The Limitations of ‘White Privilege’ with Khadijah Diskin

I was delighted that PhD researcher, Black Studies scholar and all round legend, Khadijah Diskin agreed to do a short interview with me about…

Week 1: Race & Power

Interactive presentation Tutorial activity: Conversations about race bingo I updated my introductory lecture to The Racial State. I welcome you to share the slides…

Week 11: The Punishing State

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that the lecture slides I provide below contain images and names of people who have died.…

Week 9: Gender & Power

After mid-semester break, this week we looked at gender and power mainly through the lens of social reproduction and the colonialist of gender. The…

Week 7: Anti-Poverty Activism

This week we were joined by Kristin O’Connell of the Antipoverty Centre. Kristin gave us an extremely informative and searing lecture about the corruption…

Week 6: Stigma Power

This week we have been reading segments from Imogen Tyler‘s fantastic book, Stigma: The Machinery of Inequality. I invite you to explore Imogen’s website…

Week 5: Indigenous Resistance

This week is our second ‘perspective’ (or case study) week, bringing together some of the themes discussed in weeks 1-4 by zoning in on…

Week 4: Global Health Inequities

This week, we were honoured to have a guest lecture from Dr Chris Lemoh. Dr Lemoh focused on the impacts of Covid-19 on health…

Week 3: The Coloniality of Power

This week’s focus is the Coloniality of Power. I begin by establishing what is at stake using Russia’s current war on Ukraine as an…

Week 2: Why Everything Costs Money

This week is a ramble through some basic idea about capitalism, how it works and what it means for us. I found a lot…
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