Cultural Safety Update Cultural safety is the caring (sincere) practice of intercultural discussion and collaboration – for cultural permanence in the form of unique stories and their realisation– represented voluntarily by inheritors of culture – with the aim of creating oneness in a unified tapestry, or mosaic, of meaning, purpose, direction, and belonging by weaving…Continue Reading W4: The Rainbow Alphabet | Activity 2
Compose a blog post that reflects on some of the themes and ideas covered this week. Discuss: 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…Continue Reading W3: Disability Defined | Reflections
Reflecting on Welcome to Country Have you seen a particularly compelling or moving Welcome to Country? The Welcome to Country performed at UniSQ (then USQ) in 2021 to observe the beginning of Semester 2 was not my first taste of First Australians culture in an academic space. However, this particular ritual marked the significance of…Continue Reading W2: First Nations Community and Cultural Protocols | Activity 2
Queensland Theatre Case Study • Is it reasonable to expect a state theatre company to program First Nations-centred work? If so, why? For the reconciliation of First Nations and Torres Strait Islander peoples with wider Australia, it is necessary for a state theatre company to treat our divided histories truthfully and the potential of our…Continue Reading W2: First Nations Community and Cultural Protocols | Activity 1
Cultural Safety (1) [OK, we’re here: we all want to feel safe, comfortable, at peace, at rest, in touch and in tune with each other – the change* will flow out of that harmony, the words are just a defence until we’re sure we’ll do right by each other and can trust one another –…Continue Reading W1: Starting with Ethics | Activity 2
Cultural Case Studies The dot-point format used below enabled me to capture my initial thoughts in response to the activity concisely. (Identify: a grandparent or someone of my grandparent’s generation that I know moderately well): Pop (Dad’s father) – (first video, song) has dementia (Alzheimer’s); may not react at all; (second video, self-care) may exhibit…Continue Reading W1: Starting with Ethics | Activity 1
