Unit description
Introduces and develops critical analysis of the themes: World populations - violence - trauma and health. Students will consider human societies, violence in wars, colonisations and natural disasters. Students will also explore the anthropology of violence in relationship to trauma; the trauma in violence and trans-generational aspects of trauma.
Unit content
Topic 1: Inter-and trans-generational transmission of trauma
Topic 2: Different traumatic responses of individuals and world populations
Topic 3: Victim/perpetrator/survivor roles in trans-and intergenerational violence/trauma
Topic 4: The relationship between fragmentation of cultural and spiritual identity, racism, human rights violations and mental illness in Indigenous Australians
Topic 5: Strategies for healing
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate an understanding of definitions of inter- and trans-generational trauma | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Cultural competence | ||||
| 2 | demonstrate an understanding of the different traumatic responses of individuals and world populations to natural disasters and human atrocity | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Cultural competence | ||||
| 3 | analyse the child/adult individual and collective experience and response to trauma | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Cultural competence | ||||
| 4 | demonstrate knowledge of the theory of victim/perpetrator/survivor roles in trans-and intergenerational violence/trauma | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Cultural competence | ||||
| 5 | analyse alcohol and other drug use, and issues of suicide and self-harm as a response to trauma | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Cultural competence | ||||
| 6 | describe strategies for healing the effects of inter- and trans-generational trauma | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Cultural competence | ||||
| 7 | assess the support needed in rebuilding a sense of family and community in healing the effects of inter-and trans-generational trauma. | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Cultural competence | ||||
Teaching and assessment
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