Culture, Indigeneity and Citizenship: Critical Debates for the Human Services

Description

This course provides a critical introduction to the historical and current debates in culture, indigeneity and citizenship by focusing on how these can beyond conventional notions. Culture, indigeneity and citizenship are understood as strategic concepts central in the analysis of global/local identities, participation, social justice and the negotiation of power. An understanding how communities, populations, groups and individuals organise their lives and participate in the social world enable us to develop theoretically informed tools for providing practical analysis and advice in the shaping/construction of human services agencies and practice.

Learning Goals:
1.  To critically explore constructions of 'culture'
2.  To enhance awareness of, and sensitivity to our own personal cultural heritages
3.  To provide a critical view of the historical and contemporary situation of indigenous people,
    locally and globally
4.  To develop increased awareness, knowledge and skill in the cultural perspectives that
    determine and influence behaviour and to locate such development locally and internationally
5.  To examine theoretical concepts for effective cross-cultural work with minority groups who
    identify on the basis of ethnicity, ability and sexualities and identities.