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Ika Willis
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I'm an education-focussed academic at the University of Melbourne, based in English & Theatre Studies. Talk to me about pedagogy of kindness, decolonising curriculum, safe and inclusive classrooms, ungrading, and critical edtech.
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The September* blog post for the Australian Reception Network is up! It's by me, it's called Afterlives, I'd love to talk about it if you want to comment here or on the blog. "When I read a book you loved, I am looking for what you loved in the book. I am looking for you." (cw: death) *shut up

Afterlives
Afterlives

When my father died, we put him in the ground. When my father died, it was like a whole library burned down. Laurie Anderson, ā€˜World Without Endā€™ I. Books were always the connection betā€¦

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Yes! Some things are not hot wirable alas

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Just leaving this here šŸ˜‡ "as someone who has been a professional activist for my entire adult life, I found admin to be the absolute best place to do lasting, systemic, and impactful anticolonial work... Itā€™s not a coincidence that... K. Wayne Yang... is a Provost"

Q&A with Max Liboiron, Author of Pollution Is Colonialism
Q&A with Max Liboiron, Author of Pollution Is Colonialism

Max Liboiron is Associate Professor of Geography at Memorial University. Their new book is Pollution Is Colonialism, which models an anticolonial scientific practice aligned with Indigenous conceptā€¦

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OMG it totally is! I didn't make the connection in the moment! Okay now I am nervous, I hope you like it, there's a couple of real bangers in there

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Disability communities are full of the most stunning creativity. The problem-solving is unparalleled. The dreaming untethered. The vision limitless. But we are silenced, excluded, impoverished, exhausted, killed. Ableism robs us of life and opportunity. It robs everyone of a better world.

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Wait World Sausage Day and International Vegetarian Day are on the same day?

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Jodi I mean this with absolute seriousness, please tell me who to follow who will talk to me about MasterChef Australia. It's the only thing I care about in this world. I need like 2-5 other fans in a group chat.

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Ika Willis
@ikax.bsky.social
I'm an education-focussed academic at the University of Melbourne, based in English & Theatre Studies. Talk to me about pedagogy of kindness, decolonising curriculum, safe and inclusive classrooms, ungrading, and critical edtech.
598 followers506 following2.5k posts