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assimilation
segregation
suppression

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urban vs rural
one culture
terrra nullius

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upcoming referendum

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stuart hall concept of homogenous ethnicity

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stuart hall concept of homogenous ethnicity

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assimilation policies and shaping public views

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assimilation policies and shaping public views

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• the nature and meaning of the sociological concepts of race and ethnicity

• the concepts of ethnocentrism, cultural relativism and the ‘other’

• the nature of the theory of ethnic hybridity, as informed by Stuart Hall, and its connection to experiences of ethnicity

• Australia’s current ethnic diversity compared with other developed countries

• the concept of multiculturalism

• barriers and enablers to belonging and inclusion in Australia’s multicultural society as shaped by the following:

– customs and traditions

– social attitudes

– media

– political factors

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nature, purpose, type and stage of social movements

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nature, purpose, type and stage of social movements

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• the meaning of culture and its major components: non-material culture and material culture

• the sociological imagination as conceived by Charles Wright Mills and its connection to the study of culture:

– the process of engaging the sociological imagination

– the distinction between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism, and their relationship to the sociological imagination

• public misconceptions about Australian Indigenous culture concerning:

– past perception that Australia was land that belonged to no-one prior to European arrival

– the perception that Australian Indigenous people share one culture

– the perception that Australian Indigenous people mainly live in arid areas of Australia

• factors that support and/or limit public awareness of Indigenous Australian culture:

– the historical suppression of Australian Indigenous culture through protection and segregation, and the assimilation policies, and Australian Indigenous responses to this suppression

– a range of historical and contemporary representations of Australian Indigenous culture that could be interpreted as ethnocentric and/or culturally relativistic representations

– reconciliation: practical (government actions), symbolic (the Apology) and the Close the Gap campaign

• the implications of the above factors for shaping the public views of Australian Indigenous culture

• one issue related to changing awareness of Australian Indigenous culture:

– the nature of the issue

– the historical and political context of this issue

– the relationship between this issue and awareness of Australian Indigenous culture

– significant indigenous and non-indigenous people (individuals and/or groups) involved; their response/s to the issue; and implications of these responses for shaping public views of Australian Indigenous culture.

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ferdinand and tonnies - gesellschaft and gemeinschaft

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ferdinand and tonnies - gesellschaft and gemeinschaft

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Race, barriers, enablers, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, TASA, government policy/political

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Race, barriers, enablers, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, TASA, government policy/political

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misconceptions - terra nullius, one culture and arid areas only

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misconceptions - terra nullius, one culture and arid areas only

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Other, informed consent, inclusion, belonging, sociological imagination

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Other, informed consent, inclusion, belonging, sociological imagination

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Hybridity, ethical methodology, material and non material culture, multicultural society, voluntary participation

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Hybridity, ethical methodology, material and non material culture, multicultural society, voluntary participation