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2020 Term 3 Black Lives Matter Resources Social Action

BLM Link Library Update

We now have links to over 50 articles, books, podcasts, video, artworks and websites in our Bla(c)k Lives Matter Link Library. Here are a few of our recent offerings…

You can access the BLM link library directly at www.brightanddark.net/blmlinks or via the [CATEGORIES] menu above. 

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I Am Not Your Negro

Director Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished – a radical narration about race in America, through the lives and assassinations of three of his friends: Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers and Malcolm X. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson.

Ambelin Kwaymullina in conversation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDceCazXDjI

Ambelin Kwaymullina, author of “Living on Stolen Land”, in conversation with Teela Reid (Blackfulla Bookclub Co-Founder) discuss Kwaymullina’s book, a compelling call to action for Australia to come to terms with its past and present.


Beyond Crisis Webinar Series

A slide from Yin Paradies Presentation “An Aboriginal reflection on modernity and its discontents (August 2020)”

These 9 excellent webinar recordings with a special focus on indigenous knowledge in the building of a socially just and ecologically flourishing society, feature among many others Mary Graham, Yin Paradies and Victor Steffensen. There is a small fee of $10/15 to access these, but well worth it!

https://events.humanitix.com/beyond-crisis-recordings


Some Thoughts About the Philosophical Underpinnings of Aboriginal Worldviews

This essay by Mary Graham, offers a succinct perspective on Aboriginal philosophy. Mary is a Kombu-merri person, also affiliated with the Waka Waka group through her mother and has lectured and tutored on Aboriginal history, politics, and comparative philosophy at the University of Queensland and at other educational institutions around the country.


Valuing Country Let me Count Three Ways

An essay looking at ‘country’, ‘natural capital’ and ‘rights of nature’ by Jane Gleeson-White, published in Griffith Review 63, Feb 2019.

Jane Gleeson-White is an award-winning writer and author of four books, including the internationally acclaimed history of accounting, Double Entry (2011). Jane is a regular commentator on economics and sustainability, including at the European Union, United Nations and the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable