Cultural Perspectives & Perceptions of Te Ao - Looking within to step forward in partnership
Tracks
Room 4 - In-Person Only
Monday, October 21, 2024 |
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
Room 4 |
Overview
Rhee Duthie, Wāhine Māori - Waikato Tainui
Speaker
Rhee Duthie
Multicultural Advisor
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland.
Cultural Perspectives & Perceptions of Te Ao - Looking within to step forward in partnership
Abstract
Each one of us has a view of our own culture and our identity.
All of us have conscious and unconscious bias that helps or hinder our wellbeing.
Strengthening Identity within indigenous communities is a marker of how well the culture will push forward in society, as is the use and vitality of language.
How do we form, support and develop those views?
What cultural lens are we using?
Are we wearing prescription glasses made by someone else or are we curating our own tirohanga (view) ?
No matter our culture, colonisation has impacted our views and lens and this matters because working together to move forward is critical.
Working in cross cultural and sector development in both Aotearoa and Australia has provided a fascinating suite of experiences leading to Rhee building a strong reflective practice where creativity and fit for purpose approaches are applied when working alongside communities.
In this experiential workshop suitable for Indigenous or non indigenous (Tangata Tīriti ) questions are asked and activities shared that bring attention to our most basic view of Te Ao… the world.
When we pause to reflect on our personal journeys, our own Pūrākau - the story that forms our way of seeing the world, it strengthens our practice, lives and ultimately- the wellbeing of our cultures.
Indigenous ways of learning often use hands on or ecological methodology , so through interaction, this workshop will open your eyes to weaving new threads into your mahi and tauoranga ahead.
Note - this is a visual and interactive workshop - please share any accessibility needs with Rhee.
All of us have conscious and unconscious bias that helps or hinder our wellbeing.
Strengthening Identity within indigenous communities is a marker of how well the culture will push forward in society, as is the use and vitality of language.
How do we form, support and develop those views?
What cultural lens are we using?
Are we wearing prescription glasses made by someone else or are we curating our own tirohanga (view) ?
No matter our culture, colonisation has impacted our views and lens and this matters because working together to move forward is critical.
Working in cross cultural and sector development in both Aotearoa and Australia has provided a fascinating suite of experiences leading to Rhee building a strong reflective practice where creativity and fit for purpose approaches are applied when working alongside communities.
In this experiential workshop suitable for Indigenous or non indigenous (Tangata Tīriti ) questions are asked and activities shared that bring attention to our most basic view of Te Ao… the world.
When we pause to reflect on our personal journeys, our own Pūrākau - the story that forms our way of seeing the world, it strengthens our practice, lives and ultimately- the wellbeing of our cultures.
Indigenous ways of learning often use hands on or ecological methodology , so through interaction, this workshop will open your eyes to weaving new threads into your mahi and tauoranga ahead.
Note - this is a visual and interactive workshop - please share any accessibility needs with Rhee.
Biography
Rhee Duthie is a proud Tainui wahine, living and working on Kombumerri Country as a Multicultural Advisor. Rhee has worked across the social ecologies of community, workforce development, mental health, and social services in New Zealand, Australia and Canada across 35 years. Rhee has a special interest in post-traumatic support and recovery for communities.
Ever the Humanitarian, she was awarded the 2017 Australian Red Cross Meritorious Service Award for her national and international work as Specialist Liaison supporting the surviving families of the tragic 2016 Dreamworld Theme Park incident.
Often described as an initiator, partnership broker and creative, Rhee can be found based on the Gold Coast integrating her academic, professional and cultural background into a way of living and working with an aumangea perspective.