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Music / Year 7 and 8 / Exploring and responding

Curriculum content descriptions

investigate the diversity of music composed and/or performed by First Nations Australians, considering culturally responsive approaches to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights (AC9AMU8E02)

Elaborations
  • exploring ways that First Nations Australian composers and/or performers communicate their ideas and messages across communities and cultures; for example, by asking questions such as “What are the impacts of this musician’s/these musicians’ music?” and “What music styles or genres is this musician drawing on in creating their own music?”
  • investigating when, how and why copyright and/or Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights might be relevant to their practice as, for example, listeners, songwriters, composers and/or performers
  • exploring how protocols for protecting Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights exist to help students make ethical choices about how they use music, as listeners or creators; for example, by asking questions such as, “Who wrote this music?”, “May I use ideas from this song, and do I need permission to do so?”
  • investigating issues relating to the use of First Nations Australian languages or stories in lyrics and songs or music for screen-based works; for example, considering case studies that illustrate protocols relating to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights
General capabilities
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Regional art,  Narratives,  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,  First Nations Australian music,  Japanese peoples,  Cultural authority,  Cultural expressions,  Cultural protocols,  Cultural knowledge,  Music appreciation,  Cultural awareness,  Aboriginal art,  Australian art,  Torres Strait Islander art,  Culture,  Music,  Aboriginal music industry,  Composing (Music),  Cultural imperialism,  Musical elements

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