A local council proposes renaming a suburban park and installing new signage and an information board acknowledging that the land is on Country. In response, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) and local Elders request that the council pause the project and co-design the wording, include local language, and consult on whether the park should include a cultural safety statement and protocols for events held there. A residents’ group argues that the changes are ‘political’ and should not proceed, while a local school and a sporting club publicly support the proposal and offer to participate in education sessions about the area’s history. The council must decide how to proceed and how to communicate the decision to the broader community.
b. Compare the responses of the ACCO/local Elders and the residents’ group. In your answer, refer to the aims or reasons that underpin each response.
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In this unit, students explore expressions of culture and ethnicity within Australian society in two different contexts – Australian Indigenous cultures, and ethnicity in relation to migrant groups. Students critically examine the historical suppression and increasing public awareness of Australian Indigenous cultures, and investigate ethnicity as a key sociological category, considering how ethnic identities are formed, experienced, and shaped by various forces.
Students explore the meaning of culture and the distinction between material and non-material culture, focusing on Australian Indigenous cultures. They examine the sociological imagination, analyse representations of Indigenous cultures, investigate historical suppression and Indigenous responses, and evaluate the process of reconciliation and factors influencing public awareness.
significant indigenous and non-indigenous people (individuals and/or groups) involved and their response(s) to the issue
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