ONTM - Language, Identity & Culture

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ONTM - Language, Identity & Culture by Mind Map: ONTM - Language, Identity & Culture

1. White European Colonial Culture

1.1. Rose's Identity

1.1.1. White

1.1.1.1. Hostile to Aboriginal culture initially

1.1.2. Female

1.1.2.1. Potential cultural mediator between black and white

1.1.3. Mother

1.1.3.1. Maternal connection to Emily

1.1.4. Carer

1.1.4.1. Responsible for daughter and husband

1.1.5. Domestic Servant

1.1.6. Wife

1.1.6.1. Is compelled to obey Jim

1.1.7. English/Irish

1.1.8. Christian

1.2. Jim's Identity

1.2.1. White

1.2.1.1. Racist and unwilling to acknowledge Albert's knowledge and expertise

1.2.2. Male

1.2.2.1. Head of family

1.2.3. Settler

1.2.3.1. Battles with the environment instead of working with it

1.2.4. Land Owner

1.2.4.1. Views land as economic resource only

1.2.5. Eurocentric

1.2.5.1. European worldview superior to all others

1.2.6. English/Irish

1.2.6.1. Traditional values

1.2.7. Father

1.2.7.1. Believes he knows best

1.2.8. Husband

1.2.8.1. Makes decisions for wife

1.2.9. Christian

1.2.9.1. Ignorant of Aboriginal spirituality

1.2.10. Coloniser

1.2.10.1. Oppresses Aboriginal Australians

2. Aboriginal Australian Culture

2.1. Albert's Identity

2.1.1. Male

2.1.2. Indigenous

2.1.2.1. Original inhabitants of Australia

2.1.2.2. Subservient to white Australians

2.1.2.3. Colonised

2.1.2.4. Knowledge of land

2.1.3. Land Custodian

2.1.3.1. Doesn't own the land, but rather cares for it

2.1.4. Aboriginal Spirituality

2.1.4.1. Deep connection to the land and animals

2.1.5. Father

2.1.5.1. Child removed as part of Stolen Generation

2.1.6. Tracker

2.1.6.1. Knowledge of the environment provides unique skills

2.1.7. Oppressed

2.1.7.1. Dispossessed by Europeans