4.1. Activity: Cultural case studies A grandparent or someone of your grandparent’s generation that you know moderately well. My grandfather Walirr is in his 80’s traditional Aboriginal man. For the first video, he would enjoy the song as it is in the Indigenous language even though he would not understand the words. For the second…Continue Reading Week 10 What is Culture?

In your career as a scholar through school and university, can you identify teachers in your life who taught in a way that was oppositional to Freire’s work? Yes, my mother, a native Australian, taught me and other students in Yolngu ancient teaching, which uses the model of the Luna cycle for the changing of…Continue Reading Week 9 Empowering Oppressed Groups

What examples from the past or recent history of queer representation can you find in your art form? How is queerness represented? Would you say it is an authentic representation? How does intersectionality complicate the picture? One example is through naked sculptures such as the ones Romans done it is in their historical sculpturing and…Continue Reading Week 8 Queer Case Studies

1. What does this say about multiculturalism? According to Youtuber Alex Tran (2021) he talked about the dominate culture or majority in equality in other races such as Vietnamese other backgrounds have more privileges. There is a lack of awareness raised regarding Indigenous Australians for example when he was in primary school he was not…Continue Reading Week 7 Diversity through a First Nations Lens

Watching Dylan’s acceptance speech above, what do you notice? He acknowledged all the people doing well in their jobs and showed equality by doing this. He did not speak from someone with a disability but someone who is just as equal as others. What does he say about disability? What do you think this moment…Continue Reading Week 6 Disability in Art Q&A

Legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw describes intersectionality in her YouTube video (2018) as having multiple identities that cover and influence one another. For example, women are seen as weak which puts them in a disadvantaged category due to their feminism. Many people do not think on the same level. For example, they may come from Indigenous…Continue Reading Week 5 Allyship: Intersectionality

How do you feel about the concept of ‘politically correct language? Are you anxious? Fearful? Comfortable? Uncomfortable? Indifferent? Yes, I would be anxious, fearful, uncomfortable, and indifferent because English is my fourth and fifth language. Sometimes I fear saying something upsetting when I don’t mean to. As a native speaker, I must learn the meanings…Continue Reading Week 4 Activity Politically correct

Who is an artist working in your field that has a disability? What language do you notice they use in talking about their disability? Does the language that the media use around them differ from that language?I know a Yolngu lady with a hearing disability. Still, she communicates with others at work or home with…Continue Reading Week 3 Reflections

Welcome to Country in my language, we use the term “Bungan dhu buma” to Welcome the person so that the land can look after them and also for the person to feel safe within the Yolngu community. It is part of accepting a foreigner into the Yolngu ways and living. Reference Crocker, L. 2004. “Report…Continue Reading Week 2 Welcome to Country

4.1. Activity: Cultural case studies According to  (Pappas and McKelvie 2021) grandparent or someone of your grandparent’s generation that you know moderately well. My grandfather Walirr is in his 80’s traditional Aboriginal man. For the first video, he would enjoy the song as it is in the Indigenous language even though he would not understand…Continue Reading WEEK 1 What is culture?