Cultural Competence - Aboriginal Sydney

The University of Sydney

课程信息

This course explores some of the key themes and capabilities of cultural competence by exploring Aboriginal experiences and narratives of Sydney. Australia was ‘claimed’ for the British Crown in 1770, by Captain James Cook, but the invasion began in earnest when the First Fleet of British arrived in 1788 and established a penal colony in Sydney. As a consequence Sydney is a city rich in diverse pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary sites of significance to Aboriginal peoples. Too often though our perceptions about Aboriginal peoples consign them to an ancient past or perpetuates stereotypical imaginations that Aboriginal peoples live in remote communities (Hinkson, 2010). At the heart of this MOOC is the theme that Sovereignty was never ceded and Sydney always was and always will be Aboriginal Land. Despite this the Aboriginal presence in the city is often invisible to non-Aboriginal eyes. This course aims to bring to light marginalised narratives of Aboriginal presence in this space. To understand hidden and marginalised narratives and experiences it is necessary to develop cultural competence capabilities. Key elements of practicing cultural competence include being able to understand and interrogate context, which in the case of Sydney includes not only learning about the peoples, places and histories of Aboriginal Sydney but to also understand issues about how knowledge is created and how dominant narratives can exclude diverse knowledges and experiences. Course learning outcomes 1. Develop knowledge about cultural competence capabilities. 2. Develop a deeper and multi-layered knowledge and understanding about Aboriginal peoples, cultures and places in Sydney. 3. Develop a greater understanding of how history, cultures and places are represented, contested and interpreted and how that relates to their own context. Acknowledgement of Country We acknowledge that this course was developed on the land of the Gadigal Peoples of the Eora nation. We pay our respect to the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge that the land that the University of Sydney was built on has been a place of learning for many thousands of years.

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立即开始，按照自己的计划学习。

初级

Approx. 10 hours to complete

建议：5 weeks, 2.5 hours per week

English

字幕：English

100% 在线课程

立即开始，按照自己的计划学习。

初级

Approx. 10 hours to complete

建议：5 weeks, 2.5 hours per week

English

字幕：English

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

1

Section

1 hour to complete

Introductions

Welcome to the Cultural Competence - Aboriginal Sydney MOOC. ...

2 videos (Total 6 min), 3 readings

2 videos

Welcome to Country1m

Introduction4m

3 readings

The National Centre for Cultural Competence (NCCC) at the University of Sydney10m

Terminology used in this course10m

Additional resources10m

2

Section

1 hour to complete

Representation and visibility in Aboriginal Sydney

This week highlights how Aboriginal peoples are represented and made invisible. We will look at how museums and anthropologists collected and studied Aboriginal peoples and their artefacts. We will also look at how Aboriginal peoples engaged with the colonisers and continue to do so. ...

5 videos (Total 40 min), 1 reading

5 videos

Representation and visibility3m

Studying and collecting Aboriginal artefacts9m

Multicultural Sydney11m

Written in stone8m

Truths, silences and visibility6m

1 readings

Module 2 - Readings10m

3

Section

3 hours to complete

Sovereignty and self-determination in a colonised place

Aboriginal sovereignty has never been ceded. This means that Aboriginal peoples never came to any agreement which conceded their lands. One of the myths of colonisation was that Aboriginal people didn't resist. But they did resist, and they continue to fight for their sovereign rights in a myriad of different ways: from the overtly political to the revitalisation of cultures and languages, to expression through artistic endeavours. This week's lectures and activities highlight the many different perspectives about how people claim and embody sovereignty. ...

5 videos (Total 38 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

5 videos

Sovereignty1m

Language, colonisation and revitalisation8m

Experiencing and embodying landscapes9m

Tribal Warrior11m

Repatriation6m

1 readings

Module 3 - Readings10m

4

Section

1 hour to complete

People, past and present

This week, we will show the diversity of Aboriginal peoples and hear some stories and experiences which show the continued absence of Aboriginal peoples in Sydney. ...

4 videos (Total 31 min), 1 reading

4 videos

Resistance and resilience2m

Living on Country: an Elder's perspective8m

Living off Country12m

Keeping story and language alive7m

1 readings

Module 4 - Readings10m

5

Section

3 hours to complete

Visibility in place

This week's lectures and activities aim to draw our attention to Aboriginal presence in the city. All around us - even in a developed city like Sydney - there are significant sites, but we often don't notice them. From ancient rock engravings to contemporary public art projects, significant sites serve as a reminder of the ongoing presence and occupation of the Sydney area by Aboriginal people for thousands of years. In this Module, we will be shown some sites by the CEO and Cultural Officer of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council. We will also be introduced to the work of the City of Sydney council who are working on raising awareness and understanding about Aboriginal people in Sydney. ...

4 videos (Total 31 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

4 videos

Significant places4m

Preservation of sites in urban areas7m

Manly Dam: Sacred site11m

Living cultures in the city7m

1 readings

Module 5 - Readings10m

6

Section

3 hours to complete

Resistance

This week we will focus on stories and experiences of resistance and activism, many of which were fostered in Sydney's inner city areas. For many years, Aboriginal people from around the country came to Sydney and settled near the industrial areas, finding work there and making their home in Sydney's inner city suburbs. In particular, the suburb of Redfern is the birthplace of contemporary Aboriginal political consciousness, where the fight for self-determination became tangible. The people we hear from this week share their stories on how they have negotiated their identities and made sense of their own experiences within this context. ...

7 videos (Total 62 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

7 videos

The contemporary heart of Aboriginal political consciousness2m

A history of activism12m

Activism in the arts6m

Redfern: the crucible of self-determination16m

Resistance, rights and resilience12m

Past, present and future8m

MOOC Summary1m

1 readings

Module 6 - Readings10m

Instructor

Gabrielle Russell-Mundine

Academic Leader - Cultural Change

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Cultural Competence - Aboriginal Sydney