In Visible Ink symposium: The museum as a site of trauma and healing
By Sarah YeungSarah Yeung reviews the In Visible Ink symposium, in light of the role of museums as both sites of trauma and healing.
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Language learning connects to culture and country
Kirli Saunders in conversation with Right Now in conversation with Kirli SaundersKirli Saunders, founder of the Red Room Poetry’s Poetry in First Languages project, discusses the importance of First Nations language education and creative expression.
Unbind
By Kirli SaundersA new poem from children’s author, poet, educator and First Nations cultural consultant Kirli Saunders from her upcoming book Kindred.
Dirty deeds: how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction
By Julia DehmJulia Lehm writes about the recent developments in South African Courts, which reiterate the right of local communities to consent to uses of their land. This has important implications for Australian mining companies, casting a spotlight on their use and abuse of human rights law.
A Hero Overlooked: a review of “The Missing Man”
By Heath ChamerskiPeter Rees chronicles the barriers broken down, and those still standing, in the life of Kamilaroi man Len Waters, Australia’s first Indigenous aviator.
Colour Me In
By Jack StevensI plucked a few blades of grass to throw in the air, the opposition team looked over in disgust. The rich scent of the earth wafted through my nostrils and rejuvenated my mind; the opinions and mockery that stained me washed away. ‘Go fuck off over into that bush, where you belong.’ There he stood, […]
Thalayan Ngirang-ngan (My Mother Tongue)
By Joel WrightThis 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 […]
Memorialising the Australian Frontier Wars
By Dinesha PereraA visual arts research project examines the possibility of a national memorial to honour the Indigenous peoples of Australia, who endure suffering and violence in the colonial and decolonising states of Australia.
We are one but we are many: A reflection on modern Australian identity
By Anika BasetWe are one, but we are many – yet, both here and around the world, the Australian identity is one far too limited by skin colour.
The inherent injustices of climate change
Mihilini Fernando in conversation with Simon BradshawHow can Australia help our neighbouring nations of the Pacific Islands build communities that are more resilient to climate change?
The Stolenwealth Games
By Tarneen Onus-WilliamsWhy did the Queensland police and government use excessive force against Indigenous Australians who were protesting the Commonwealth Games?
Who can close the [healthcare inequality] gap?
Right Now in conversation with Banok RindBanok Rind, a nurse and Yamatji-Badimia woman, speaks about the Closing the Gap initiative with Right Now.