At the Movies: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Cultural Expressions -- Transforming the Australian Story

Autor/inn/en	Griffin, Lynn; Griffin, Steven; Trudgett, Michelle
Titel	At the Movies: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Cultural Expressions -- Transforming the Australian Story
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 47 (2018) 2, S.131-138 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0111
Schlagwörter	Films; Indigenous Populations; Change Agents; Social Change; Artists; National Curriculum; Public Policy; Foreign Countries; Stereotypes; Teaching Methods; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Sinti und Roma; Sozialer Wandel; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ausland; Klischee; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Australien
Abstract	Cinema is an art form widely recognised as an agent to change the social condition and alter traditional norms. Movies can be used to educate and transform society's collective conscience. Indigenous Australian artists utilise the power of artistic expression as a tool to initiate change in the attitudes and perceptions of the broader Australian society. Australia's story has predominately been told from the coloniser's viewpoint. This narrative is being rewritten through Indigenous artists utilising the power of cinema to create compelling stories with Indigenous control. This medium has come into prominence for Indigenous Australians to express our culture, ontology and politics. Movies such as "Samson and Delilah", "Bran Nue Dae", "The Sapphires" and "Rabbit-Proof Fence" for example, have highlighted the injustices of past policies, adding new dimensions to the Australian narrative. These three films are just a few of the Indigenous Australian produced films being used in the Australian National Curriculum. Through this medium, Australian Indigenous voices are rewriting the Australian narrative from the Indigenous perspective, deconstructing the predominant stereotypical perceptions of Indigenous culture and reframing the Australian story. Films are essential educational tools to cross the cultural space that often separates Indigenous learners from their non-Indigenous counterparts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01