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- 2. Work individually to say what discovery means to you
- 3. Beware: Purpose of Area of Study To explore representation of discovery NOT To develop humanitarian students
- 4. ways in which the concept of discovery is represented in and through texts IN Texts THROUGH texts
- 5. The experience of discoverying something for the first time • I’ve never been with black people before • I never knew … • I’ve never been out of Australia • Participants encounter new people and places • Note the modal / adverb of time expressed in the negative ‘Never’ signalling new experience • Note also the negative Can’t / won’t indicating refusal to accept the discovery
- 6. Something has been lost, forgotten or concealed • Lost? – humanitarian impulse? • Forgotten? – connections to people? • Concealed? – knowledge that was not known?
- 10. Contexts and values for discovery
- 11. The impact of discovery
- 12. Discoveries are not stable • Questioned • Challenged • Viewed from different perspectives • Reassessed over time • Differ for individuals and their worlds
- 13. IMPACT OF THE TEXT • Texts have the potential to affirm or challenge individuals’ or more widely held assumptions and beliefs about aspects of human experience
- 14. IMPACT OF THE STUDY • Through composing and responding … students make discoveries about people, relationships, societies, places, and events and generate new ideas
- 15. IMPACT OF THE LEARNING • By synthesising perspectives, students may deepen their understanding of the concept of discovery
- 16. Students consider • the ways composers may invite them to experience discovery through their texts and explore how the process of discovering is represented using a
- 17. STUDENTS examine, question, reflect, speculate • Their own experience and engagement • Assumptions • Representations • How Form and language shape meaning • How the study broadens and deepens them personally
- 18. How does this image make you feel? Why?
- 20. The opening sequence Transcript Who is speaking? Tone? Image Camera angle Sound and editing Effect? Disaster has struck asylum seekers trying to reach Christmas Island I stand for stopping the boats before they leave foreign shores We must … stop the boats
- 21. PARTICIPANTS DISCOVERIES HOW INDIVIDUAL DISCOVERIES CAN CHALLENGE OR AFFIRM A PERSON’S ASSUMPTIONS AND BELIEFS.
- 22. Participants discovery flowchart DARRENDARREN Darren emphatically states he is profoundly changed “emotionally and spiritually” after the experience. Darren emphatically states he is profoundly changed “emotionally and spiritually” after the experience. He discovers This discovery doesn’t change his opinion that refugees shouldn’t risk their families’ lives to escape. This discovery doesn’t change his opinion that refugees shouldn’t risk their families’ lives to escape. MIDDLE STAGE: Finds the night raid “full on” but is not moved by the refugees’ desperate situation. MIDDLE STAGE: Finds the night raid “full on” but is not moved by the refugees’ desperate situation. He discovers IMPACT OF HIS DISCOVERY: Darren doesn’t believe empathy can change their situation but stresses only the UN can ensure real change for refugees. Upon discovering Wasmi’s mum predicament, he claims to see Wasmi’s decision in a different light but the audience doesn’t see a real change in his attitude. Upon discovering Wasmi’s mum predicament, he claims to see Wasmi’s decision in a different light but the audience doesn’t see a real change in his attitude. INITIAL STAGE: Discovers that refugees are forced to leave their documentation with the people smugglers. INITIAL STAGE: Discovers that refugees are forced to leave their documentation with the people smugglers. What do they discover?
- 23. GLENYGLENY She discovers She discovers What do they discover?
- 24. RODERICKRODERICK Although not explicitly stated, he seems to have changed his views on refugees after the experiment. Although not explicitly stated, he seems to have changed his views on refugees after the experiment. He discovers He is privileged as he is not persecuted for his political views in Australia He is privileged as he is not persecuted for his political views in Australia Although involved in the night raid, and seemingly shaken, the audience doesn’t learn what his reaction is and how he has been affected by this. Although involved in the night raid, and seemingly shaken, the audience doesn’t learn what his reaction is and how he has been affected by this. He discovers Impact of his discovery: He develops some empathy for refugees due to their separation from family members, as anyone would hurt if in a similar situation He can clearly see that the life refugees have in camps is denigrating. He can clearly see that the life refugees have in camps is denigrating. Discovers that Bahati Masudi was tortured for his political beliefs which unsettles him. Discovers that Bahati Masudi was tortured for his political beliefs which unsettles him. What do they discover?
- 25. Participants discovery flowchart ADAMADAM Adam ratifies his newly acquired view that refugees should make the difficult life-threatening decision to board a boat if needed be. He discovers He discovers Wasmi survives a terrifying boat trip with no swimming skills & the Villawood refugee’s determination to stay which challenges his strong views on ‘boat people’. He discovers Wasmi survives a terrifying boat trip with no swimming skills & the Villawood refugee’s determination to stay which challenges his strong views on ‘boat people’. Discovers that Australians are privileged to receive payment for their work, unlike the Shin men, which are disempowered to the point of labouring for nothing. Discovers that Australians are privileged to receive payment for their work, unlike the Shin men, which are disempowered to the point of labouring for nothing. He discovers Impact of his discovery: He now firmly believes that human emotions should lead refugees decision to get on a boat, even if it (paradoxically) goes against our society’s values. During the night right, Adam discovers refugees are extremely vulnerable and changes his view about boarding a boat for a brighter future. During the night right, Adam discovers refugees are extremely vulnerable and changes his view about boarding a boat for a brighter future. As a true Aussie, Adam believes refugees should “play by the rules” like everyone else and not enter the country illegally. As a true Aussie, Adam believes refugees should “play by the rules” like everyone else and not enter the country illegally. What do they discover?
- 26. Participants discovery flowchart RAYERAYE Recognises she has had a journey of discovery from being a “tunnel minded” person to being more empathetic towards refugees and do anything, including getting on a boat, to give her family a better life. She discovers Can identify with the experience of losing a child. She feels closer to the refugee plight Can identify with the experience of losing a child. She feels closer to the refugee plight Learns about the Shin children’s predicament, how their strong ambitions to become professionals will never be realised. Learns about the Shin children’s predicament, how their strong ambitions to become professionals will never be realised. She discovers Impact of her discovery: She believes getting to know people personally allowed her to “open her heart”. She perceives how debilitating and degrading is living on a camp (like Leo), trying to survive and not live. She perceives how debilitating and degrading is living on a camp (like Leo), trying to survive and not live. Discovers Maisara lost her young daughter due to illness Discovers Maisara lost her young daughter due to illness What do they discover?
- 27. RAQUELRAQUEL She discovers She discovers What do they discover?
- 28. Sociopolitical agenda • Go Back opens with grainy television news footage of a boat crashing on to the rocks, presumably off the coast of Australia, as well as images of protests and political leaders making statements to the camera about the arrival of asylum seekers. Simultaneously, the voice-of-God narration, with well-known Australian actor Colin Friels providing the voice-over, tells the viewer: Asylum seekers, refugees … issues that divide a nation…’ This opening sequence immediately signals Go Back’s agenda as a sociopolitical intervention. • Douglas, K and Graham P ‘Go back to where you came from: Stunt documentary, conversion narrative and the limits of testimony on Australian television’. Biography 36.1 Winter 2013, p. 129
- 29. A Two-fold process of discovery Physical Discovery Cognitive Discovery
- 30. • Except that students need ‘an awareness of how exploring the concept of discovery may broaden and deepen their understanding of themselves and their world’
Editor's Notes
- #19: Look at the activity on this in the resource – worksheet 3
- #20: How can we use an understanding this structure to understand discovery better? The rubric accepts that discoveries differ for individuals – this division of the participants has three reasons: it allows the audience to access more experiences of different places; but it also acknowledges that different participants need to be placed in different circumstances; in terms of form it creates more excitement by varying the experiences that are shared