How Knowledge plays an important role in shaping society.

    Description       Rains was quoted as asking 'Whose knowledge counts? Who decides?' (Rains 2002, p.320). The concepts below have different influences on knowledge. Knowledge plays an important role in shaping society. Choose one (or more) of these concepts and explain its influence in shaping knowledge that influences Australian society. Use specific examples in your answer. • Ethnocentrism • Enlightenment rationality • Othering • Hegemony • Ind igenous knowledge