Exploring Aboriginal Sydney's History and Culture
Discover Aboriginal perspectives on Sydney's history, culture, and contemporary issues. Develop cultural competence skills.
Discover Aboriginal perspectives on Sydney's history, culture, and contemporary issues. Develop cultural competence skills.
This course explores Aboriginal experiences and narratives of Sydney, focusing on the theme that Sovereignty was never ceded and Sydney always was and always will be Aboriginal Land. Through lectures, videos, and activities, students will learn about the hidden and marginalized narratives of Aboriginal presence in Sydney, from pre-colonial times to the present. The course covers topics such as representation and visibility, sovereignty and self-determination, diversity of Aboriginal peoples, significant sites, and resistance and activism. By developing cultural competence capabilities, students will gain a deeper understanding of Aboriginal peoples, cultures, and places in Sydney, as well as how history, cultures, and places are represented, contested, and interpreted.
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What you'll learn
Develop knowledge about cultural competence capabilities
Gain a deeper understanding of Aboriginal peoples, cultures, and places in Sydney
Examine how Aboriginal peoples are represented and made invisible in Sydney
Explore concepts of sovereignty and self-determination in a colonized context
Understand the diversity of Aboriginal peoples and their experiences in Sydney
Identify and interpret significant Aboriginal sites in urban Sydney
Skills you'll gain
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course explores Aboriginal experiences and narratives of Sydney, emphasizing that Sovereignty was never ceded and Sydney always was and always will be Aboriginal Land. It covers six main themes: introduction to cultural competence, representation and visibility of Aboriginal peoples, sovereignty and self-determination, diversity of Aboriginal peoples, significant sites in Sydney, and resistance and activism. Through lectures, videos, and activities, students will gain insights into the hidden and marginalized narratives of Aboriginal presence in Sydney, from pre-colonial times to the present. The course aims to develop cultural competence capabilities and provide a deeper understanding of Aboriginal peoples, cultures, and places in Sydney, as well as how history, cultures, and places are represented, contested, and interpreted.
Introductions
Module 1 · 46 Minutes to complete
Representation and visibility in Aboriginal Sydney
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Sovereignty and self-determination in a colonised place
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
People, past and present
Module 4 · 51 Minutes to complete
Visibility in place
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
Resistance
Module 6 · 2 Hours to complete
Fee Structure
Payment options
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Instructor
Advocate for Cultural Competence and Social Justice
Dr. Gabrielle Russell serves as the Assistant Director and Education Lead at the National Centre for Cultural Competence (NCCC) at the University of Sydney, bringing extensive experience from various sectors, including non-government organizations, politics, business, church, and higher education. She is dedicated to enhancing cultural competence from a non-Indigenous perspective, focusing on transformative learning and collaboration. With a longstanding commitment to human rights and social justice, Gabrielle's previous work emphasized Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice and policy issues. She has developed education and advocacy programs addressing racism, Whiteness, colonization, Indigenous theology, and inculturation. Her PhD research, titled From Pumpkins to Property Management: Developing the Organisational Capacity of the Jubal Aboriginal Corporation (2011), explored community enterprise development in Northern NSW. Gabrielle's current teaching and research interests include race and racism, critical pedagogies, service learning, and cultural competence, with ongoing projects aimed at preparing students for service learning in Aboriginal community-controlled organizations and creating online modules to promote cultural competence learning.
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