BAWRT2005 Life narratives and automedia
This intermediate level unit introduces students to the history and genres of life narrative and automedia. Students will encounter various genres of life narrative and automedia such as confessions, poetry, letters, diaries, biography, autobiography, memoir, essays, testimony, artwork, photography, documentary, podcasts, websites and social media. Themes covered may include truth, subjectivity, self, identity, privacy/disclosure, memory, trauma, and the ethics, morality and legality of representing the self and others in life narrative and automedia. Students will explore both the theories and practice of life narrative and automedia genres, explore ways of researching and resourcing life narrative and automedia projects, and will be given the option of critical and/or creative life narrative/automedia assessment.
Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government and students pay a contribution amount. Each unit is classified into a band, depending on the study area of the unit (this discipline may be different from the study area of your course).
2025 contribution amount* $1,164
2025 grandfathered contribution amount^ $997