course introduces students to the music of Indigenous Australia, and examines the centrality of music and interrelated expressive forms to Indigenous systems of knowledge and sociality. It explores the relationship music to Indigenous understandings of country, authority, family, spirituality and the arts across a varied range of contexts for cultural maintenance, transformation and reclamation. Students gain a critical understanding of Australian Indigenous music, as well as related scholarly literature and sources by Indigenous commentators, and are introduced to arising implications for cross-cultural discourses and research.

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Antirequisite(s)

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