At 11am on CKMS #CommunityConnections Barbara Spronk of @CFUWKW and Melissa Star Ireland of @IndigenousUW talk to Bob Jonkman and Jenniefer Stronge about the Indigenous Film Festival in February. CKMS-FM 102.7, online https://t.co/w5h1iXiB0a, YouTube Live https://t.co/Kokwxpon4w
Finally got through Kincaid's - My Brother. In this autobiographical memoir, she tells the story of her brother. Kincaid conjures up a rather shockingly grim picture of him, who dies of Aids. She weaves a story of her family with whom she has fringe relations!
Set in a decolonized context, there are commonalities between the social life of people like Obi who come out from poor and marginalized villages, carve their space in the society, and their internal conflicts to provide for their families and lead their 'own' lives & desires.
In today's Indian Express: @SrinivasGoli1 and I look at the data lacunae on caste among Muslims and how in the absence of a caste census, academic studies are filling the gap. For eg: 24% of Muslims in UP are Dalit acc to one recent study.
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Fossil fuel intensive,chemical intensive Industrial agriculture & globalised food distribution is responsible for 50% Green House Gases .Biodiverse , local, fresh ,organic is the answer to both the health & climate emergency . #SoilNotOil#LocalNotGlobal#BiodiverseNotMonoculture
If you can read just one thing today, read this - you may use the "english" translation button https://t.co/X8n6HwlVwV “Be like children. Repeat: 2+2=4. Black is black. White is white."
https://t.co/HNuopKoEOA “There’s a freedom of the seed to evolve. That’s why for a seed, freedom is not just a human trait. It’s the planet’s trait. There’s a freedom of the farmer to save and exchange seed — that is what the corporations were taking away.”
https://t.co/T3SMVF4QXd - we’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history… We are now facing the prospect of destruction of organised human life on Earth.”
taught Butler's parable in class yesterday. Written in 1990s about what can possibly happen in 2020s amidst climate change and economic crisis. Absolutely prophetic! #parableofsower#OctaviaButler#AfroFuturism