A state government department funds a 12‑month pilot program delivered through a public library network to support Chinese Australian community members (including first-generation migrants and Australian-born Chinese Australians). The program includes: Mandarin and Cantonese conversation circles, a Lunar New Year storytelling event for children, a workshop on navigating Australian workplaces, and a social media campaign featuring short profiles of participants.
After six months, the department commissions an external researcher to evaluate the program’s impact on participants’ sense of belonging and inclusion in Australia’s multicultural society. The researcher proposes a mixed-methods design: an online survey (available in English, Mandarin and Cantonese), optional follow-up interviews, and analysis of comments on the library’s social media posts about the program.
During recruitment, some community leaders express concern that participants may fear being identified in a public report, and that media and political debates about foreign influence could shape how participants respond to questions. The researcher must comply with ethical methodology expectations.
b. Analyse how media representations and political factors (as hinted in the scenario) could interact to shape Chinese Australians’ sense of belonging and inclusion in this program evaluation. Use at least one concept from the study design (e.g. othering or cultural hybridity) in your analysis.
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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 examine the sociological concepts of race and ethnicity, the process of othering, and the theory of cultural hybridity. They investigate Australia’s ethnic diversity, multiculturalism, factors influencing belonging and inclusion, and the ethical implications of research into ethnic groups, including a case study of a specific ethnic group.
the experience of a specific ethnic group in Australia’s multicultural society:
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