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SOCIOLOGYWritten examination
Tuesday 17 November 2020 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2020
STUDENT NUMBER
Letter
2020SOCIOLOGYEXAM 2
SECTION A – continued
SECTION A
Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
Australian Indigenous culture
Use the following information to answer Questions 1 and 2.
Representation 1
50 words: From hello to kangaroo, new map of Indigenous languages of AustraliaJackBuckskinhad‘noidea’whathewasgettingintowhenhesignedup14yearsagotolearnhispeople’s‘sleeping’language.SpokenforthousandsofyearsbytheAboriginalpeopleofAdelaideandtheAdelaidePlains,nobodyhaduseditineverydaylifefornearly150years.Now50wordsofKaurnahavebeenincludedandvoiced1byMrBuckskinonanewIndigenouslanguagemappingprojectcalled50words.online.…Launchedaweekago,the50wordsmapaimstoshowcasethediversityofIndigenouslanguages,startingwith50words(orfewer,ifmorewordsaren’tavailable).Thereare15languages,includingKaurna,andthehopeistoincludeeveryIndigenouslanguage.…BeforeBritishsettlement,thereweremorethan250Indigenouslanguages,theAustralianInstituteofAboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderStudies(AIATSIS)estimates.Approximately120[languages]arestillspokenacrossAustralia,butonly18arebeinglearnedasafirstlanguageeveryday.Manylanguagesaredowntotheirlastfewspeakers.LedbylinguistsProfessorRachelNordlingerandAssociateProfessorNickThiebergerfromMelbourneUniversity’sResearchUnitforIndigenousLanguage,theinteractivewebsiteisdesignedtoshowcasethediversityandnumberofIndigenouslanguages.…Mostpeopledidn’tknowtherewasmorethanoneIndigenouslanguage,saidProfessorThieberger.Otherpeoplethoughttherewereonlyafewwordsineachlanguage,wheneachhadthousands.Surprisingly,thesoundsystemsusedinAustralianIndigenouslanguageswereverysimilar,saidProfessorThieberger.Sometimeswordswereverydifferentinlanguagesspokeninthesameregion.Oftentherearesimilaritiesinwordsspokenbypeoplethousandsofkilometresapart.IntheBilinarralanguageoftheNorthernTerritory,thewordforrainisyibu,whichisverysimilartoyipu,thewordforraininGurindji,alanguagewhichisspokennottoofaraway.… InKaurna,manyaisusedforrainandcoldweather,saidMrBuckskin.That’sbecauseitrainswhenitiscoldinwinterinAdelaidesothetwogohandinhand,hesaid.‘Whenpeopletalkaboutaconnectiontocountry,languagegivesyouthat,’hesaid.‘Itgivesyouanunderstandingofwhattheenvironmentandtheculturewaslike,’hesaid.
Question 4 (6marks)Explainthetheoryofethnichybridity.Usingat least twoexamples,showhowhybridityconnectstotheexperienceofethnicityinAustraliatoday.
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SECTION A – continuedTURN OVER
Community
Use the following information to answer Questions 5 and 6.
Representation 2
Play and stay: Ridgetoun’s new playground opensTheRidgetouncommunityhasrecentlyconstructedanewchildren’splaygroundafterreceiving$100000offundingfromtheVictorianstategovernment.In2017,morethan70Ridgetounresidentssignedapetitioncallingforanupgradetothetown’sageingplayground.Theresidentswantedtocreateamoreflexibleandwelcomingspace.Thetown’sChiefExecutiveOfficersaidthatthemodernplaygroundwouldboostcommunityconnectedness.Hecommendedthecommunityfortheirenterpriseanddedicationinpushingfortheproject.Hesaidthathavingexperiencedaperiodofdrought,thecommunitywouldbenefitfromthepositiveandhappyplayareathatthenewplaygroundwouldoffer.FollowingconsultationwithjuniorstudentsatRidgetounP–12College,adetailedplanfortheplaygroundwasdeveloped.Theplancreatedanature-basedspacewithcubby1-makingopportunities,asandpitandawaterfeature,alongwithmodern,age-appropriateplayequipmentandsocialfacilities.TheCommunityDevelopmentManagersaidtheinspirationformanyelementsoftheplaygroundhadcomefromthejuniorstudentsofthecollege,whohadallbeenveryenthusiasticabouttheproject.ThelocalChamberofCommercerepresentativewelcomedtheinitiative,particularlybecauseithadinvolvedcommunitycollaboration,butshewasdisappointedthatthenewplayground,whileneeded,didnotbenefitthewholecommunity.Localbusinesseshadhopedthatadedicatedskateparkmighthavebeenincludedintheplan,providingskateboarderswithapurpose-builtvenueandtakingpressureofftownbuildingsandinfrastructure.
1cubby –children’splayhouse
Representation 3
2016 census data for Ridgetoun
people 299
male 48.2%ofthepopulation
female 51.8%ofthepopulation
medianage 50
childrenatpre-school 7
childrenatprimaryschool 14
childrenatsecondaryschool 22
peopleaged20–24years 7
peopleaged25–29years 7
childrenaged0–14years 14.9%ofthepopulation
peopleaged65yearsandover 29.8%ofthepopulation
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SECTION A – continued
Question 5 (4marks)WithreferencetoRepresentation2and/orRepresentation3,provideat least twoexamplesofhowtheRidgetounplaygroundmayhaveasocialimpactontheexperienceofcommunity.
Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextraspacetocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.
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Assessment criteria for Section BTheextended-answerquestionsinSectionBwillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria,asappropriate:• explanationandapplicationofsociologicalconcepts,theoriesandmethods• knowledgeand/oranalysisand/orevaluationofsociologicalexperience,perspectivesandchange• useand/orevaluationofarangeofrelevantevidence/sources• synthesisofevidencetodrawconclusions