Inala Cooper

Ngaji gurrjin. Janu Yawuru buru Rubibi. I am a Yawuru woman. I live & work on Wurundjeri/BoonWurrung/Bunurong country in Narrm/Melbourne. Director @MurrupBarak

[Senator Briggs (Biblically Accurate) @Briggs]

This argument of “you’re voting Yes because you trust the govt?!” Is stupid. I’m voting Yes because I’d prefer if we could hold this and future Govts accountable.

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

@LopeyPen @UTAS_ @MonashPub Thanks, Penelope.

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

@carlyfindlay If you don’t like liquid cough suppressant you can get it in tablet form - just ask a pharmacist! Easily swallowed with water and provides the same effect. Great for on-the-go as well, as there is no risk of spillage in your bag. 👌🏽

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

@AmyThunig OMG what. She is waaaay out of line. So sorry this happened. Outrageous.

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

Solid work by deadly colleagues including Kirsten Hausia from @MurrupBarak @UniMelb

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Hundreds are still missing and feared dead after a boat carrying migrants sank in Greek waters last week.

Advocates say they’re frustrated the sunken migrant ship has garnered far less attention and resources than the Titan rescue efforts for 5 people. https://t.co/NYRoA3X3um

[Radical Graffiti @GraffitiRadical]

"600 people dead at sea, killed by the coast guard"
Seen in Thessaloniki during a demonstration against the EU border regime.

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

Feelings are not facts.

[kk @flashblak]

in a carrie bradshaw voice

I couldnt help but wonder, was 'cultural safety' letting racists pretend they arent racist?

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

@drcwatego @LowitjaInstitut @BronFredericks @LesterRigney @AbbeyDiaz_says @CroakeyNews @MelissaSweetDr @DrRuthAtLarge @MJA_Editor @closethegapOZ @rebeccaivers Everyone’s a winner! 🏆Great to finally meet IRL too 😃

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

@LowitjaInstitut @BronFredericks @LesterRigney @AbbeyDiaz_says @CroakeyNews @MelissaSweetDr @DrRuthAtLarge @MJA_Editor @closethegapOZ @rebeccaivers Thanks @LowitjaInstitut 😊 although it looks like @drcwatego tweeted a couple more than me! 📈🧐

[Jayde @jaydefuller]

Prof Linda Tuihwai Smith 'We have been subject to unrelenting colonisation, it changes it's form - we've had to relitigate arguments around race we thought we'd won. Don't take it for granted - your space is not secure.' #Lowitja23

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

“Don’t take the situation you’re in for granted. It will always be fragile. We have skills to work in those spaces, like healing. You can’t be comfortable. You’re constantly on guard and you have to be trained to sustain it.” Prof Linda Tuhiwai Smith @LowitjaInstitut #lowitja2023

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

Linda Tuhiwai Smith, ⁦@Paps_R⁩ and ⁦@LesterRigney⁩ on research sovereignty ⁦@LowitjaInstitut⁩ “We are taking up this space, we are claiming this space.” #lowitja2023

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

“Globalisation is a form on new colonialism. I am unimpressed with decolonising theory when it doesn’t properly consider the modern human condition of the Aboriginal child. Health inequality never sleeps.” @LesterRigney @LowitjaInstitut #lowitja2023

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

“It’s not that we don’t have the evidence. We know the answers. There are times it’s not about research but about activism.” Dist. Prof. Linda Tuhiwai Smith @LowitjaInstitut #lowitja2023

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

“I see in our culture solutions to many of the problems colonisation has caused. But there are things that are not well that should be well. Power is not a White thing, we have power too.” @LowitjaInstitut #lowitja2023

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

Dist. Prof. Linda Tuhiwai Smith “I don’t know what colonisers hear when we tell our truth. That’s why the language we use is so powerful, we have to be careful with words. When you put a nice piece of fruit with rotting fruit it rots too and that’s what can happen to good words.”

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

“Don’t mess with the Māori woman who speaks her truth as she walks with the power of thousands of years in her blood and her bones.” Dist. Prof. Linda Tuhiwai Smith @LowitjaInstitut #lowitja2023

[Inala Cooper @InalaCooper]

“There is a place in research for anyone who is curious about anything. We sneak our knowledge and language in to change the format of research.” Dist. Prof. Linda Tuhiwai Smith @LowitjaInstitut #lowitja2022