Don't miss AELA's new course, designed in partnership with Future Dreaming Australia, in response to popular demand!
The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) and Future Dreaming are offering a 4-week introductory course for people seeking to build their understanding about what ‘decolonisation’ means in theory and practice, and how principles and practices of decolonisation can be used in our personal and professional lives.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
- Develop your ability to build cultural competence, understand diversity and understand the changing cultural and governance environments in Australia and around the world
- Learn about the history and different interpretations of decolonisation, as well as connected concepts including colonisation, imperialism, post-colonialism, Westernisation, modernisation, racism and whiteness studies.
- Develop your ability to identify, critique and challenge political, economic and governance systems from a ‘decolonial’ perspective.
- Develop your ability to identify, critique and change colonial perspectives and practices in your profession, workplace and personal life.
- Connect and collaborate with a network of like-minded, multi-disciplinary professionals.
- Engage at a personal and professional level, with a positive, inclusive vision for the future.
WHO IS IT FOR?
This course is designed for a general audience and we invite participation from all interested people; from all backgrounds and knowledge disciplines.
COURSE SPEAKERS
Dr Michelle Maloney, AELA and Future Dreaming
Dr Mary Graham, University of Queensland and Kombu-merri and Wakka Wakka person
Ross Williams, Future Dreaming and Bindal/Juru person
Professor Yin Paradies, Chair in Race Relations, Deakin University and Aboriginal-Asian-Anglo Australian of the Wakaya people from the Gulf of Carpentaria
Shrishtee Bajpai, Global Tapestry of Alternatives and Kalpavriksh, India
COURSE COSTS
$495 per person, for the 4 week course. This includes live classes, class recordings and a full set of resource materials. If you have any queries, please email us at: aela@earthlaws.org.au
