indigenous perspectives lecture
DESCRIPTION
Indigenous Education: What Works LectureTRANSCRIPT
9/17/09 1
Evaluating Resources
Indigenous Perspectives Across the Curriculum
Authen'city
• Checkthepublica.ondateandbewareofreprints.
• Asageneralruledonotusematerialpublishedbefore1980.
Isthematerialuptodate?
9/17/09 2
Authen'city
• Lookoutforstatementssuchas‘vastandemptyland’and‘explorersdiscoveringvasttracksofunusedland’.
• Donotuse.
Doesthematerialperpetuatetheconceptofterranullius?
9/17/09 3
TerraNulliusTheideaofterranulliuscanbepresentinlessobviousways.
ThispicturefromthebookDotandtheKangarooprovidesaninteres.ngexample.Byitselfitseemsareasonablehistoricalrepresenta.on(allowingforthestoryofatalkingkangaroo).
TerraNulliusButinthecontextoftheotherpicturesinthebookAboriginalpeoplearepartofthisconstruc.onofanexo.candprehistoricland.
TerraNulliusOrareconstructedaspartof‘nature’.
Authen'city
• AboriginalpeopleareoPenrepresentedas‘treacherous’or‘murderous’andnotasdefendersoftheirland.
• Nextslidegivesanexample,againfromDotandtheKangaroo.
• ThefilmversionofthiscanbeseenathTp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpbbnjqaLLw
• Thisshouldloadautoma.callyaPerthenextslideifwatchingonslideshare.
DoesthematerialignoreormisrepresentAboriginalresistancetoEuropeanoccupa.onoftheland?
Authen'cityDoesthematerialover‐generalise?
Manyresourcescallonlimitedimagesandicons.
AvoidresourcesthatignorethediversityofAboriginalandTorresStraitIslandercultures.
BalanceArestereotypesandracistconnota.onspresent?
OrdoweseeAboriginalpeopleengagedinthediversityofac.vitythattheyreallyareengagedin?
–inthiscasereplan.ngabauxitemine.
BalanceDoestheresourceemphasisethe‘exo.c’andexcludeotherculturalandcommunityprac.ces?
Thesethreeslidesshowpagesfroman‘alphabet’bookAisForAunty(Russell,2000).
TheyshowcontemporaryimagesrelevanttomanyIndigenouschildren.
BalanceTheyincludeimportantpartsoflifethatarenotatallexo.c.
BalanceTheydomakereferencetodifferenceinthehistoryandexperiencesofIndigenouscommuni.esbutaspartofabroadercontext.
SecretandSacred
• Lookfor:– Materialpresen.ng
par.cularceremonies,egini.a.onrites
– Dreamingsitesofpar.culargroups
– PhotographsandnamesofdeceasedTorresStraitIslanderand/orAboriginalpeople
• Donotusewithoutdiscussingwithlocalcommunity/AECG
ItcanbedistressingforsomeIndigenousstudentstobeexposedtomaterialthattheyshouldnotsee.Thereisalsoanissueofrespect–someevents,imagesandideasbelongtothepar.cipantsonly.
UsefulResourceCurriculumCorpora.on(1995)ResourceGuideforAboriginalStudiesandTorresStraitIslanderStudies
Thispresenta>onisbasedontheinforma>oninthisbook.
Pages2‐8ofthebookareavailableone‐reserveandmoodle.Theyforthebasisfortheresourcereviewop>oninthefinalassignment.