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An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Awareness

Learn real world skills to help in your work with Indigenous people with this exploration of the causes of the Indigenous crisis. Our facilitator, Timothy Trudgen, shares his extensive knowledge of Indigenous communities and the challenges they face, while providing methods for increasing effectiveness in your interactions with Indigenous people.

This course is a must for all those working with remote and urban Indigenous people, creating policy or interested in learning more about cross-cultural dynamics and Indigenous culture.

Online Training

An Introduction to Cross‐Cultural Awareness is presented online, with our facilitator streaming live from Arnhem Land. You can participate in this workshop from any location that has a relible internet connection.

While the program of 4 modules is designed to provide a solid, progressive introduction Cross-Cultural Awareness, you can choose which modules to participate in. We do recommend following the order of modules presented for best understanding of the content.

Program

All times below are CST, GMT +9.

Tuesday 14th September

9am‐ 11am ‐ 101: AWARENESS & CULTURAL DYNAMICS

1pm ‐ 3pm ‐ 201: ENTERING THE CULTURAL GAP

Wednesday 15th September

9am‐ 11am ‐ 401: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS

1pm ‐ 3pm ‐ 301: INTRODUCTION TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

Fees

$55 (Inc GST) per module

Comments from past participants

"The course was excellent and I will be recommending it to others!" May 2010

"Tim has an obvious passion for his content and was very thorough in acknowledging our comments." May 2010

"Thanks for the invitation. I am putting the learnings into practise already." May 2010

Modules

101: AWARENESS & CULTURAL DYNAMICS

  • Culture and cultural identity
  • Understanding Indigenous diversity
  • Identifying target constituents
  • Considering your client base
  • Addressing different demographics
  • Case study – the Yolŋu people
  • Diagnosing the causes of Indigenous crisis
  • Social determinants of the crisis
  • Intro to cross‐cultural dynamics
  • Community Domains
  • The inter‐cultural space
  • The role of dominant culture personnel

201: ENTERING THE CULTURAL GAP

  • Reviewing Inter‐cultural dynamics
  • Inter‐cultural and naming
  • Exercises
  • Horizontal violence
  • Social impacts
  • World view
  • Understanding world view
  • World view conflicts
  • Two‐way mystification
  • Managing inter‐cultural assumptions

401: SOCIAL & POLITICAL SYSTEMS

  • Family relationships
  • Avoidance relationships
  • Contemporary situation
  • Divisions of power
  • Clan alliances
  • The clan system & land ownership
  • Aboriginal system of governance
  • Indigenous law
  • The network of related clans
  • Sacred Sites ‐ their true significance
  • Leadership

301: INTRO TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

  • Language issues
  • Understanding language
  • Cross language communication
  • Tangible and intangible words
  • Communicating in English
  • Building rapport
  • Communication patterns
  • Response time

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An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Awareness

An online workshop

14 & 15 September 2010

Course fees

$55 (inc GST) per module

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with Richard Trudgen

Darwin, NT

12 & 13 October 2010

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