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Core Part 2: Heritage and Identity
Quick questions on Kinship and family structures in HSC Aboriginal Studies
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What is using kinship in the exam?Show answer
In a response, define kinship precisely, give specific structural features such as moieties, skin names and totems, and then connect them to identity and obligation. Show how colonisation disrupted kinship and how it persists and is being revived. Avoid romanticising or freezing kinship in the past: the strongest answers treat it as a dynamic system that continues to organise community life.
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