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Page 1: Indigenous Perspectives Lecture

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Evaluating Resources

Indigenous Perspectives Across the Curriculum

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Authen'city

•  Checkthepublica.ondateandbewareofreprints.

•  Asageneralruledonotusematerialpublishedbefore1980.

Isthematerialuptodate?

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•  Lookoutforstatementssuchas‘vastandemptyland’and‘explorersdiscoveringvasttracksofunusedland’.

•  Donotuse.

Doesthematerialperpetuatetheconceptofterranullius?

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TerraNulliusTheideaofterranulliuscanbepresentinlessobviousways.

ThispicturefromthebookDotandtheKangarooprovidesaninteres.ngexample.Byitselfitseemsareasonablehistoricalrepresenta.on(allowingforthestoryofatalkingkangaroo).

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TerraNulliusButinthecontextoftheotherpicturesinthebookAboriginalpeoplearepartofthisconstruc.onofanexo.candprehistoricland.

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TerraNulliusOrareconstructedaspartof‘nature’.

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•  AboriginalpeopleareoPenrepresentedas‘treacherous’or‘murderous’andnotasdefendersoftheirland.

•  Nextslidegivesanexample,againfromDotandtheKangaroo.

•  ThefilmversionofthiscanbeseenathTp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpbbnjqaLLw

•  Thisshouldloadautoma.callyaPerthenextslideifwatchingonslideshare.

DoesthematerialignoreormisrepresentAboriginalresistancetoEuropeanoccupa.onoftheland?

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Authen'cityDoesthematerialover‐generalise?

Manyresourcescallonlimitedimagesandicons.

AvoidresourcesthatignorethediversityofAboriginalandTorresStraitIslandercultures.

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BalanceArestereotypesandracistconnota.onspresent?

OrdoweseeAboriginalpeopleengagedinthediversityofac.vitythattheyreallyareengagedin?

–inthiscasereplan.ngabauxitemine.

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BalanceDoestheresourceemphasisethe‘exo.c’andexcludeotherculturalandcommunityprac.ces?

Thesethreeslidesshowpagesfroman‘alphabet’bookAisForAunty(Russell,2000).

TheyshowcontemporaryimagesrelevanttomanyIndigenouschildren.

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BalanceTheyincludeimportantpartsoflifethatarenotatallexo.c.

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BalanceTheydomakereferencetodifferenceinthehistoryandexperiencesofIndigenouscommuni.esbutaspartofabroadercontext.

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SecretandSacred

•  Lookfor:–  Materialpresen.ng

par.cularceremonies,egini.a.onrites

–  Dreamingsitesofpar.culargroups

–  PhotographsandnamesofdeceasedTorresStraitIslanderand/orAboriginalpeople

•  Donotusewithoutdiscussingwithlocalcommunity/AECG

ItcanbedistressingforsomeIndigenousstudentstobeexposedtomaterialthattheyshouldnotsee.Thereisalsoanissueofrespect–someevents,imagesandideasbelongtothepar.cipantsonly.

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UsefulResourceCurriculumCorpora.on(1995)ResourceGuideforAboriginalStudiesandTorresStraitIslanderStudies

Thispresenta>onisbasedontheinforma>oninthisbook.

Pages2‐8ofthebookareavailableone‐reserveandmoodle.Theyforthebasisfortheresourcereviewop>oninthefinalassignment.