IAS352 PRACTICES AND SKILLS IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY WORK
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Module3.docxModule 3: The processes of introducing and imposing definitions from outside a community: Engagement of communities in defining and responding to community issues
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The processes of introducing and imposing definitions from outside a community: Engagement of communities in defining and responding to community issues |
· Overview
There has been a significant focus by governments to engage communities in defining and responding to their issues. Cavaye (2001) defines community engagement as "...the mutual communication and deliberation that occurs between government and citizens" (p. 2). Community engagement covers a broad range of activities between governments and communities and can be in the form of consultation, communication, education, working in partnership and public participation.
This module explores the many forms of community engagement that occurs between governments and marginalised communities, particularly Indigenous communities in Australia.
In this module you will do the following activities to assist your learning:
- read related texts
- watch videos
- continue to reflect on your understanding of the module based on the information from the readings and videos
· Key Concepts
This module discusses key concepts such as empowerment, participation, self-help, self reliance, sustainable communities, and how these are facilitated in community processes within the forms of community engagement undertaken by governments and their agencies. These forms of community engagement undertaken by governments and their agencies include the following:
- involvement of communities through a range of mechanisms to define issues and concerns
- consultation with communities as part of processes in policy development
- informing communities of government's policy directions
- involvement of communities in the design and implementation of policies
- working in partnership with communities to build community capacity
View four out of the five videos below on the NT Intervention. As you watch the videos, collate information on the different perspectives on the 'Federal Government’s Emergency Response' to the 'Little Children are Sacred Report' in Aboriginal communities in the NT.
Discuss the implications of the 'Federal Government's Emergency Response' on community work practice in education and health care delivery in Aboriginal communities in the NT in your Blog 3 (300 words).
· Intervention Northern Territory
Intervention Northern Territory
Duration: 57:17 User: n/a - Added: 09/03/17
· Marcia Langton and Clare Martin debate the NT intervention
Marcia Langton and Clare Martin debate the NT intervention
Duration: 23:24 User: n/a - Added: 03/05/13
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brzb0nAB6f8
· Mutitjulu, the community that was ground zero for the NT Intervention, ten years on
Mutitjulu, the community that was ground zero for the NT Intervention, ten years on
Duration: 10:25 User: n/a - Added: 23/06/17
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZmEgQCqBbo
You may watch the longer version of this video in the link below:
· Reflections on the 10th anniversary of the NT Intervention
Reflections on the 10th anniversary of the NT Intervention
User: n/a - Added: 23/06/17
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4POpkHNRa0
· Amelia Kunoth Monks on the 10th anniversary of the NT Intervention
Amelia Kunoth Monks on the 10th anniversary of the NT Intervention
User: n/a - Added: 23/06/17
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF66d_98Tx8
· Discussion and Reflection
As a community worker, it is important to be able to examine your own perspectives in the community engagement process, and develop an understanding and critique of the strategies used by government and non-government agencies to promote engagement; as well as develop skills and strategies that promote effective engagement for your own professional practice.
Community Engagement - The notion of Third Space
The notion of third space helps to identify the understanding that people approach the community engagement process from different perspectives; and that the only way of effectively engaging with them is to develop a shared space of understanding - a place of shared experience.
After viewing the four videos on the NT Intervention, read Ah Chin's (2006) article found in the module's readings and reflect on the following:
- How were Indigenous people engaged/involved in the policy making process in the videos and article?
- What were the strategies used, and forums created for Indigenous engagement in the policies?
- How do different organisations (government and non-government agencies) including your own organisation engage with the community/stakeholders?
- Any comments on what Indigenous/non-Indigenous people say about community engagement in Indigenous contexts?
· Readings
The reading for this module are:
Ah Chin, W 2006, “From strategy to reality: a model for community engagement” , Public Administration Today, No. 9, October / December 2006 pp 21-30.
Bennett, B, Zubrzycki, J & Bacon, V 2011, "What Do We Know? The Experiences of Social Workers Working Alongside Aboriginal People" , Australian Social Work, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 20-37.
Campbell, D & Hunt, JE 2013, "Achieving broader benefits from Indigenous land use agreements: Community development in Central Australia" , Community Development Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 197-214.
Chaskin, RJ, Brown, P, Venkatesh, S & Vidal, A 2001, Building community capacity, pp. 143 - 157, Walter de Gruyter Inc. Available at CDU Casuarina and Batchelor Libraries.
Hunt, J 2013 'Engaging with Indigenous Australia - exploring the conditions for effective relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities' Australian Institute of Family Studies, Issues paper no. 5.
Ife, J 2002, Community development: Community-based alternatives in an age of globalisation, pp. 102 - 140, Pearson Education. Available at CDU Casuarina and Batchelor Libraries
Larkin, S 2011, "Indigenous Perspectives: Enriching Scholarship and Practice" , Australian Social Work, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 2-5.
McArdle, J 1999, Community development in the market economy, pp.13 – 24; 59 – 74.
Available at CDU Casuarina and Batchelor Libraries
Yunupingu, G (ed.) 1997, Our land is our life: Land rights – past, present and future, University of Queensland Press. Available at CDU Casuarina and Batchelor Libraries
Video
National Emergency (ASP 262.84 NATI) DVD: Tracking the intervention - How is the national intervention changing the lives of Indigenous people in the Northern Territory?
