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Students will be able to identify and evaluate key features of Indigenous community development
Students will be able to examine and critically discuss key pieces of historic Western Australian legislation and the practical implications for Indigenous communities.
Students will contribute to discussions related to the range of contextual factors that shape contemporary Indigenous community development.
Students will produce a reflective journal that integrates their lived experience and the unit content to demonstrate their enhanced understanding of the role of community development practitioners in Indigenous communities.
Students will create a professional development workshop proposal to demonstrate the practical application of key Indigenous community development theory within the workplace setting.
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- Introduction to unit
- Beyond Black and White workshop
- Truth telling: Historical policy and real-life implications
- Indigenous Standpoint and the Cultural Interface
- Features of Indigenous Community Development
- Case Study 1: Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
- The Stolen Generations
- The Third Space and Community Development
- Case Study 2: Kimberley Land Council
- Deficit discourse and strengths-based CD
- Walking alongside Indigenous communities
- Review of the unit