This unit examines the rich human ecology of the Pilbara region, with special emphasis on Indigenous and environmental issues, and their interface with the mining industry. A critical examination of the culture of extraction that has characterised the region since European contact forms the unit's conceptual centre of gravity. The over-arching academic objective is to equip students with the skills necessary to become more informed and more reflective decision makers by introducing them to the economic, environmental and cultural complexities that underlie one of Australia's, and the world's, most dynamic and resource-rich regions. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Nick Smith
Prerequisites: any Level 1 unit in Anthropology, Archaeology, Indigenous Studies or Communication Studies; or HIST1002 The Modern World plus as a co-requisite, HIST1901 Environmental History
