One can think of ecobricking as just the latest in a series of events that frayed, tore at and re-stitched tangled conceptualisations of life after death.
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Get A U.S. High School Teaching Job
I never thought I would become a high school teacher but now I can’t imagine doing anything else.
Bodies and Sexuality in Gilead: A Queer Ecofeminist Reading of The Handmaid’s Tale
While watching The Handmaid’s Tale, I could not help but think about how many acts of cruelty against women, the LGBTQIA+ community, and marginalised people are actually the norm in a number of societies.
Meritocracy and the Cultivation of Land/Racism on the ‘Canadian’ Prairies: Considerations for Teachers
I recently asked the (white) teacher candidates in my doctoral study, “How would you define social justice?”
Historical Black Lives Matter: What A Single Story Can Reveal About People & Landscapes
Many poor Black people lived, worked, and died to bring about modern industries such as oil in Brazil. Mr. João de Deus’ life story hopefully sheds light on these experiences.
Ordinary Places: Reflections on Holocaust Topographies
In September 2011, I was residing in Dachau, Germany after embarking upon a yearlong volunteer service with Action Reconciliation Service for Peace at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site.
A Farewell to the Oriental Nicety (1986-2012): Long Gone But Not Forgotten…!
The Oriental Nicety, age 26, left the mortal world amidst huge negative publicity on June 29, 2012, at the Alang shipbreaking yards in India after meeting with an unfortunate fatal accident.
“Are There Even People There?” Re-reading Adrian Howkins and Grappling with “Going There”
Howkins, who is a historian of Antarctica, writes of the sense of legitimacy that seems to settle on historians after they visit the places they study, especially if the places they study are little-visited by outsiders in general.
Embracing Intersectionality in the Age of Bad Data
Technology is an extension of societal mores and seeps into our lives, how we breathe, what we know, and how we move sometimes leaving an indelible digital mark.