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Challenges in cross cultural communication
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What shapes point of view? Personal context influences how you relate to the world and what you think is important. The statement Personal context shapes point of view is revealed by the texts, “This Land is Mine, This Land is Me”, by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody and “Then and Now”, by Oodgeroo Noonuccal. This is extrapolated through the language devices and the visual techniques these texts portray.
Throughout the song ‘This Land is Mine, This Land is Me’, it indicates the two characters personal context. The song is about the Aboriginal and the European perspective on the land. The European is played by Paul Kelly. Throughout the song he sings about owning the land, “This Land is Mine”. While the Aboriginal Australian is portrayed by Kev Carmody.
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For the duration of the song he sings about having a strong relationship with the land, “This Land is Me”. These two ideas juxtapose each other throughout the song. Paul Kelly’s verse in this song talks about claiming and owning the land.
“I signed on the dotted line”. This line indicates he bought the land. “Bank breathing down my neck”. A hyperbole is used to create the image of the bank watching closely. This reveals that the European’s trade with currency. This is to industrialise Australia and make the country more like Europe. The Head shot of Paul Kelly is used illustrate anger and intimidation. This is to emphasise the European’s dominance over the Aboriginals at that time.
Kev Carmody’s verse illustrates the Aboriginal’s relationship with the land. He sings about the dreaming belief that the land is the Aboriginal peoples mother. His verse reveals a community perspective of the land. “Rock, water, animal, tree”, this phrase indicates the Aboriginal’s natural lifestyle before the Europeans came to Australia.
The use of the phrase “They Won’t Take It Away” has a different meaning during the Aboriginal and the Europeans verse. In the European’s verse the phrase means that he doesn’t want the government to take the land away from him because he can’t pay for it. But in the Aboriginal’s verse it means that the Europeans can’t take the land away from him because his culture and belief is centred around the
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land. During the end scenes where the Europeans and the Indigenous Australian are walking into the distance there are manty aspects of personal context revealed in these scenes.
As the group of Europeans are walking into the distance there is a road placed in the bottom left corner of the landscape shot. This illustrates the industrialised perspective that the Europeans have. While the Aboriginal is walking into the hills alone. This amplifies that the Aboriginals have a natural belief system and a strong connection with the land. As Kev Carmody is walking into the hills you can hear birds and a digeridoo in the distance. This reveals that he is going back to his culture.
For the Duration of the poem ‘Then and Now’, by Oodgeroo Noonuccal there is a relation to personal context and point of view. The poem is in first person which indicates that this is the Authors opinion and context. Throughout the poem there is a comparison of the past and the present. The poem indicates a contrast of before the Europeans settled Australia and the aftermath of colonisation. This is illustrated through the words ‘Then’ and ‘Now’, which are repeated throughout the poem. This is used to add meaning to the
text. Oodgeroo Noonuccal uses first person to illustrate what the Aboriginals experienced after the colonisation of Australia. She does this through personal experience. ‘Then’ is a representation of a peaceful world full of happiness, “Laughing as they hunt and swim”. Emotive language is used to transition between ‘then’ and ‘now’. ‘Now’ illustrates the destruction and the amount of deaths the Europeans caused by the Colonisation of Australia. “But dreams are shattered by rushing car”. “No More Woomera, No More Boomerang”, Oodgeroo Noonuccal lists the thing she used to have before colonisation. The loss of these things impacts her personal context and perspective on the world. Repetition of the word ‘No’ is used to get the point across that that is what she used to have. “Children of Nature”, the Aboriginal’s had a natural culture before the Europeans arrived in Australia. The Indigenous Australians think of the land as their ‘Mother’. These beliefs would have impacted the Aboriginals perspective on the land. Overall, personal context shapes point of view. ‘This land is mine, this land is me’, by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody and ‘Then and Now’, by Oodgeroo Noonuccal can be used to support this statement. Personal context refers to the Authors background, this influences their beliefs and actions. These texts can impact our point of view on Australia so we can make sure the horrendous consequences to colonisation never happen again.
“a verse for the cheated” discusses the effects of colonialism in Australia. The poem suggests the the European invaders or “tourists” arrive and are ignorant in respect to the Indigenous Australians.
Through the three pieces, the landscapes reflect a painting style is more often associated with European Romantic art, however, unlike the others, the central piece showcases the sky painted with miniscule dots, a technique common within Indigenous art (Lingard 2014, 44). However, the fact that the sky is the only piece of the composition painted with this technique and is placed in the background while more European inspired art and images are placed in the foreground is potentially symbolic of the marginalisation of Indigenous people and their culture in contemporary Australian society. Within Bennett’s own life, he was brought up without his Aboriginal heritage ever being spoken of, describing it himself as “overwhelming Euro-Australian” (McLean 1996, 20). Thus, within his artworks, a dotted circle at the top of each composition includes black footprints facing away from the circle, which matches his personal experience of Indigenous culture being ‘left behind’ in contemporary Australian society. The artist lived in a time where he was connected to a variety of Indigenous experiences including his own as well as the servitude of his mother, and thus through the combination of these varying art techniques, Bennett evokes both discord and further represents the marginalisation of Indigenous culture
This statement shows Aboriginals are inferior and have no rights or sovereignty over the land. Therefore the Europeans are superior by law to them. Lambert (2012. pg12) writes that Europeans regarded Torres Islanders and Aboriginals way of life and land use was “not being used in a fashion that European legal and property systems approved”. The information from both sources shows Europeans confirmed that land is not owned by anyone, unless there is a legal document to prove ownership therefore Europeans believed Aboriginals and Torres Islanders did not own the land even though they live there. Lambert (2012) suggests Europeans were “very liberal” compared to the Torres Islander and Aboriginals. The Proclamation 1835 was written after the Batman Deed however shows no evidence there was a treaty previously between John Batman and Dutigalla people. This also demonstrates Torres Islanders sovereignty is not regarded by the Europeans. (WC: 196). Jeff Lambert states the land was perceived as “unoccupied land” as “Aborigines demonstrated their affinity with the land in sustainability, cultural and spiritual terms” (Lambert 2012.pg 13), these actions were not
- What/how does it tell us about living in Australia during times past? (100 - 150 words)
Tribal Voice by Yothu Yindi is a song which incorporates perspective about how aboriginals were treated badly and cast out and that they should all stand up to take back what is theirs . This song is an aboriginal perceptive that they were treated badly though they gave the people of Australia home, even though they get no rewards or thanks. This song represents the aboriginal thinking of colonised Australia saying it wasn’t fair to themselves and their children as they took care of the land and it was just taken away and they were cast out. The indigenous people are still dreaming for a day that they can be fully welcomed back into society, but they now are going to speak for themselves and do whatever it takes so that the future generation of aboriginal culture have a better future.
...sed in the first scene; the white family appear more superior over the aboriginal family, music, such as the Celtic music used in early scenes to foreground the idea of white settlement and the reluctantcy to incorporate any values or ways of life that the original inhabitants had. Her powerful dialogue seen in ‘this land is mine’ scene, which significantly empowers to audience to question whether the white settlers have failed to incorporate any of the ways of life and values of the Indigenous people. Finally, Perkins’ fine editing skills allows audiences to physically see the contrasts of the two families and their beliefs, values and ways of life. From the film, audiences can learn, and also forces them to question whether they have failed to learn from the original habitants of the land they live in today.
The East Kimberly region of Western Australia has been depict as a place of ‘grinding poverty, violence and racist exclusion in which so many Aboriginal people in the east Kimberley live, and yet at the same time through art it communicate the beauty and grandeur of their lives. ‘For those trying to communicate through art with the issue of death, harsh, pain and even compassion, were seen as necessary to maintain memories and record of Aboriginal historical events. The thirst for telling such companionate story is not easily interpreted, however, if we look at history we could see the influence of real tradition of aboriginal art emerge.
'The Australian Legend', in itself is an acurate portrayal and recount of one part of society, from a specific era, ie. the Australian bushman of the 1890s. Its exaggerations, however, such as the romanticism of the bush ethos by Australian writers, the unbalanced use of evidence, and the neglect to acknowledge the contribution to our national identity from certain sections of society, ie. aboriginal people, city-dwellers, women, and non-British immigrants, render this book to be flawed. For these reasons, it cannot be regarded as a complete and balanced account of Australian history.
Rachel Perkins, director of the film Mabo, highlighted the fact that Aboriginal Australians value their land. In this film Edie Mabo says “We've been farming this land since before you set foot on it, passed down from father to son, how can we not own it,” during this time the background speeds up and becomes more dramatic as he becomes more angry. This is because the director is trying to convey the message that the Aboriginal people are passionate about their land and how they believe it is one of the most important things to them. Also in the poem We are Going, written by Oodegeroo Noonuccal, one of the lines are is “We belong here, we are of the old ways”. This line is used to show that the Aboriginal Australians have lived in Australia for many generations, and also that they belong on that land, not the White Australians who colonized it. Both of these quotes convey the Aboriginal Australians value, which is
The land is not part of them; they are part of the land. (State Library of NSW, 2018). The land to which they belong is the foundation of both their individual and group identity. This is reflected in the way the film captures daily tribal life: the gathering and preparing of food, the crafting of canoes, huts and spears as well as significant events, like the goose egg hunting initiation, this ultimately showing the strengths of belonging the Yolngu tribe experiences with their ancestral landscape. In doing this, the film also depicts the connections of kinship between members of Aboriginal tribes and their interactions with other
that the fate of the indians losing their land surly awaits them if they remain within the
Gard, S. (2000). A history of Australia. The Colony of New South Wales. South Yarra: MacMillan Education Australia Pty Ltd.
Australia is a very unique place, along with our multiculturalism there is also a strong heritage surrounding us. At first thought of Australian heritage we think about such landmarks as Uluru, The Sydney harbour bridge and The Sydney opera house, The Great Barrier reef and other internationally recognised places. But our heritage goes much deeper than that; it is far more than outstanding icons. Along with these icons there are also unsung places like the old cattle stations, Aboriginal missions, migrant hostels, War memorials, our unique wetlands and the towns and cities we have built. Adding all of these things together, helps to tell the story of who we are and how we have shaped this land in the unique identity it has today.
There are many cultural aspects of the poem. In the poem, “the secrets of your dreaming” refers to the Aboriginal belief called the Dreamtime. The three lines, “while waters of tears carry ancient stories down your jagged crevasses”. In these lines, “Ancient stories” and “down your jagged crevasses” refers to the Aboriginals rituals of ancestral spirits that take place near cracks in the stone walls of Uluru, such as crevasses. The first line in the poem, “Isolated rock” refers
This is an incredible paragraph extracted from Bora Ring. This poem depicts perfectly of the European invasion of Australia. It shows how the traditions and stories are gone, how the hunting and rituals are gone and ‘lost in an alien tale’, the Europeans being the aliens. This poem also describes that it seemed as if the tradition of Aborigines was ‘breathed sleeping and forgot’. These are powerful words Judith Wright used to show how they Aborigines were quickly invaded and ‘forgotten’. This poem is an excellent example of why Australian students should study her poetry.