ESSAY TWO – QUESTION TWO
As a recent Social Science graduate, the community based agency I am employed with has received an invitation to participate in celebrating the history, culture and achievements during NAIDOC week activities. In four weeks’ time, we plan to embrace this opportunity and participate in a range of activities that supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s connection to the land and the sea. This case study will focus on the latent opportunities and challenges faced in the formative stages of learning, respecting and celebrating Indigenous Australian Peoples by developing meaningful relationships; being reflective; recognising difference; and making research relevant.
LEARN:
Currently, none of my co-workers have any history with NAIDOC, therefore, it is important for us to identify with the meaning behind the acronym. The story behind NAIDOC week was that of an Aboriginal organisation in 1956 which supported the founding of, the National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (NADOC) (Australian Government, 2015). In 1991, thirty five years later NADOC expanded to include Torres Strait Islander culture and peoples (Australian Government; Indigenous Affairs, 2015) and has now become a proud week long celebration from the first to second Sunday in July (Australian Government, 2015). Each year’s theme is; ‘an …show more content…
An alternative version using the graphic and text elements is not to be produced’ (Australian Government; Indigenous Affairs, 2015). As I have respectfully adhered to for this task. The design work for the NAIDOC Week logo, represents the ‘ages and colours of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and their strong spiritual and cultural connection to the land and the sea’ (National Library of Australia,
As a recent Social Science graduate, the community based agency I am employed with has received an invitation to participate in celebrating the history, culture and achievements during NAIDOC week activities. In four weeks’ time, we plan to embrace this opportunity and participate in a range of activities that supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s connection to the land and the sea. This case study will focus on the latent opportunities and challenges faced in the formative stages of learning, respecting and celebrating Indigenous Australian Peoples by developing meaningful relationships; being reflective; recognising difference; and making research relevant.
LEARN:
Currently, none of my co-workers have any history with NAIDOC, therefore, it is important for us to identify with the meaning behind the acronym. The story behind NAIDOC week was that of an Aboriginal organisation in 1956 which supported the founding of, the National Aborigines Day Observance Committee (NADOC) (Australian Government, 2015). In 1991, thirty five years later NADOC expanded to include Torres Strait Islander culture and peoples (Australian Government; Indigenous Affairs, 2015) and has now become a proud week long celebration from the first to second Sunday in July (Australian Government, 2015). Each year’s theme is; ‘an …show more content…
An alternative version using the graphic and text elements is not to be produced’ (Australian Government; Indigenous Affairs, 2015). As I have respectfully adhered to for this task. The design work for the NAIDOC Week logo, represents the ‘ages and colours of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and their strong spiritual and cultural connection to the land and the sea’ (National Library of Australia,