Governance, Systems and the Shaman
Sarah P. Houseman: Exploring ways of seeing and knowing differently in the Anthropocene
Preparing for the forthcoming Creative Research Methodologies Practicum hosted by La Trobe University I am excited. There are a decent bunch of us from La Trobe, Melbourne University, the MIECAT Institute and RMIT University, coming together to share our creative methodologies in scholarship. I laugh to myself when someone outside Australia Tweets: 'Maybe something similar will... Continue Reading →
In my bubble I hear and see so many caring voices urging for systemic change: to mitigate the intensifying challenges of climate disruption, reverse biodiversity depletion, attend to the plight of human refugees and cease environmental/planetary destruction. While we speak, write and protest, the global industrial machine we have created, continues to grind away. Creating... Continue Reading →
Futurist Ziauddin Sadar believes we are living in ‘post-normal times’, a transitional age, in-between old paradigms that have guided and formed us and something new. We have been told by many, that seeing and unpacking the chronic and wicked problems of the global world must start with a change in our consciousness - the consciousness that created... Continue Reading →
Context: We are living with the increasing urgency to make a systemic shift in our globalised society so that we live/create within the ecosystem boundaries of our host - the Earth. We have been talking about this for over 20 years and the urgency is not dissolving. It is increasing and February's heat wave in Eastern Australia... Continue Reading →
Beginning my second year of research as a PhD candidate at La Trobe University, I share this blog as a response to friends and family who want to know more about this project, and because I want to share some of the mind-blowing philosophy, science and social theory I engage and grapple with. In particular the... Continue Reading →
