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Cultural Competence - Aboriginal Sydney

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Course Summary

This course is designed to provide cultural competence training to individuals who seek to work with the Aboriginal community in Sydney, Australia. It covers the history and culture of the community, as well as practical tips for building effective relationships with community members.

Key Learning Points

Gain a deeper understanding of the history and culture of the Aboriginal community in Sydney
Learn practical strategies for building effective relationships with community members
Develop cultural competence skills that can be applied in a variety of contexts

Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have

- USA: $41,000 - $92,000
- India: ₹5,00,000 - ₹17,00,000
- Spain: €20,000 - €30,000
- USA: $41,000 - $92,000
- India: ₹5,00,000 - ₹17,00,000
- Spain: €20,000 - €30,000
- USA: $32,000 - $72,000
- India: ₹2,50,000 - ₹7,00,000
- Spain: €18,000 - €26,000
- USA: $41,000 - $92,000
- India: ₹5,00,000 - ₹17,00,000
- Spain: €20,000 - €30,000
- USA: $32,000 - $72,000
- India: ₹2,50,000 - ₹7,00,000
- Spain: €18,000 - €26,000
- USA: $46,000 - $98,000
- India: ₹6,00,000 - ₹20,00,000
- Spain: €25,000 - €35,000

Learning Outcomes

Understand the history and culture of the Aboriginal community in Sydney
Develop cultural competence skills that can be applied in a variety of contexts
Build effective relationships with community members

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

No prior knowledge or experience required
Access to a computer with internet connection

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

Online
Self-paced
Video lectures
Quizzes

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Description

This course explores some of the key themes and capabilities of cultural competence by exploring Aboriginal experiences and narratives of Sydney.

Australia was ‘claimed’ for the British Crown in 1770, by Captain James Cook, but the invasion began in earnest when the First Fleet of British arrived in 1788 and established a penal colony in Sydney. As a consequence Sydney is a city rich in diverse pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary sites of significance to Aboriginal peoples. Too often though our perceptions about Aboriginal peoples consign them to an ancient past or perpetuates stereotypical imaginations that Aboriginal peoples live in remote communities (Hinkson, 2010). At the heart of this MOOC is the theme that Sovereignty was never ceded and Sydney always was and always will be Aboriginal Land. Despite this the Aboriginal presence in the city is often invisible to non-Aboriginal eyes. This course aims to bring to light marginalised narratives of Aboriginal presence in this space. To understand hidden and marginalised narratives and experiences it is necessary to develop cultural competence capabilities. 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. Course learning outcomes 1. Develop knowledge about cultural competence capabilities. 2. Develop a deeper and multi-layered knowledge and understanding about Aboriginal peoples, cultures and places in Sydney. 3. Develop a greater understanding of how history, cultures and places are represented, contested and interpreted and how that relates to their own context. Acknowledgement of Country We acknowledge that this course was developed on the land of the Gadigal Peoples of the Eora nation. We pay our respect to the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge that the land that the University of Sydney was built on has been a place of learning for many thousands of years.

Outline

Introductions
Welcome to Country
Introduction
The National Centre for Cultural Competence (NCCC) at the University of Sydney
Terminology used in this course
Additional resources

Representation and visibility in Aboriginal Sydney
Representation and visibility
Studying and collecting Aboriginal artefacts
Multicultural Sydney
Written in stone
Truths, silences and visibility
Module 2 - Readings

Sovereignty and self-determination in a colonised place
Sovereignty
Language, colonisation and revitalisation
Experiencing and embodying landscapes
Tribal Warrior
Repatriation
Module 3 - Readings

People, past and present
Resistance and resilience
Living on Country: an Elder's perspective
Living off Country
Keeping story and language alive
Module 4 - Readings

Visibility in place
Significant places
Preservation of sites in urban areas
Manly Dam: Sacred site
Living cultures in the city
Module 5 - Readings

Resistance
The contemporary heart of Aboriginal political consciousness
A history of activism
Activism in the arts
Redfern: the crucible of self-determination
Resistance, rights and resilience
Past, present and future
MOOC Summary
Module 6 - Readings

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Discover Cultural Competence: Aboriginal Sydney course on Coursera. Read reviews from students who have taken this course. Overall, students found this course to be informative and eye-opening. Many students appreciated the course's emphasis on cultural awareness, and how it helped them understand the complexities of Aboriginal cultures.