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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)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Structure of bookSection Number of

questionsNumber of questions

to be answeredNumber of

marks

A 8 8 40B 4 4 40

Total 80

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Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof24pages,includingassessment criteria for Section Bonpage24• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextraspacetocompleteananswer.

Instructions• Writeyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

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SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2020

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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.

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Source:JuliePower,‘50words:Fromhellotokangaroo,newmapofIndigenous languagesofAustralia’,Sydney Morning Herald,4August2019

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Question 1 (4marks)InRepresentation1,MrBuckskinsaysthatlanguagegivespeopleanunderstandingofwhatculturewaslike.

Definetheterm‘culture’,includingitsmaincomponents.Howislanguageconnectedtoculture?

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Question 2 (6marks)ExplainwhythereisapublicmisconceptionthatallAustralianIndigenouspeopleshareoneculture.Inyourresponse,refertoRepresentation1andmaterialthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.

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Ethnicity

Question 3 (4marks)Whydosociologistsprefertofocusontheconceptofethnicityratherthanontheconceptofrace?

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Question 4 (6marks)Explainthetheoryofethnichybridity.Usingat least twoexamples,showhowhybridityconnectstotheexperienceofethnicityinAustraliatoday.

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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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Question 5 (4marks)WithreferencetoRepresentation2and/orRepresentation3,provideat least twoexamplesofhowtheRidgetounplaygroundmayhaveasocialimpactontheexperienceofcommunity.

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Question 6 (6marks)WithreferencetoRepresentation2andRepresentation3,discussthefactorsthatmayinfluencecommunitymembers’feelingsofinclusionandexclusionresultingfromtheconstructionoftheRidgetounplayground.

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Social movements and social change

Question 7 (4marks)Outlinetwotheoriesthatdescribewhysocialmovementsarise.Provideexamplestosupportyourresponse.

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Question 8 (6marks)Socialmovementscanbedescribedasalternative,redemptive,reformativeorrevolutionary.

Comparethepurposeofalternativeandrevolutionarysocialmovements.Provideexamplestosupportyourresponse.

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SECTION B

Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.Yourresponseswillbeassessedaccordingtotheassessmentcriteriasetoutonpage24.

Question 1 (10marks)ExaminehoweitherhistoricalsuppressionofAustralianIndigenouscultureorreconciliationhasshapedviewsofAustralianIndigenousculture.

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Question 2 (10marks)‘Individualsoftendefinethemselves,orothers,asmembersofatleastoneethnicgroupbasedonacommonheritagethatgivesthemauniqueidentity.’

Analysetheexperienceofoneethnicgroupthatyouhavestudiedthisyearbasedonitsmaterialand non-materialculture,includingculturalactivitiesthatgivethisgroupauniqueidentity.

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Question 3 (10marks)AnalysetheimpactofinformationandcommunicationstechnologyonthetraditionalconceptofcommunityasdescribedbyFerdinandTönniesin1887.

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Question 4 (10marks)Examinetheinterrelationshipbetweenthenature,purposeandcurrentstageofasocialmovement.Refertoonesocialmovementthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.

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Extra space for responses

Clearly number all responses in this space.

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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

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