Winter Research Program - 2020 Projects

Project duration:

3-4 Weeks commencing 13 July, 2020

20 hours per week

Desciption:

UQ RAP promotes the exploration of Indigenous epistemologies and their possible application in undergraduate courses and research. This projects aims to explore and learn from Australian Indigenous epistemologies in order to learn from them and look for their connections and possible application in our courses in the Spanish Program and Latin American Studies Minor. The project aims to take as case study the epistemologies promoted in the Welcome to Country (WtC) ceremony. To do this, a review of the literature on Australian Indigenous epistemologies, the WtC ceremony, and other decolonial and non-colonial proposals will be done. Later, a publication using tools from Critical Discourse Analysis will be written and submitted to a prestigious journal in the field of discourse studies/Indigenous studies.

Expected outcomes and deliverables:

The applicants will gain skills in the built of data collection, writing an annotated bibliography/literature review, and have the opportunity to generate a co-authored publication from their research. They will learn basic Discourse Analysis tools and the principles behind Decolonial Thought.

Suitable for:

UQ enrolled student in their 3^rd or 4^th year. Experience writing essays that require critical thinking. Good marks (6/7) in their essays. Majoring in Spanish or Minoring in Latin American Studies.

Number of participants required:

1

Further info: 

Please contact Dr Sol Rojas-Lizana via email