Practicing on Country
Overview
As practitioners in the built environment, it is important to understand the way in which practicing on Country has implications for Country. Meaningful engagement processes requires reciprocity when working with Country, Communities and Cultures.
Partnerships founded on reciprocal relationships should aim to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes as key project outcomes. This learning experience places value on First Nations Knowledges as vital contributions to project processes and outcomes.
What you'll learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Gain understanding about Country and First Nations cultural practices and how they can be applied in the built environment and placemaking practices
- Develop awareness of how Country and First Nations topics are interconnected and intrinsically linked with one another
- Begin a journey of unlearning and relearning to create new perspectives informed by Country, Communities and Culture
- Be able to become an advocate for change in your professional practice
- Identify and understand the eight Country and First Nations specific criteria in the National Standard of Competency for Architects. For those in other professions within the built environment, you will be able to engage with these criteria and how they relate to your profession
Architecture, Design and Planning
Introduction
This module takes approximately 10 minutes to complete:
- - Introduction Part 1 video (4 min)
- - Introduction Part 2 video (4 min)
- - Navigating this course (2 min)
Introduction: Starting with Country
This module takes approximately 10 minutes to complete:
- - Starting with Country Part 1 video (2 min)
- - Starting with Country Part 2 video (2 min)
- - Starting with Country Part 3 video (1 min)
- - Reflective Journal activity (5 min)
Case study introduction: Gawura
This module takes approximately 5 minutes to complete:
- - Gawura Indigenous Learning Centre video (5 min)
Learning Experience: Obligations
This module takes approximately 9 minutes to complete:
- - Legal and ethical obligations when engaging with cultural knowledge video (4 min)
- - Gawura case study: Easy time video (5 min)
- - Extra learning resources
Learning Experience: Reciprocity
This module takes approximately 9 minutes to complete:
- - Reciprocity with Communities and Cultures video (4 min)
- - Gawura case study: Relationships with Country video (5 min)
- - Extra learning resources
Learning Experience: Implications
This module takes approximately 10 minutes to complete:
- - Implications for Country for work on Country video (5 min)
- - Gawura case study: A place to reconcile video (5 min)
- - Extra learning resources
Reflections and Commitments
This module takes approximately 8 minutes to complete:
- - Reflection and Commitments video (1 min)
- - Reflective Journal Activity (5 min)
- - Safe journey video (2 min)
Practice Management and Professional Conduct
- PC3 Understand the principles of project planning, considering implications for Country, environmental sustainability, communities, stakeholders and project costs.
- PC8 Understand how to implement culturally responsive and meaningful engagement processes that respect the importance of Country and reciprocal relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples across architectural services.
- PC15 Understand legal and ethical obligations relating to copyright, moral rights, authorship of cultural knowledge and intellectual property requirements across architectural services.
This course is designed for professionals working in the fields of architecture, urban planning and the built environment who seek an introductory understanding of incorporating Country, First Nations communities, and cultural practices into their work. The target audience falls in to three main categories; professionals, as these people require the knowledge for their profession and development, students who wish to explore this subject area and interested public who wish to learn from industry experts.
There is one reflection task included to genuinely test participants’ understanding of content. The task in this course is delivered as a self-reflection task and is located at the end the last module.
Email architecture@sydney.edu.au if you have any questions, comments or feedback about this course or our Open Studio masterclasses.
Upcoming classes
Facilitators
Elle Davidson
