I have little to no knowledge about indigenous culture; I am an international student and have not had any chance to study anything about the indigenous culture. I knew about the existence of aboriginals but that was about the extent of my knowledge. What I knew came from the internet when I came across it casually. I am very interested to learn more about indigenous culture and history.
After the tutorial and lecture I have learned that all history here is “white washed with white culture” and that it is all seen from a white mans point of view. As I did not grow up here nor did I go to a school here, is the reason I have no previous knowledge about any history of Australia. How this course presents Australian knowledge will shape my view of it.
All history books are made by white men and controlled by them, so it was not surprising to learn that it was the same here in Australia. But as I’ve been told that Australia’s history ended not long ago and is still very fresh in the memories of many citizens of Australia. Only recently is the history that the white men hid away being uncovered slowly bit by bit.
I had no idea about what the course would involve until after the first lecture and tutorial. The course involves 4 assignments; …show more content…
Western white culture is controlling the media and labels things as right and wrong, it shows what the norm is to be normal, and anything that doesn’t follow that is abnormal. People that create and publish their work to the world have a lot of influence too in what is the norm to be normal. Famous people are seen more important in western culture than amazing and brilliant inventors that have created machines that might have saved an environment, a way to source power and many other inventions. These famous people can influence the public because the public look up to them and try to aspire to be more like
After the tutorial and lecture I have learned that all history here is “white washed with white culture” and that it is all seen from a white mans point of view. As I did not grow up here nor did I go to a school here, is the reason I have no previous knowledge about any history of Australia. How this course presents Australian knowledge will shape my view of it.
All history books are made by white men and controlled by them, so it was not surprising to learn that it was the same here in Australia. But as I’ve been told that Australia’s history ended not long ago and is still very fresh in the memories of many citizens of Australia. Only recently is the history that the white men hid away being uncovered slowly bit by bit.
I had no idea about what the course would involve until after the first lecture and tutorial. The course involves 4 assignments; …show more content…
Western white culture is controlling the media and labels things as right and wrong, it shows what the norm is to be normal, and anything that doesn’t follow that is abnormal. People that create and publish their work to the world have a lot of influence too in what is the norm to be normal. Famous people are seen more important in western culture than amazing and brilliant inventors that have created machines that might have saved an environment, a way to source power and many other inventions. These famous people can influence the public because the public look up to them and try to aspire to be more like