It’s not about an anthem or a flag; “We are unified by what gives us life.” We need to approach “a place as a living relative”, as opposed to the colonial blueprint that is contextual and ahistorical.
“We are not the same, but we are related.” #AARE2024 #AARE24

Expectations of niceness as rooted in settler colonialism and white supremacy, as discussed by Prof Angelina Castagno making rethink my observations in certain academic spaces compared to others.
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To truly engage in anti-racist work, most of us will have to give up something. What it should not look like is ‘business as usual’. Anti-racist work cannot be acontextual and ahistorical. Our work has to be driven by community.
- Prof Angelina Castango, Northern Arizona University
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“Who defines what is ‘anti-racist’? Who defines what is ‘critical’?” We need a shared understanding of what they mean; otherwise the work can’t move forward.
- Prof Angelina Castango, Northern Arizona University
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“Education isn't just a goal, it's a shift,
a fight for what should've always been ours.
Where are all the Mãori at?
We're here— learning, teaching, believing.”
Push back respectfully and relentlessly.
#AARE2024 #AARE24

Professor Mere Berryman, Ngãi Tühoe, Ngãti Awa, Ngãti Whare ONZM, University of Waikato is brilliant and ever so inspiring! I’m affronted that she was passed over for the New Zealander of the year in 2018! #AARE2024 #AARE24

Harry Kanasa’s workshop on seasonal calendars and the deduction of ontoepistemologicies of Aboriginal knowledges was engaging and inspiring. Already thinking of how I can incorporate that work (with permission) in my own teaching. #AARE2024 #AARE24

Who is responsible for the breathtakingly immoral volumes of taxpayer cash being foie-grased to private schools? | First Dog on the Moon Why it’s people who went to private schools of course!

For everyone at #AARE #AARE24 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Less heard, less able to be heard, but more urgently needed to be heard.”
@jemcleod.bsky.social #AARE2024 #AARE24

Julie McLeod evoking reparative work of @arathings.bsky.social in her Presidential address. 🙌🏾
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Really enjoyed the concept of “almost participant” and rethinking ethics around consent and how that affects research writing. @samstiegler.bsky.social was frank and open about the navigation of these complexities which was really refreshing. #AARE2024 #AARE24

Guided walk to Browns Waterhole with Aunty Dr Jo Rey is definitely the highlight of the conference so far (and likely to be the overall highlight). Such generosity in sharing knowledges and wisdom.
Ever so grateful to have been part of the walking group. #AARE2024 #AARE24

I am not going to tell you something profound you haven’t heard before. These are things we already know to be important. What we also know is that white people have not yet [listened to] them. - Kevin Lowe
The Blak out Tuesday Plenary at #AARE2024 *is* profound. #AARE24

The session on Ubuntu by Charlyn Henderson was not what I expected it to be; it was more, different, and a great space to sit with the complexities of our collective being. Reminded me of the women’s circle practice in Cape Town where we learnt to be. I am because we are. #AARE2024 #AARE24

“We can no longer rely on ‘doing it for the children’ to keep teachers in the profession”. Ellen Larsen dropping truth bombs at #AARE2024 #AARE24

Mathias Decuypere and Sigrid Hartong talking about the complexities and precariousness of EdTech startup sector was fascinating. The unpacking of the field has left me with a lot of questions I need to interrogate in my own research. #AARE2024 #AARE24

Wayne Sawyer for education minister #AARE2024 #AARE24

By invoking the image of the Coolamon, #AARE can signal its commitment to inclusive and culturally responsive education, recognizing the deep, often underrepresented histories and knowledge systems of Indigenous Australians.

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The Coolamon emphasises the importance of caring for and nurturing educational growth and development, respecting and integrating Indigenous knowledge and methodologies within educational research.

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The Coolamon holds symbolic significance for #AARE representing the nurturing of knowledge and the carrying forward of educational research and practices.

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Welcome to country by Colleen Mitchell, a proud Darug woman, primary teacher and current Director of Walanga Muru.

We meet today at Wallumattagal.

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Opening of #AARE24 starts with a reckoning of how technology - especially AI - affects education.
On everyone’s mind no matter which field they are in, there is concern and worry and excitement. So fundamentally human. #AARE2024

Colleen Mitchell’s welcome to country is one of the most profound welcomes I have heard in my short time in Aus. All about telling the whole story, no matter how uncomfortable; about building strong foundations; about the significance of the process as much as the outcome. #AARE24 #AARE2024

Slide decks ready to go and looking forward to #AARE24 #AARE2024. I have 'Housing affordability and the teacher shortage in Australian capital cities' [Wed, 12noon, A209
25 Wally's Walk], and 'Introducing the Housing Affordability and the Teacher Shortage (HATS) lab' [Tues, 4pm, 430
12 Second Way]