Mary Graham – Bright & Dark

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.

Contributions are really welcome! here or email curlytrees@gmail.com

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Oonagh

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

Hello Sangha,

Some great new topical listening and viewing in our Bla(c)k Lives Matter Link Library…

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

If you would like to contribute a link for the library you can do so here or email curlytrees@gmail.com

Enjoy!

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Oonagh

New video & podcasts:

Country and the gift (2014) : Deborah Bird Rose

In this video, ethnographer Deborah Bird Rose looks at four pathways into country, drawing on the work of Aboriginal writers, elders and philosophers including Mary Graham, Ambelin and Blaze Kwaymullina & Jimmy Mangayarri. She considers working together for country as the most important issue of our time and asks how we could re-imagine cities if the aim of city life was to inhabit and care for country.

The Sydney Which Has No Postcode (2003) by Susan Murphy

An audio feature, written and produced by Roshi Susan in 2003 for Radio National. Exploring spirits of place and how they might talk to us; with Uncle Max Harrison Dulumunmun, Aunty Joan Cooper, Aunty Edna Watson, and sisters Pat and Fay, John Gallard and Red Cloud the kelpie.

Indigenous Language & Perception. ABC RN All in the Mind Podcast Produced by Lynne Malcolm. 2019

Relevant to our explorations of yarning, this program includes discussion of how our perception of the world is significantly affected by the language we speak. It frames our worldview by training our brains in line with cultural understanding. Indigenous languages from around Australia pose a vastly different perspective of the world than that of English. We explore how these languages influence perceptions of self, kinship and the natural world. With Dr Tyson Yunkaporta, linguist Prof Nick Evans and Bardi Psychologist Prof Pat Dudgeon.

I can’t Breathe – ABC 4 Corners Documentary by Stan Grant. 2020.

A profoundly moving story from special guest reporter Stan Grant in the wake of the shocking killing of unarmed black man George Floyd captured on camera in the United States. Mr Floyd’s death under the knee of a white police officer unleashed a wave of grief and anger across America. That wave reached Australia’s shores with thousands of Australians coming out to protest in support of our Indigenous community. In this deeply personal story, Stan Grant gives voice to the frustration and hurt that has defined the life experience of so many Indigenous Australians and explores why the death of George Floyd resonates so profoundly.