AIC

Culture

refers to the way of life of a particular group or society and is comprised of symbols, languages, values and norms. These are learnt by members and passed on to following generations. There are two types: material and non-material culture.

Cultural relativism

Involves attempting to understand a culture by looking at it according to its own standards.

Ethnocentrism

Coined by WG Sumner in 1906, the term refers to the practice of judging another culture by the standards of your own culture.

Cultural suppression

refers to the domination of one culture over another through use of power.

Material culture

refers to tangible aspects of culture; things that we can see and touch, including objects, places and living things that have meaning for a group.

Non-material culture

 refers to the intangible aspects of culture that we cannot see, including language, values, norms and symbols that are passed down my members.

Sociological imagination

an awareness that facilitates the distinction between personal troubles and public issues (CW Mills 1959)

Misconception

To hold a misconception is to have an idea or view about something that is not factual or influenced by misinformation.

Practical reconciliation

The provision of services to address the inequalities experienced by many Indigenous Australians

Reconciliation

involves efforts to repair or improve the relationships between the colonised (indigenous australians) and the non-colonised (non-indigenous australians) peoples

Symbolic reconciliation

involves recognition of the past and encouraging Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to imagine a shared future.