LEARNING APPROACH

This learning experience is suitable for those in tertiary and secondary education, as well as members of the general public. Its content is relevant across multiple academic disciplines, such as architecture, design, health, communication and education. Although it has not been designed in response to the senior secondary Australian Curriculum, it can be used in the classroom with relevance to English, humanities, science, technologies and the arts. It also responds to the cross-curricular priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and sustainability.

This resource follows an empathy-driven approach to learning, encouraging participants to reflect on their own experiences, memories and understandings in relation to the themes and stories represented in the exhibition.

Additionally, this resource is grounded in reciprocity – information is not given without the learner’s active participation, commitment and involvement.

This resource contains five learning experiences that respond to each photographic series featured in the exhibition. We recommend that you dedicate one hour to each series.  

If you are engaging with this experience in the gallery, we recommend that you look deeply at all artworks in the exhibition and consider the provocations of each learning experience while in the gallery. After your exhibition visit, you can then engage with the action, further information and reaction sections listed under each artwork in this resource to extend and expand on your experience of the exhibition.

If you are engaging with this experience remotely, we recommend viewing all of the images in the series and working through each learning experience sequentially (including provocation, action, further information and reaction). This creates a holistic exhibition experience, regardless of whether or not you can visit the exhibition in person.