Cultural Safety ANOMIE AND DESPAIR: THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING Graham Townley, November 8, 2023November 22, 2023 INTRODUCTION I read with great interest recently an article by a social worker in The… Continue Reading
Politics And Culture PROGRESSIVE NATIONALISM: BUILDING CONSENSUS FROM THE GROUND UP Graham Townley, October 18, 2023November 1, 2023 Continue Reading
Cultural Safety APORETICS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING: STRANGER DANGER AND OBSERVATION BIAS Graham Townley, October 18, 2023November 1, 2023 “If people stay within their bubbles and are no longer willing to leave these comfort zones,… Continue Reading
Cultural Safety THE SOCIAL AND PEACE DIVIDEND THAT RESULTS FROM CULTURAL SAFETY: UNDERSTANDING WHY SOCIAL DISTANCING SOMETIMES INCREASES ANXIETY Graham Townley, October 18, 2023November 1, 2023 Continue Reading
Peace and Social Cohesion PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE: DREAMING BIG Graham Townley, October 18, 2023November 1, 2023 Continue Reading
VOTE YES23 IF YOU BELIEVE IN INFORMED CONSENT AS A PREREQUISITE FOR INCLUSION AND POLICY MAKING IN INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS Graham Townley, October 18, 2023October 27, 2023 Lest we forget our origins as a Nation State. Nations are fundamentally communities of intent… Continue Reading
Community Safety WHO IS HELPING WHO? THE MARLPA TRADITION IN PITJANTJATJARA CULTURE AND TWO-WAY LEARNING Graham Townley, October 18, 2023November 1, 2023 This article emphasizes the importance of Pitjantjatjara mentoring traditions as an integral part of customary… Continue Reading
SILOS WHAT SILOS? INDIGENOUS BOARD AND SELF-GOVERNANCE FUNDING NEEDED TO PARTNER MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR Graham Townley, October 18, 2023November 22, 2023 I just asked an artificial intelligence engine a simple question: which Australian government funding agencies,… Continue Reading
BEING OF SERVICE: CROSS-CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF VALUE IN REMOTE COMMUNITY WORK Graham Townley, October 18, 2023October 27, 2023 In Chapter Six of my PhD Thesis [to be uploaded soon] I described service conceptions… Continue Reading