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OLET1101: Aboriginal Sydney
2025 unit information
Sydney is a city rich in diverse pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary sites of significance to Aboriginal Peoples. Too often though perceptions about Aboriginal Peoples consign them to an ancient past or perpetuate stereotypical imaginations that Aboriginal Peoples live predominantly in remote communities. Consequently Aboriginal narratives are commonly hidden or marginalised. The development of cultural competence capabilities helps to uncover and examine these hidden and marginalised narratives and experiences. This course explores some of the key themes and capabilities of cultural competence by exploring Aboriginal experiences and narratives of Sydney which are often invisible to non-Aboriginal eyes. Key elements of practicing cultural competence include being able to understand and interrogate context, which in the case of Sydney includes not only learning about the peoples, places and histories of Aboriginal Sydney but to also understand issues about how knowledge is created and how dominant narratives can exclude diverse knowledges and experiences. This unit will develop students' capacity to productively, collaboratively and openly in diverse groups and across cultural boundaries
Unit details and rules
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 2 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate multi-layered knowledge and understanding about Aboriginal peoples, cultures and places in Sydney
- LO2. exhibit cultural competence in engaging with the topics and material presented
- LO3. identify how Aboriginal history, cultures and places are represented, contested and interpreted in Sydney
- LO4. critically reflect on the ways in which these representations etc. relate to their own context.
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Intensive July - August 2025
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Online | Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney |
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