Okay, I know we aren't meant to choose favourites, but this is might be one of my fav episodes yet. I had the honour to sit down with Prof. Chelsea Watego, a proud Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman, for a chat. We got into all things academia as an Indigenous scholar, why cultural awareness just isn't cutting it, and why we need to shift from this need to “research” Indigenous cultures, but to see it as possibilities that help us reimagine our collective futures, grounded in Indigenous sovereignty. And, bringing it all together through the power and necessity of Black Joy as a practice.
Prof. Chelsea Watego is a prolific writer, educator, thinker, activist - among many things. She is the author of Another Day in the Colony, director of the Institute of Collaborative Race Research (ICRR), Executive Director of QUT's Carumba institute - providing a world class Indigenous research and educational environment that foregrounds Indigenous sovereignty, and most importantly, a proud mum to five beautiful children.
You can follow and support her work here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/little_miss_watego/
Website: https://chelseawatego.au/
Carumba Institute: https://www.qut.edu.au/research/carumba-institute
And while you are at it, follow @notyourtokenhire on the gram.
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