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The latest book from SDI Press is now available for pre-order, shipping in November 2024! Ordinary Heaven | Exploring Spiritual Direction and the Journey of Human Life, by Philip Carter, is a quite extraordinary work that lovingly renders a lifetime of spiritual experience and reflection, honoring this very life and the sacred ministry of spiritual direction. In this episode, we interview Philip about the inspiration and themes of the book, and what readers can expect. Purchase your copy today at https://www.sdicompanions.org/product/ordinary-heaven/ Reading Ordinary Heaven is akin to receiving spiritual direction from a wise and compassionate companion. Philip Carter offers readers of all backgrounds the space to embrace the divine woven into the fabric of our ordinary lives. For anyone seeking to deepen their calling and connection to the world and each other, discover this profound and healing experience, one that speaks universally to the sacredness of our shared humanity. --- Philip Carter is a retired Anglican priest. Ordained in 1973, he served in several parishes and in 1988 was appointed by the Archbishop of Adelaide as Diocesan Advisor in Spirituality, based at the Retreat House, Belair. In 1997, he established the ecumenical and independent spirituality ministry, the Julian Centre in Mile End, near the CBD of Adelaide. Through the centre, he offered spiritual direction, retreats and quiet days of reflection, as well as programs for the formation of spiritual directors. In 1989, he was a founding member and an early President of the Australian Network for Spiritual Direction (ANSD) and from 2007-2009 he served as the inaugural President of the Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction (AECSD). He is married to Helen, with whom he has three adult daughters. Purchase your copy today at https://www.sdicompanions.org/product/ordinary-heaven/

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Mark 4: 35-41 “The calming of the storm” Dominique Galea has recently retired from a 43-year career in Education. Married with three children and four grandchildren, her teaching experience has ranged from kindergarten through to high school special needs as well as being a Religious Education Coordinator in primary schools and a sessional lecturer in Systematic Theology at Australian Catholic University. Having gained qualifications as an Enneagram Personality Type Teacher and consultant from both the Enneagram Institute and The Narrative Enneagram programs, Dominique presents Enneagram spirituality days to Catholic school staff for professional development as far afield as Alice Springs. She also gives workshops to adult organisations including parish groups, Eremos, Australian Network for Spiritual Directors, sabbaticals for Religious and the Sydney University Continuing Education Program. Additionally, she has delivered papers on Education and the Enneagram at international conferences and attended Summer School Programs in Jungian analytical psychology at the Jung Institute in Zurich. Dominique holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from The Catholic Theological Union and has been a practising spiritual director in the contemplative tradition since 2008 having graduated from The Centre for Religious Development North Sydney. She thoroughly enjoys being a presenter and spiritual director on retreat teams and finds it a privilege discovering together the wisdom of the Holy Spirit unfolding in people's lives. Dominique is a member of Australian Catholics Exploring the Diaconate and the Marist Association and currently offers spiritual direction, Enneagram consulting and workshops at the Marist Centre Hunters Hill and elsewhere. Her website is dominiquegalea.com

Acknowledgement of Country //Headlines //7.10am We heared Nasser's longform conversation with Ihab Abu Ibrahim, a Palestinian activist and founder of The Sit-Intifada, about his family enduring conditions of the 1948 Nakba and their refugee camp experience, why he started his protest at Parliament House steps, the importance of continual protesting of the ongoing complicity of governments and corporations in the genocide of Palestinians 7.30am Grace caught up with Nick Rose, the director of Sustain the Australian network on food justice and the community events that are happening soon in Naarm/Melbourne. Sustain the Australian Network is the parent organisation of Oakhill food justice farm which is a community garden in Preston.  7.45am Jiselle Hanna from Accent of Women interviewed Aunty Rieo Ellis from Grandmothers Against Removals which is an organisation – actually started by Lidia Thorpe – that aims to end the removal of Aboriginal children, or at the very least, place them with family members. GMAR Victoria was established in recognition of the disproportionate representation of Aboriginal children in out-of-home-care. They're all volunteers. They're all Aboriginal grandmothers. GMAR's volunteers understand first hand the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal families and seeks to mitigate these in order to keep families together. You can listen to Accent of women every Tuesday from 8:30 to 9:00am. 8.00am Camp Sovereignty update 8.05am James Whitmore from Out of the Blue had a conversation with Dr Leonardo Guida from the Australian Marine Conservation Society about the endangered Maugean Skate which is a unique species of fish found only on Tasmania's west coast. It's population crashing in recent years, the Federal Government has announced a plan to breed the skate in captivity to save it from extinction. Research shows that one of the biggest threats to the skate is salmon farming, and the plan says nothing about dealing with that. 8.20am Community Annoucements Songs //The Zawose Queens by MaishaAlgorhythm by Childish GambinoLand by Raja MezianeGoblin Mindset by June Jones  

Neurodiversity has become an important topic in the Australian public sector. With research suggesting that teams can be 30 per cent more productive with neurodivergent professionals, workplaces stand much to gain from greater inclusivity. Yet, many public sector workplaces can still do more to be neurodiversity inclusive.In this rerun of our most popular Work with Purpose episodes in 2023, we revisit a conversation featuring three public service thought leaders: Lee Steel, Ability Network Champion and First Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental Relations and Reform, Robin Edmonds, Assistant Director, Media Reform Branch at the Department of Infrastructure and co-founder and co-chair of the cross-agency APS+ Neurodiversity Community of Practice, and Andrew Pfeiffer, Ability Network Executive and Adviser, BETA at PM&C. They discussed what public sector workplaces could look like in 2028 and how to better support neurodivergent individuals.Show notes:The inaugural APS Diversity and inclusion report 2022 (APSC)Business benefits of employing people with disability (Australian Network on Disability)Creating an accessible and inclusive workplace (Australian Human Rights Commission) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Up The Duff, we are joined by Jaci Armstrong, a woman who sought fertility treatment for social reasons. Jaci, who is vision impaired, shares her journey of conceiving her baby Eloise at the age of 43. We discuss the challenges she faced and explore ways to improve accessibility in the medical community for individuals with disabilities. Join us as we dive into Jaci's inspiring story and discuss the importance of inclusive fertility treatment. In this episode you'll discover: [00:01:34] Navigating fertility treatment with disabilities. [00:03:57] Vision impairment and guide dogs. [00:09:26] Number of embryo transfers. [00:13:54] Access to information for disabilities. [00:14:45] Guide dogs being welcomed. [00:19:04] Navigating parenting with a disability. Thank you to our sponsors  Eius Fertility https://eiusfertility.com/ Items mentioned in this episode include: Australian Network on Disability Eliza Hull - disability advocate  Join our Facebook Community - ⁠Up the Duff Podcast Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes.

Steph catches up with artist Ian Gibbins in this special science-themed episode presented in partnership with Inspiring SA. They chat about Ian's work as scientist and how it informs his art, and some surprising parallels between the fields of science and art – from the urge to show your work to others to the tedium of failed experiments.   Show Notes IanGibbins.com.au Chris Wallace-Crabbe Vincent Buckley Urban Biology The Joinery Ian Gibbins, Beyond the Floodtide Conservation Council South Australia Catherine Truman A Partnership for Uncertain Times: Art + Science + Technology [catalogue] ANAT / the Australian Network for Art & Technology Ian Gibbins, dog daze, 2017   Image: lo Music: Ian Gibbins (used with permission)

Shoko Ono, Japanese teacher at UTS and administrator for Australian Network for Japanese as Community Language (ANJCN), talks about their initiatives such as inviting 100 community language teachers and parents to an academic conference. - 豪州繋生語研究会（ANJCL）の事務局長で、シドニー工科大学で日本語を教える大野唱子さんへのインタビューです。

Today on the Take on Board podcast I'm speaking with Emma Olivier about managing risk. Emma is on the boards of Leadership Victoria , Audit and Risk Committee for Life Saving VictoriaEmma is the founder and CEO of Twenty Percent, a disability Advisory working with Corporate Australia. With over 30 years consulting experience and having been born without a left hand, she understands from her own lived experience the challenges and opportunities of having a disability in corporate Australia. She has extensive corporate experience working across a number of industries' both in Australia and overseas. As a Managing Director at Accenture, she was the Executive Sponsor for Disability Inclusion in ANZ Accenture for 2 years. Over this time, the Employee Reference Group grew significantly and was a finalist in the Australian Network of Disability awards in 2021. Emma is an active member of her community at a local and state level. She is Victoria's first one armed Lifesaver and was appointed to Lifesaving Victoria's Audit, Finance and Risk Committee in 2019. In 2018, Emma participated in the Williamson Community Leadership Program run by Leadership Victoria and was appointed to the Board of Leadership Victoria in 2021. Emma was a nominee for Citizen of the year in Bayside council for Australia Day 2021. She has been a member of Bayside Councils Disability Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee since its inception.Links and ResourcesStella Young TED Talk - I am not your inspiration, thank you very muchEmma Olivier on LinkedInUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the ToB podcast I'm going to give you some details about a program I recently participated in. It was part of the Disability Leadership Program, the Australian Network on Disability(AND) facilitated a series of Leader-to-leader conversations. I participated in the Melbourne session. The program aims to provide an opportunity to learn through storytelling and connection. AND connects Australian Directors and selected leaders with disability participating in our Disability Leadership Program. As a Director, I was matched up with a leader with a disability to have a discussion. Simple as that. Listen to hear about experiences, challenges and opportunities, with an aim to increase the understanding of the barriers people with disability face across business and the community.Links and ResourcesAICD - Disability Leadership Program Australian Network on DisabilityUpcoming TOB EventsAll eventsYou might want to:Join the Take on Board Facebook communityJoin the Take on Board LinkedIn communityFollow along on TwitterWork with meJoin the Take on Board: Kickstarter group programJoin the Take on Board: Accelerator group programFind out more about meContact me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cate Lewis is the founding Director of Freshwater Ministries and as a prophetic Minister, Cate loves to see people connected to the heart of God as she equips and trains people to hear God's voice, and live transformed lives as confident Kingdom people who bring heaven to earth.  Cate, along with her husband Greg also leads the Australian Network of Local Houses of Prayer, a ministry flowing out of Ffald Y Brenin in Wales, practising the Ministry of Blessing.  They are witnessing many testimonies of healing and transformation taking place as they travel extensively around Australia and overseas, running seminars and speaking in conferences and local churches.  In this message Cate talks about how God is raising up an army or ordinary people to do extraordinary things. God is looking for ones who desire what He desires and who have a heart to see the transformation of lives, communities and the land we live in take place.  It's time for the Church to step into maturity to establish the rule of heaven on earth through every believer in Christ. In this season, God is releasing ancient keys of the Kingdom. The Ministry of Blessing is a key for such a time as this. Ffald Y Brenin is a ‘thin' place in Wales where thousands go to experience an encounter with God and now Local Houses of Prayer flow out to the nations and now Australia. Through Local Houses of Prayer, stories of healing, salvation, deliverance and restoration are being experienced across Australia as presence carriers speak blessing with authority, demonstrating the power of the Kingdom in the earth.

Industry liaison for the Australian Network of Structural Health Monitoring, John Vazey, wrote to the Premier and Infrastructure Minister soon after the formation of Eloque was announced, warning of serious concerns about its viability.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A first special episode to preview one of the topics explored during IACLAsuncion2022. The General Congress will be held from 23-28 October 2022 in Asunción, Paraguay.    >> IACLAsuncion2022.org   General Rapporteurs:    Luke Nottage, Professor of Comparative and Transnational Business Law at Sydney Law School and Co-Director, Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL).   Makoto Ibusuki, Professor at the Law Faculty of Seijo University, Tokyo.   Prof Nottage's blog posting with draft General and Special Reports comparing Online Legal Education and related resources can be visited at: https://japaneselaw.sydney.edu.au/2021/03/online-legal-education-compared-australia-japan-and-far-beyond/   You can email japaneselaw@optusnet.com.au for any comments and questions to be addressed to the General Rapporteurs. 

Louisa Graham, CEO of Australian Scholarships Foundation, talks about the Disability Leadership Program, offered through a partnership with Australian Institute of Company Directors and Australian Network on Disability.   Applications for 200 fully funded scholarships to the program are open until 24 July. You can find out more at https://scholarships.org.au/scholarship/dlpscholarship2022/ Original broadcast date: 15.07.22   

Welcome to Unmade's Start the Week podcast, dedicated to looking ahead to the week in media and marketing.Today's topics: * TrinityP3 pushes agencies to declare how they are dealing with harassment, bullying and assault;* Ten owner Paramount ANZ makes a big move for the AFL rights; * Meta and Google give their verdict on the News Media Bargaining Code;* Marketers still struggling with martech optionsFurther reading: * LinkedIn: Why TrinityP3 is requesting agencies declare on issues of harassment, bullying and assault – in the interests of clients and the wider industry* The Australian: Bidding war looms as Network Ten lobs $3bn bid for AFL broadcast rights* The Australian: Network 10's breakfast news program records one of the lowest ratings in Australian TV history* SMH / The Age: Halfway point: What people are watching on TV in 2022* SMH / The Age: Meta executive claims Australian news outlets used laws to pay debt, reward shareholders* Marketing Charts: Almost Half of Marketers Are Overwhelmed by Their TechnologyAudio production on Media Unmade was courtesy of Abe's Audio, the people to talk to about voiceovers and sound design for corporate videos, digital content, commercials and podcasts.Message us: letters@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

In this episode of Ready to Retail, we are joined by Sharon Carroll, the Diversity and Inclusion Partner as well as Kate Havas who works with us in the customer contact centre and has been kind enough to share her story. In this episode, we explore what accessibility really is and talk more about this and disability inclusion at Australia Post. We also bust a few myths and really get to the heart of the conversation.Over our long history, our social purpose and commitment to the community has remained the same: to create connections and opportunities that matter to all Australians. With more than four million people in Australia living with disability, Australia Post is committed to providing access to essential services that connect people, businesses and communities across Australia and to the world. Since launching our first Accessibility Action Plan in 2012, Australia Post has focussed on improving access and inclusion for our employees, customers and the broader community.Australia Post's Engagement & Diversity team is building disability confidence through the delivery of ‘Lets talk disability' and ‘You CAN ask that' training sessions to enable our Talent Acquisition and Learning and Development teams to understand the what, how and why of disability and accessibility. Employees and managers also have access to a range of guidelines and resources to support them in providing a more inclusive workplace for people with disability. These resources include a series of videos produced by the Federal Government ‘Job Access Employer Toolkit', filmed on location at Australia Post featuring our employees.The Accessibility and Inclusion Plan (AIP) sets out our whole of business approach, working together, to provide inclusive and accessible employment, products, services and places for everyone. Our objectives and actions are presented across five key areas: Our Commitment Our People, Our Customer, Our Place and Our Community.The Accessibility Steering Group, comprising representatives of key business areas is charged with bringing the Accessibility Action Plan to life across all areas of our work and undertaking status and progress reporting against the objectives and goals of this plan. We will promote the plan's initiatives and share information on our progress with employees and key stakeholders throughout the life of the plan. A quarterly status report of progress to the objectives and goals of the Plan will be presented to the Executive General Manager, People and Culture and the Accessibility Matters Employee Reference Group. We will participate in the Australian Network on Disability's Access and Inclusion Index 2022 to benchmark our performance and will engage AND to undertake an independent end of-plan audit upon completion in December 2022. The outcomes of this AIP will be reported to the Board via its People and Sustainability Committee.Alternative Formats: Our 2020 to 2022 Accessibility and Inclusion Plan is available in alternative formats on our website auspost.com.auIf you would like to contact anyone from the team:Call from within Australia 13 POST (13 7678)email DiversityandInclusion@auspost.com.auGet in touch on Facebook: facebook.com/australiapostTweet us at @auspost Get in touch onLinkedin: linkedin.com/company/australia post/As always, if you have any comments, questions, suggestions or queries, please feel free to contact our team by emailing them on: retailacademy@auspost.com.au

This week we bring you a special collaboration between The Familiar Strange and the Australian Network of Student Anthropologists or ANSA. In this special collaboration, Familiar Stranger Alex sits down with Hanne Worsoe and Dr Romy Listo to discuss some of the difficulties that arise from working in particularly intense or distressing field sites. Throughout the conversation they model some of the methods that can benefit new PhD students who are potentially entering into their field work. It was a really interesting conversation and thank you again the ANSA for collaborating with us on this project! Just a note on sound quality: We conducted this chat over Zoom so the internet and audio quality might vary in some spots. The podcast editing team is working on a solution! Quotes “It was very effective in helping and supporting people who were about to go into fieldwork or who had just come back from fieldwork” “You feel very supported by one person, because you are being listened to and someone's bearing witness to your experience” “I think using these kind of things was really very helpful for me in being able to process some of distress that I felt while I was in the field” “It is tough and you really need that capacity to be able to share with someone when you are going through those things it really does help” “I think there's a fear in academia of being able to express vulnerability and difficulty” “Everyone had some kind of “war story” so to speak” “Everyone had stories from the field that they would often shrug off and minimize” “There wasn't this space or the words to be able to talk about that in the context of research” “I think academia needs to acknowledge its vulnerability at a number of different levels, but certainly at a fieldwork level and being affected by fieldwork”

German politicians’ emails are under attack, and the GRU is the prime suspect. Australia’s Nine Network was knocked off the air by a cyberattack, and a nation-state operation is suspected. PHP takes steps to protect itself from an attempt to insert a backdoor in its source code. Apple fixes browser engine bugs. FatFace pays the ransom. Project Zero caught a Western counterterror operation. Betsy Carmelite from Booz Allen Hamilton on Zero Trust. Our guest is Tal Zamir of Hysolate on CISA's new ransomware guidelines. And a guilty plea for one, and almost five-hundred indictments for others. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/59

On this week's panel, we feature the president of the Australian Network of Student Anthropologists, Hanne Worsoe and Dinith Adikari who is a PhD candidate from the Australian National University. Hanne kicks us off [1:37] by discussing a recent article by Judith Butler about the recent US election. She asks us to consider how identity politics has come into play more and more, not only in the US election, but also in Australia's elections. How important do you think identity is when it comes to politics? Should Politics with a capital P be separate from identity? Continuing in the same vein as Hanne, Dinith [6:31] discusses the spectacle that has been the US election. He poses a commonly repeated question of “why do people care so much about the US election?” What do you think? What motivates people to keep up with elections not in their own countries? Next, Carolyn [11:31] changes topics to discuss deepfake technology. We have covered this topic previously too, but Carolyn asks some questions about the potentially insidious applications of this technology, and begs the question who owns your face and likeness? How do you think the likeness of people could be used? Finally, Alex [15:50] the self-professed nerd asks the strangers to consider how our likes and dislikes are shaped by society and social interactions and what that means to us as Anthropologists. If we know how and why these likes and dislikes arise, shouldn't that answer all the questions of anthropology? What do you think? Where do you think likes and dislikes come from? Head over to our website for a full list of links and citations Don't forget to head over to our Facebook group The Familiar Strange Chats. Let's keep talking strange, together! If you like what we do and are in a position to do so, you can help us to keep making content by supporting us through Patreon. This anthropology podcast is supported by the Australian Anthropological Society, the ANU's College of Asia and the Pacific and College of Arts and Social Sciences, and the Australian Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, and is produced in collaboration with the American Anthropological Association. Music by Pete Dabro: dabro1.bandcamp.com Shownotes by Matthew Phung Podcast edited by Alex D'Aloia and Matthew Phung

A lot has happened in the past year since we first discussed microbiome rewilding with Jacob Mills. At this reunion, we chat about building our immune system, rewilding greenspaces equitably, cultural restoration, decolonizing science and restoration, and updates on Jacob's research to restore native soil microbiota to urban greenspaces and schools. Eco Restoration Network https://www.ecorestorationnetwork.com NDN Science Show https://ndnscienceshow.wordpress.com/about/ Mills, J. G., Weinstein, P., Gellie, N. J., Weyrich, L. S., Lowe, A. J., & Breed, M. F. (2017). Urban habitat restoration provides a human health benefit through microbiome rewilding: the Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesis. Restoration ecology, 25(6), 866-872. Selway, C. A., Mills, J. G., Weinstein, P., Skelly, C., Yadav, S., Lowe, A., ... & Weyrich, L. S. (2020). Transfer of environmental microbes to the skin and respiratory tract of humans after urban green space exposure. Environment International, 145, 106084. Mills, Jacob G. Nature needs people, but people need connection: Can microbes be the 'joining dots'? Australasian Plant Conservation: Journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation, Vol. 29, No. 1, Jun-Aug 2020: 31-33. Music on this episode was DJ Williams on YouTube Tell a few friends about the show and follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @treehuggerpod Review treehugger podcast on iTunes

This week we bring you a very very special episode! Last year we partnered with the Australian Network of Student Anthropologists, or ANSA for short and recorded their roundtable at the AAS held at the Australian National University! The roundtable discussion featured the likes of Dr Marcus Barber, Dr Sophie Chao, Dr Jayne Curnow, Dr Derek Elias, Dr Bronwyn Hall and Leslie Pyne and was hosted by ANSA president Dr Hanna Jagtenberg. All of whom have a wide array of experiences as anthropologists and in their professional careers. Throughout the roundtable, Hanna asks the guests how they got to their respective positions, some of their learnings over their careers and what sort of skills have they transferred over from their anthropological work. The audio quality might be a bit different from what you are used to because we recorded at a conference venue and not at our usual studio! Head over to ANSA's Twitter and Facebook page and let them know you liked this collaboration! And head to our website for a full list of links and citations! This anthropology podcast is supported by the Australian Anthropological Society, the ANU's College of Asia and the Pacific and College of Arts and Social Sciences, and the Australian Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, and is produced in collaboration with the American Anthropological Association. Music by Pete Dabro: dabro1.bandcamp.com Shownotes by Matthew Phung Podcast edited by Alessandra Prunotto and Matthew Phung

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This week we speak with Philip and Tess from the Australian Network on Disability.  The describe an interesting opportunity for blind or vision impaired students, and an ongoing mentoring programme.

Dr Lucy Commander (tw: @lucy_commander) is a restoration seed ecologist who has spent over a decade undertaking scientific research with the mining industry to improve mine restoration. Lucy was also the lead editor of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation's Guidelines for the Translocation of Threatened Plants, published in 2018, and is currently Project Manager for the update of the Florabank Guidelines for best practice native seed collection and use, with Australian Network for Plant Conservation and partners. In our conversation, we talk about her interest in singing and gardening, restoration seed ecology, and her work as an editor on the Florabank Guidelines for best practice native seed collection and use. Show Notes (link) [01:12] Love of singing [02:59] Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir [04:59] Journey to becoming a restoration seed ecologist [07:04] The diversity of West Australian flora [08:14] Translocation of threatened species [10:41] Surveying for threatened species in developments [11:44] The people involved in threatened species translocation [13:06] The Florabank Guidelines for seed collection and use [15:55] Who is behind the guidelines? [16:37] Seed banks and storage [17:55] Flora vs food crops [18:34] Intervention of bushfire affected areas for restoration [21:48] Management of areas under regular fire threat [22:47] Sourcing seeds for restoration [25:12] Applicability of local guidelines domestically and globally [27:02] The diversity of Australian flora adding complexity to the task [28:04] Florabank Guidelines publication timeline [29:57] The collaborative nature of developing the guidelines [31:03] Case and field work contributions from the community [32:51] Bonus Question 1: What hobby or interest do you have that is most unrelated to your field of work? [35:58] Bonus Question 2: Which childhood book holds the strongest memories for you? [39:09] Bonus Question 3: What advice you would give someone who wants to do what you do? Or what advice should they ignore? [42:31] Eden Project Connect with STEAM Powered: Website Facebook Instagram Twitter

What is it like to be a science artist in residence?  Boiling Point chat with Dr Sarah Jane Moore to find out. Dr Sarah Jane is the Australian Network for Art and Technology On Country Artist in Residence and is hosted in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) UNSW. Her residency focuses […]

Folks, this is one I’ve super excited about, and have been sitting on for a while. It’s such a rich conversation, and I really hope this episode is as useful for you as it was for me.Madeleine Little is a disabled artist, theatre maker, and researcher. She is also incredibly kind, articulate, and knowledgeable arts professional with a smile so arresting it will pull you across the room like that dance move with the invisible lasso. You should absolutely follow her on the accounts listed in the show notes and read her Mama Mia article, which MAMA FREAKING MIA APPROACHED HER TO DO (click through to it to get as excited about it as I am). Go send her big love for finishing off her masters! Go do some googling to learn more about the topic! Go follow some cool disabled artists on Instagram! Go go go!Keep well,-PaulaP.S. This is a phone interview, and there was a little itty bitty lag, but it’s not noticeable after the first two minutes.EPISODE NOTES:Things We Mentioned.....Non-disabled vs. abled as Maddie said in the episode, this comes down to context but non-disabled is generally the safer bet. Terminology is a really basic and easy thing to get around though, and it’s also a really simple way to start learning more about disability as an experience, the structural aspects of it within institutions, and much more. Here’s a guide on terminology by the Australian Network on Disability. For those feeling a smidge daunted, here is a great quote from the webpage:While the above information may seem daunting if it’s new to you, the most important thing to remember is to simply focus on the person, rather than the disability. Don’t be so afraid of saying the wrong thing that you don’t say anything at all. Relax, be willing to communicate, and listen, (AND, 2019).(Yes I just used correct APA citation formatting. I didn’t get a HECs debt to not remember this.).....Emotional Labour was first defined in The Managed Heart. Read more about it here, as well as a little chat with Arlie Hochschild here if you’re short on time and just want a little more understanding......Alicia Grandey gives us an updated definition of emotional labour with some help from Aunt Bernadette here, in a quick and easy read......Privilege! What an important thing to know and examine! I have immense privilege with my non-disabled body, and one of the reasons I know this because the reason why I didn’t record with Maddie in person is because I couldn’t find a recording studio which was accessible for her. I had never before counted the stairs between the street and the recording chair, or paid any attention to hand rails, and that was an eye opener. Which is what privilege is: it’s not having to think about x, y, or z. It is the freedom and ease of not having to consider things that are very real everyday experiences for others. Privilege isn’t good or bad, and often isn’t a choice. It just comes with the responsibility of understanding it, acknowledging it, and using it to build a better future for people who don’t have the same. Here is an excellent look at the concept and what we can do with it from Psychology Today......The Amy Gaeta blog is a long read but a clear, easy, and very good one. Check it out!.....Inspiration porn… honestly, I cannot put it better or more succinctly than Carly Findlay; go read this article, go follow her on Instagram, check out her book, do it all! But yeah, start here with this article......Stella Young was an amazing Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist, and here is her talk on inspiration porn......You can find Madeleine here:On InstagramHer websiteAnd her Facebook page hereTwitter herePLUS You can find her excellent piece for freaking MamaMia hereHad a chuckle? Feeling less alone? Don’t forget to rate and review the podcast! It tells the algorithm to suggest us to other people.Produced by That’s Not Canon Productions. Graphics by Claudia Piggott. Music by Jessica Fletcher.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK or INSTAGRAM.

This month, Ian (1:12) asks how we should engage when people describe their culture one way, but our observations of their behavior don't match those descriptions. What is a “culture,” Ian asks, if its members don't adhere to it? As Julia argues, “what people say is just as important in their cultural imaginary of who they are as what they do.” Ian mentions his blog post about kasti: find it at https://thefamiliarstrange.com/2018/01/25/searching-for-home-plate-in-indonesia/ Next, special guest Stephanie Betz (5:50) brings up “deepfakes,” the new technology that enables video to be manipulated so convincingly that it's hard to distinguish fake clips from real ones. Besides the obvious application (porn), the technology has potential for advertising, art, blackmail, and bringing about nuclear war. Deepfakes, she says, “further confound the relationship between image and reality.” When any fictitious word or action becomes possible to create on video, it's the plausible that becomes political. Steph is a digital anthropologist and PhD student at ANU, and the president of the Australian Network of Student Anthropologists. You can find some of her work on her Academia page: http://anu-au.academia.edu/StephanieBetz. Simon (11:27) brings up the problem of extreme emotions, and particularly hatred, for the ethnographer. He asks, does hate need to dissipate before analysis is possible? “We often talk about hate as an emotion that clouds one's vision, and the aim of anthropology I think has always been to make clearer social relations.” As Steph argues, “there's a reason we inhabit these places in the same way as our informants, and that's so we can use the full breadth of our humanity in order to understand and analyze and interpret the situation.” Last, Julia (16:56) considers Steph's work with video game players against her own work with schizophrenia patients, and the common thread of dissociation, when the sense of self temporarily dissolves. “How might fictional characters or avatars which temporarily result in a loss or diversion of who we are, how might this help or hinder us to be with other people in real life?” Steph describes ways that immersion in familiar stories, combined with distancing tactics such as gender-flipped avatars, allows some players to incorporate traumatic events into their personas, with profound affects on their “real-world" sociality. CITATIONS Ataria, Y. (2018) Mindfulness and Trauma: Some Striking Similarities. Anthropology of Consciousness, 29(1), pp.44-56. Baudrillard, Jean (1994) Simulacra and Simulation. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. Hage, Ghassan (2009) "Hating Israel in the Field: On Ethnography and Political Emotions." Anthropological Theory, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 59-79. Snodgrass, J.G., Lacy, M.G., Dengah, H.F., Fagan, J. and Most, D.E. (2011) Magical flight and monstrous stress: Technologies of absorption and mental wellness in Azeroth. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 35(1), pp.26-62. This anthropology podcast is supported by the Australian Anthropological Society, the schools of Culture, History, and Language and Archaeology and Anthropology at Australian National University, and the Australian Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, and is produced in collaboration with the American Anthropological Association. Music by Pete Dabro: dabro1.bandcamp.com Show notes by Ian Pollock KEYWORDS: culture, anthropology, ethnography, deepfakes, emotion, self, video games, dissociation

Suzanne Colbert from the Australian Network on Disability joins the program to discuss the efforts that they are engaging in to increase disability and inclusion access in Australia. Suzanne also shares her thoughts about what needs to happen in order to ensure the inclusion and retention of persons with disabilities in all businesses.   

The Australian Network on Disability (AND) is a national, membership based organisation that supports organisations to advance the inclusion of people with disability in all aspects of business. It recently held its quarterly member forum and Vildana Praljak and Kate Begley from Vision Australia's Advocacy and Engagement team attended. They report back on the discussions and presentations that took place and the relevancy to the blindness and low vision community. Also on the program, Jamie Kelly from Vision Australia's library service discusses the many ways people can access the wealth of reading material from the library.