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SOCIOLOGYWritten examination

Thursday 9 November 2017 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Structure of bookSection Number of

questionsNumber of questions

to be answeredNumber of

marks

A 6 6 20B 3 3 20C 2 2 20D 2 1 20

Total 80

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SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2017

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SECTION A – continued

SECTION A

Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.

Use the following representations to answer Questions 1–5.

Representation 1IndigenouseldersfromacrossVictoriagatheredonthebanksofMerriCreek,4November2016

Source:BeauDonelly,‘Couldthisbetheplaceforatreatyto“endthewar” onIndigenousAustralia?’,The Age,4November2016

Representation 2JohnBatman’sfamoustreaty,MerriCreek,Northcote,6June1835

Source:GRAshton;NationalLibraryofAustralia

Photograph:JustinM

cManus

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Representation 3

In1835,atameetingplacebelievedtobeonthebanksofMerriCreek,anagreementwasstruckbetweenagroupofWurundjerieldersandoneofMelbourne’sfounders,JohnBatman.Notlongafteritwassigned,thethenGovernorofNSWdeclareditinvalidonthebasisthatAboriginalshadnoclaimtotheland.OnFriday[4November2016],181yearsafterwhitesettlersgavetheWurundjeripeopleblankets,tomahawks1andflourinexchangefortheland,agroupofAboriginaleldersreturnedtoMerriCreek.TheycamefromaroundVictoriatodiscusstreatytalkscurrentlyunderwayinVictoria.…Thedetailsofanytreatyareyettobeagreedon,butitwouldbealegallybinding2documentcoveringAboriginalaffairsandrights,andaddressingpastinjustices.Suchsettlements3havebeenreachedbetweenindigenouscommunitiesandthosewhohavesettledtheirlandsinCanada,theUSandNewZealand.GunditjmaraelderAlmaThorpe,whocalledthemeeting,saidatreatywasimportantforfuturegenerations,whileothersspokeoftheneedtoaddressthenumberofIndigenouschildreninout-of-homecare,druguse,andhighincarceration4ratesofAboriginals.Therewasbroadsupportforthestategovernmenttoresourceanelderscouncil,butalsowidespreadmistrustofthegovernment’sagenda.…LidiaThorpe,thehonorarychiefexecutiveofthegroupsaidanytreatyneededinputfromallremainingFirstNationclans.‘Eldersbelievetheyhavebeenleftoutofdiscussions,thattheyarenotbeingheard,’MsThorpesaid.‘Ourcurrentrepresentationisnotatruereflectionofthevoiceofthisstate.’AtFriday’smeeting,whichattimeswasheated5,activistRobbieThorpesaidthatatreatywasneededto‘endthewar’whichhadgoneonsincethefirstsettlers.‘There’sbeenawartryingtoexterminateourpeoplesincethatday,’hesaid.‘Thereasontohaveatreatyistoendthatwar.’

Source:BeauDonelly,‘Couldthisbetheplaceforatreatyto“endthewar” onIndigenousAustralia?’,The Age,4November2016

1tomahawks–smallaxes2binding–involvinganobligationthatmustnotbebroken3settlements–treaties4incarceration–imprisonment5heated–stronglyemotionalandangry

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SECTION A – continued

Question 1 (3marks)Definetheterm‘culture’.Inyourresponse,includetwoexamplesofAustralianIndigenousculturefromtherepresentationsand/ormaterialthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.

Question 2 (3marks)a. Whatismeantbytheterm‘ethnocentric’? 1mark

b. UsingoneexamplefromRepresentation2,explainhowtherepresentationofAustralianIndigenousculturemightbeconsideredethnocentric. 2marks

Question 3 (2marks)Providetwoexamplesfromoneormoreoftherepresentationstodemonstratehowawareness and/orperceptionofAustralianIndigenousculturecouldbeinfluencedbytherepresentations.

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Question 4 (2marks)ProvidetwoexamplestoillustratetheresponsesofAustralianIndigenouspeopletothesuppressionoftheirculture.RefertoRepresentation3and/ormaterialthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.

Question 5 (5marks)Representation3referstoatreaty‘toendthatwar’withVictorianIndigenouspeople.

DiscussonepolicythatcouldbeconsideredbytheactivistquotedintherepresentationtobeawaronAustralianIndigenousculture.

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END OF SECTION A

Question 6 (5marks)DiscusshowoneinternationalfactorhassupportedpublicawarenessandperceptionofAustralianIndigenousculture.

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SECTION B – continued

SECTION B

Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.

Use the following representations to answer Questions 7 and 8.

Representation 4

Source:LaurieSams,‘Day101ofriding–BordertowntoNhill,Victoria’, TheLongRideHome(blog),<www.thelongridehome.com.au>,23October2016

Representation 5

Source:LaurieSams,‘Day101ofriding–BordertowntoNhill, Victoria’,TheLongRideHome(blog),

<www.thelongridehome.com.au>,23October2016

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Representation 6

Since2010,160KarenrefugeeshaveresettledinNhill,innorth-westernVictoria.OriginatingfromMyanmar(Burma),theyhavebroughtsocial,economicandculturalbenefitstotheNhillcommunity.Nhillwassufferingfromadecliningpopulationandthishadadetrimentaleffectonbusiness,educationandlocalservices,includinghealth.Alocal,commercialpoultry-processingbusiness,Luv-a-Duck,requiredlabourforitsexpansion.SomeoftheKarenareemployedbyLuv-a-DuckandthebusinessesthatsupplyLuv-a-Duck.TheKarenhavesettledcomfortablyintothelocalcommunity.SomeoftheKarenwomenhavesetuptheirownshop,PawPo,inNhill,sellingtheirwovenproducts.Atthelocalschool,theKarenandotherstudentshavebroadenedtheirperspectivesaboutcultures.TheKarenstudentsareinvolvedinarangeofextracurricularactivities,includingfootball,netballandtennis.TheNhillcommunitycelebratesKarenfestivitiesandculture.TheKaren’scontributiontothecommunityhashelpedtostopthepopulationdeclineandhasrevitalisedlocalservicesandattractedincreasedgovernmentfunding.Ithashadaverypositivesocialimpactonthecommunity.NhillhasbeenrevitalisedbytheresettlementoftheKaren.

Question 7 (8marks)a. Whatisethnichybridity?Inyourresponse,refertooneexamplefromtherepresentations. 2marks

b. Howisethnichybridityconnectedtoexperiencesofethnicity?Inyourresponse,refertoone examplefromtherepresentations. 3marks

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SECTION B – Question 9–continued

c. Usingtheconceptofthe‘other’,commentontheexperienceoftheKarenpeopleinNhill. 3marks

Question 8 (2marks)Migrationoffersbenefitstomigrantsandthecommunityinwhichtheyhavesettled.

Providetwoexamplesofthesocial,politicaloreconomicgainsfortheNhillcommunityfollowingtheresettlementoftheKarenrefugees.

Question 9 (10marks)Whatismeantby‘ethicalmethodology’?Inyourresponse,refertomaterialthatyouhavestudiedthisyearandtwoofthefollowing:• voluntaryparticipation• informedconsentprocedures• confidentialityand/oranonymityofparticipants

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SECTION C – Question 10–continued

SECTION C

Instructions for Section CAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.

Question 10 (10marks)Commentonhowthebureaucratisationofonesocialmovementinfluenceditsuseofpowerand,therefore,itsabilitytoeffectchange.Inyourresponse,refertoonesocialmovementthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.


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Question 11 (10marks)Describetwotheoriesthatexplainhowsocialmovementscameintobeing.Useoneofthesetheoriestoexaminetheemergenceofonesocialmovementthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.


END OF SECTION C


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Question 12 (20marks)Referringtoonecommunitythatyouhavestudiedthisyear,analysetheimpactofat least onechange–economic,social,political,environmental–thatthiscommunityhasexperienced.

OR

Question 13 (20marks)ReferringtoonecommunitythatyouhavestudiedthisyearandthetheoryofManuelCastells,analysetheimpactofinformationandcommunicationstechnologyoncommunityexperience.

SECTION D

Instructions for Section DWriteanessayinresponsetooneofthefollowingquestions.

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SECTION D – continued


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