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SOCIOLOGYWritten examination
Thursday 9 November 2017 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookSection Number of
questionsNumber of questions
to be answeredNumber of
marks
A 6 6 20B 3 3 20C 2 2 20D 2 1 20
Total 80
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©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2017
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2017
STUDENT NUMBER
Letter
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SECTION A – continued
SECTION A
Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
Use the following representations to answer Questions 1–5.
Representation 1IndigenouseldersfromacrossVictoriagatheredonthebanksofMerriCreek,4November2016
Source:BeauDonelly,‘Couldthisbetheplaceforatreatyto“endthewar” onIndigenousAustralia?’,The Age,4November2016
Representation 2JohnBatman’sfamoustreaty,MerriCreek,Northcote,6June1835
Source:GRAshton;NationalLibraryofAustralia
Photograph:JustinM
cManus
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Representation 3
In1835,atameetingplacebelievedtobeonthebanksofMerriCreek,anagreementwasstruckbetweenagroupofWurundjerieldersandoneofMelbourne’sfounders,JohnBatman.Notlongafteritwassigned,thethenGovernorofNSWdeclareditinvalidonthebasisthatAboriginalshadnoclaimtotheland.OnFriday[4November2016],181yearsafterwhitesettlersgavetheWurundjeripeopleblankets,tomahawks1andflourinexchangefortheland,agroupofAboriginaleldersreturnedtoMerriCreek.TheycamefromaroundVictoriatodiscusstreatytalkscurrentlyunderwayinVictoria.…Thedetailsofanytreatyareyettobeagreedon,butitwouldbealegallybinding2documentcoveringAboriginalaffairsandrights,andaddressingpastinjustices.Suchsettlements3havebeenreachedbetweenindigenouscommunitiesandthosewhohavesettledtheirlandsinCanada,theUSandNewZealand.GunditjmaraelderAlmaThorpe,whocalledthemeeting,saidatreatywasimportantforfuturegenerations,whileothersspokeoftheneedtoaddressthenumberofIndigenouschildreninout-of-homecare,druguse,andhighincarceration4ratesofAboriginals.Therewasbroadsupportforthestategovernmenttoresourceanelderscouncil,butalsowidespreadmistrustofthegovernment’sagenda.…LidiaThorpe,thehonorarychiefexecutiveofthegroupsaidanytreatyneededinputfromallremainingFirstNationclans.‘Eldersbelievetheyhavebeenleftoutofdiscussions,thattheyarenotbeingheard,’MsThorpesaid.‘Ourcurrentrepresentationisnotatruereflectionofthevoiceofthisstate.’AtFriday’smeeting,whichattimeswasheated5,activistRobbieThorpesaidthatatreatywasneededto‘endthewar’whichhadgoneonsincethefirstsettlers.‘There’sbeenawartryingtoexterminateourpeoplesincethatday,’hesaid.‘Thereasontohaveatreatyistoendthatwar.’
Source:BeauDonelly,‘Couldthisbetheplaceforatreatyto“endthewar” onIndigenousAustralia?’,The Age,4November2016
1tomahawks–smallaxes2binding–involvinganobligationthatmustnotbebroken3settlements–treaties4incarceration–imprisonment5heated–stronglyemotionalandangry
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Question 1 (3marks)Definetheterm‘culture’.Inyourresponse,includetwoexamplesofAustralianIndigenousculturefromtherepresentationsand/ormaterialthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
Question 2 (3marks)a. Whatismeantbytheterm‘ethnocentric’? 1mark
b. UsingoneexamplefromRepresentation2,explainhowtherepresentationofAustralianIndigenousculturemightbeconsideredethnocentric. 2marks
Question 3 (2marks)Providetwoexamplesfromoneormoreoftherepresentationstodemonstratehowawareness and/orperceptionofAustralianIndigenousculturecouldbeinfluencedbytherepresentations.
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Question 4 (2marks)ProvidetwoexamplestoillustratetheresponsesofAustralianIndigenouspeopletothesuppressionoftheirculture.RefertoRepresentation3and/ormaterialthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
Question 5 (5marks)Representation3referstoatreaty‘toendthatwar’withVictorianIndigenouspeople.
DiscussonepolicythatcouldbeconsideredbytheactivistquotedintherepresentationtobeawaronAustralianIndigenousculture.
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Question 6 (5marks)DiscusshowoneinternationalfactorhassupportedpublicawarenessandperceptionofAustralianIndigenousculture.
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SECTION B – continued
SECTION B
Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
Use the following representations to answer Questions 7 and 8.
Representation 4
Source:LaurieSams,‘Day101ofriding–BordertowntoNhill,Victoria’, TheLongRideHome(blog),<www.thelongridehome.com.au>,23October2016
Representation 5
Source:LaurieSams,‘Day101ofriding–BordertowntoNhill, Victoria’,TheLongRideHome(blog),
<www.thelongridehome.com.au>,23October2016
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Representation 6
Since2010,160KarenrefugeeshaveresettledinNhill,innorth-westernVictoria.OriginatingfromMyanmar(Burma),theyhavebroughtsocial,economicandculturalbenefitstotheNhillcommunity.Nhillwassufferingfromadecliningpopulationandthishadadetrimentaleffectonbusiness,educationandlocalservices,includinghealth.Alocal,commercialpoultry-processingbusiness,Luv-a-Duck,requiredlabourforitsexpansion.SomeoftheKarenareemployedbyLuv-a-DuckandthebusinessesthatsupplyLuv-a-Duck.TheKarenhavesettledcomfortablyintothelocalcommunity.SomeoftheKarenwomenhavesetuptheirownshop,PawPo,inNhill,sellingtheirwovenproducts.Atthelocalschool,theKarenandotherstudentshavebroadenedtheirperspectivesaboutcultures.TheKarenstudentsareinvolvedinarangeofextracurricularactivities,includingfootball,netballandtennis.TheNhillcommunitycelebratesKarenfestivitiesandculture.TheKaren’scontributiontothecommunityhashelpedtostopthepopulationdeclineandhasrevitalisedlocalservicesandattractedincreasedgovernmentfunding.Ithashadaverypositivesocialimpactonthecommunity.NhillhasbeenrevitalisedbytheresettlementoftheKaren.
Question 7 (8marks)a. Whatisethnichybridity?Inyourresponse,refertooneexamplefromtherepresentations. 2marks
b. Howisethnichybridityconnectedtoexperiencesofethnicity?Inyourresponse,refertoone examplefromtherepresentations. 3marks
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c. Usingtheconceptofthe‘other’,commentontheexperienceoftheKarenpeopleinNhill. 3marks
Question 8 (2marks)Migrationoffersbenefitstomigrantsandthecommunityinwhichtheyhavesettled.
Providetwoexamplesofthesocial,politicaloreconomicgainsfortheNhillcommunityfollowingtheresettlementoftheKarenrefugees.
Question 9 (10marks)Whatismeantby‘ethicalmethodology’?Inyourresponse,refertomaterialthatyouhavestudiedthisyearandtwoofthefollowing:• voluntaryparticipation• informedconsentprocedures• confidentialityand/oranonymityofparticipants
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SECTION C – Question 10–continued
SECTION C
Instructions for Section CAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
Question 10 (10marks)Commentonhowthebureaucratisationofonesocialmovementinfluenceditsuseofpowerand,therefore,itsabilitytoeffectchange.Inyourresponse,refertoonesocialmovementthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
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Question 11 (10marks)Describetwotheoriesthatexplainhowsocialmovementscameintobeing.Useoneofthesetheoriestoexaminetheemergenceofonesocialmovementthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.
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Question 12 (20marks)Referringtoonecommunitythatyouhavestudiedthisyear,analysetheimpactofat least onechange–economic,social,political,environmental–thatthiscommunityhasexperienced.
OR
Question 13 (20marks)ReferringtoonecommunitythatyouhavestudiedthisyearandthetheoryofManuelCastells,analysetheimpactofinformationandcommunicationstechnologyoncommunityexperience.
SECTION D
Instructions for Section DWriteanessayinresponsetooneofthefollowingquestions.
Question no.
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