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Paul Komesaroff, Michael Komesaroff and Roger Mendelson: Australia’s response to the Ukraine crisis is a missed opportunity
This opinion piece on the Ukraine crisis, co-authored by Professor Paul Komesaroff, a member of DEEP’s Advisory Circle, was published in Pearls and Irritations (see johnmenadue.com for information about this public policy journal). Not only did diplomacy fail spectacularly but the responses of governments around the world was, perversely, to turn away from the search ...
The art of reflection as an arts practitioner
As a reflective practitioner, I am continually looking back at my performances in the theatre, in the boardroom, the classroom, the community, the secure unit, and the open-air space. I always want to get something, some benefit from delivering the work that I do. Usually, the benefit is of me learning something. If I go ...
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I have listened, and observedIn a circle of peace, where people from another part of the worldPromised one another non-judgement and respectAlthough they’ve never met(Why can’t we even do it with the neighbours of our own?)My thorn: I am trapped between academic and practical worlds(And you are anchoring me down, thank you)My rose: I am ...
12th June – 1m2 against littered nature 2021
Written by: Laurence Klein The ‘LIBERA, united against littered nature’ project, created by the environmental Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) SEO/BirdLife, in alliance with the non-profit organization Ecoembes, came to life in 2017 to curb the consequences of abandoned litter in natural spaces (littered nature, basuraleza in Spanish) in Spain. Ecoembes promotes a circular economy through the ...
A Devastating Month in Colombia
*An earlier version of this was originally published in French on Priscyll’s personal blog. May 1st 2021 was a terrible and devastating Labor Day in Colombia. The day was marked with violence on the streets of many cities in the country as government forces cracked down harshly and brutally against peaceful protesters. The protests culminated ...
“I know what you did during lockdown”: How I re-thought accessibility
I’m entering my 11th year at La Trobe University, and I’m halfway through a PhD. 2021 also marks my 11th year of living with an invisible illness. My illness, multiple chemical sensitivities, impedes my access to most buildings, though the implementation of a Learning Access Plan (LAP) devised by the AccessAbility Hub (formerly Equity and ...
Story of a Forest Trek
I have had the good fortune of living with the Orang Asli, Malaysia’s Aborigines, who are renowned as forest Indigenes. They are remarkable storytellers and from them, I learned that telling a good story is an effective way of conveying one’s thoughts or ideas. As humans, we are hardwired to communicate through stories. A ...
DEEP Events: Peace, Conflict and Education On(the)line
DEEP Germany, also known as DEEP Deutschland e.V., kicked off a new project called DEEP Events in January 2021. The aim of DEEP Events is to create a place to come together to share ideas, skills and information through platforms like Zoom (for now) and includes workshops, discussions and interviews with guests from a wide ...
