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COLONIALISM
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Link to quote "Australia has pride in the multicultural nature of its society, and this reflected in its dance"
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The forming of a settlement or colony by a group of people who seek to take control of territories or countries
The British civilians were shipped over to Australia. They intruded the land of the aboriginals and claimed it as terra nullius. They then inhabited the land as their own, as well as remove aboriginals from their land. Resulted in conflict with the aboriginal people because of unfair trades made. because of the way Australia was colonised has reduced the amount of cultural heritage aboriginal people possess and this has affected dance in Australia
Negative impacts of colonization include disease for the aboriginals, claiming land as terra nullius for the aboriginals, conflict with aboriginal people, segregation, assimilation and missions and the stolen generation
Positive impacts include
positive impacts of colonization include Able to set up jails that were not over crowded, British has vast amounts of tertiary therefore being able to grow crops, and breed animals, For people in the 20th century colonization was the beginning of immigration and migration which results in the vast array of dance styles and the ability to fuse the cultures to develop dance styles
Colonization shaping Australian dance related to this quote as colonization as the beginning of immigration and migration, resulted in the vast array of dance styles and the ability to fuse the cultures to develop dance styles
Bangarra's key objectives are to contribute to improving the lives of Indigenous Australians and to tell their stories through innovative world-class dance theatre.
