Course Outline

Introduction to Cultural Awareness

This short course is a recommended as an introduction only for building a better understanding of and improving your interactions with Indigenous people.  It is especially designed for those groups and organisations that have no direct impact or interaction with Indigenous people and their communities, or organisations that would like to give all their personnel some background to Indigenous culture. There are many misunderstandings about Australian Aboriginal Culture that undermine attempts to reach reconciliation or improve national Indigenous outcomes. This course targets these misunderstandings and provides participants a glimpse at the solutions.

Summary of Contents

The short course runs for 4 hours. Participants will experience practical teaching on Australian Aboriginal Culture in terms that make sense to English first language Australians. The course explains the functioning of traditional Australian Aboriginal society, by comparison and contrast with Western systems. We use this background in traditional culture to better understand contemporary Indigenous culture and briefly examine the pitfalls commonly encountered by Westerners when relating to Indigenous people.

Topics covered include:

• Traditional Indigenous economic systems
• Indigenous systems of Law and land tenure
• Indigenous political systems
• Historical influences on Indigenous world view
• Traditional social structures
• Inter-Cultural Communication dynamics and skills

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• Cultural Awareness for Working with Indigenous People

INTENSIVE COURSES

• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Human Dynamics
• Cultural Awareness in Policy and Planning

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• Empowerment and Capacity Building

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