TDMOANA 100 Tagata Moana, Tangata Whenua: Hawaiki Futures - Course Outlines

Course Prescription

Explores Māori and Pacific futurities, the futures that are designed and embodied in the present in response to over a century of colonialism and the ravages of global capitalism. Working together, students will engage with current circumstances and envision beyond them, focusing on sustainable communities and environments, physical and cultural wellbeing, and social justice and equity.

Course Overview

Who are we on this whenua and within this moana? What are our individual and collective roles in Pacific, Māori, and Indigenous futurities, or the futures envisioned and worked toward in the present? How can we draw from the past, engage with the present, and simultaneously prepare for the generations to come?

Committed to envisioning a political process that requires engaging with the present while also attempting to dream beyond it, this course will both examine and seek to transcend a critical social issue: the fact that Pacific, Māori, and Indigenous peoples are so often seen in regards to the issues they face that their futures become obscured, or worse, deemed impossible. This class will therefore begin from the understanding that we have to first believe in better futures--combating deficit narratives, negative frames, and colonial rhetoric--to be able to then work towards those futures in the present.

Tagata Moana, Tangata Whenua: Hawaiki Futures is an opportunity to engage in the work of envisioning by exploring personal and political questions, grappling with our unique positionalities, and locating ourselves in time and space. In this transdisciplinary course, students from across the disciplines will come together to explore a range of issues and concerns affecting Māori and Pacific people here in Aotearoa and in the wider region. In doing so, they will have the chance to think about how we can cultivate relationships with land, ocean, and sky; how we can nurture a sense of respect and reverence for place; and how we can act upon our roles to work toward more sustainable communities and environments, physical and cultural wellbeing, and social justice and equity.

To guide our journey, this course will draw on ancestral and contemporary navigations and migrations; on understandings of whakapapa, belonging, and connection; on old and emerging solidarities and local and regional responsibilities; and on values embedded in cultural customs, tikanga, and Pacific and Indigenous languages, stories, and ancestral memories

Course Requirements

No pre-requisites or restrictions

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Identify and explain the primary features of transdisciplinarity. (Capability 3 and 4)
Collaborate effectively within a diverse team while engaged in discussion of a complex societal problem. (Capability 1, 6, 7 and 8)
Apply one or more transdisciplinary approaches to address a complex societal problem. (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)
Communicate effectively using at least two different channels (written, oral, or visual) to convey complex information. (Capability 3, 4, 6 and 8)
Reflect on the use of transdisciplinary approaches for complex problem-solving. (Capability 3, 4 and 5)
Develop and demonstrate a critical understanding and consideration of positionality in Māori and Pacific worlds. (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)

Assessments

Assessment Type	Percentage	Classification
Coursework	70%	Individual Coursework
Coursework	30%	Group Coursework
2 types	100%

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, each week, you can expect 1 hours of plenary, 2 hours of studios, 4-5 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 2-3 hours of work on assignments.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including plenaries and studios to receive credit for components of the course.

Plenaries will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including studios will not be available as recordings.

The course will not include live online events.

The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Required readings for the course will be made available via Talis. All other learning materials will be made available on Canvas.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

As this is a new course, we are looking forward to engaging with students, to learning with them, and to reflecting on the areas for improvement identified through student feedback. This feedback will be critical in strengthening the course each year.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Well-being always comes first
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/33894, which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Capability 1:	People and Place
Capability 2:	Sustainability
Capability 3:	Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4:	Critical Thinking
Capability 5:	Solution Seeking
Capability 6:	Communication
Capability 7:	Collaboration
Capability 8:	Ethics and Professionalism

TDMOANA 100 : Tagata Moana, Tangata Whenua: Hawaiki Futures

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