Language learning connects to culture and country
Kirli Saunders, founder of the Red Room Poetry’s Poetry in First Languages project, discusses the importance of First Nations language education and creative expression.
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Right Now x Zenith Collective – Part III: One Way Home
The conversation around human rights comes in all forms, in this six-part series we explore that conversation through the lens of film.
Thalayan Ngirang-ngan (My Mother Tongue)
This represents a profound difference to written languages, in that you could only learn an Aboriginal language by living in the lands and community, where and to whom the languages belongs. This nexus of language and culture is holistic, as every utterance defines individual and communal, spiritual and practical knowledge of place and law. It […]
Confessions of a privileged minority
Adolfo Aranjuez dissects the complex ways in which privilege and disadvantage express themselves in our society.
Populism, Trump and the perils of ‘Dutertopia’
What’s worse: a president who can’t relate to the majority, or a president who can but chooses to disregard judicial processes to do their job?
The inspiring stories of Australian activists
Breaking the Boundaries is an inspiring reminder that activists come in many different guises.
Does voluntourism do more harm than good?
International volunteering programs can be polarising, but here’s how one program is using education to create long-term change in Cambodia.
Discriminating differently
Adolfo Aranjuez interrogates the notion of privilege and explains why “equality” and “discrimination” are more complex than you think.
Why we need comprehensive sex education in schools
Formal sex education in schools is not meeting the needs of young women.
Explainer: The transformative power of education
Marilyn Snider explains the transformative power of education, and why a human rights curriculum must be taught in schools.
Efficiency in global education design
Without harmonised global education systems and standardised curricula we are keeping the world’s poorest in poverty.
Cecil Rhodes and the statue that will not fall
Sayomi Ariyawansa writes on Cecil Rhodes, Richard Berry and the legacy of colonialism at our universities.