http://hdl.handle.net/2328/954 2013-05-20T01:14:17Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/25848 Title: Re-writing Recent History: Developing a National Reconciliation Pedagogy Using a Video Game for School Age Children Authors: MacGill, Belinda; Wyeld, Theodor; Blanch, Faye Abstract: Australian Aboriginal people have suffered ignominy through British policies and practices since the legal conquest of their land in 1788. They have been historically and socially misrepresented on the premise of their race alone. Recent attempts at reconciliation have come some way towards a shared culture. However, the national curriculum has not been effective in promoting reconciliation as an important part of a student's education. As a pedagogical tool for advancing notions of reconciliation a game was developed. The goal of the game is for students to experience notions of trust, empathy and collaboration - core to notions of reconciliation. Initial evaluation of the game suggests these goals are being met. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/25847 Title: 'Seeing Mardayin': Instability and Ambiguity in the Art of John Mawurndjul, Kuninjku, Arnhem Land, Northern Australia Authors: Marquis, Jenefer; Wyeld, Theodor Abstract: According to the 'Yolngu' and 'Kuninjku' peoples of Arnhem Land, northern Australia, their art connects knowledge to the land. Land comes into being as a part of an ancestral dreaming enacted through performative storytelling. In this region a particular technique for revealing elements of nature is used called 'rarrk'. The technique employs a cross-hatched layering of coloured lines. The surface of these images presents a powerful but ambiguous visual and emotional effect on the viewer. It creates a dialogue not ordinarily possible with more traditional flattened or chiaroscuro techniques. Similar yet distinct from the more familiar moire effects of the early twentieth century European Impressionists, the technique is a peculiarly potent method for communicating a local cultural heritage knowledge to those initiated in its conventions. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/25846 Title: The Need for a Reconciliation Pedagogy: Educating for a More Holistic, Shared Australian Cultural Heritage Authors: MacGill, Belinda; Wyeld, Theodor Abstract: Reconciliation is the process of reconciling differences, whether they be historical misrepresentations of cultural identity or any other site of dissonance. In the Australian context, the role of media in portraying indigenous persons and non-indigenous alike has been to marginalise indigenous history in favour of a predominantly white history. A 'Reconciliation pedagogy' aims to educate for a more holistic, shared Australian cultural heritage. The key issues are: nationalism, racialisation and reconciliation. This paper addresses the need for a reconciliation pedagogy, providing an overview of the issues raised and an outline for a tool for use as a teaching aid. This is a position paper exploring the potential of role plays to teach reconciliation in Australia. It proposes that a transformative education emerges through role play triggering empathy and raising questions about indigenous cultural heritage. 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/25845 Title: Ancestral Forces in Contemporary Indigenous Australian Women's Art: 3 Case Studies of Multi-dimensional Cultural Heritage Knowledge Authors: Marquis, Jenefer; Wyeld, Theodor Abstract: The transition from ephemeral, ceremonial art to more permanent acrylic-on-board paintings has made Australian Aboriginal art more accessible to the public than ever before. However, early examples contained secret/sacred motifs and stories - knowledge recorded in the paintings that was normally only made available to initiates. In turn, this prompted contemporary Australian Aboriginal artists to hide, camouflage or remove the sensitive material from their work. It is only recently, through inter-gender and inter-cultural collaborations between contemporary Indigenous Australian artists and non-indigenous ethnographers and anthropologists, that the full ramifications of this transition is becoming apparent. This paper discusses 3 case studies where the traditional expression of Kuruwarri, or Ancestral power, has been transformed through contemporary Australian Aboriginal women's art. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z