Tag: power

Unpacking Terms Around Equity, Power and Privilege

The main thrust of this post has been brewing in my head for months now. Basically, it’s that a lot of times, discourses

Multiple me #poem

You can’t make me better You can’t make me worse You can only make it harder To be who I am You can’t contro

The trouble with agency

[i fully intend to write a post about my journey towards reclaiming my domain, but this one is more urgent; this “fully

The Power of Social Media for the Semi-privileged

In my country, I am one of the privileged: i speak English, been educated in Western institutions, have a PhD from the UK, and

Body of Knowledge, or Embodied Knowledge? On theory, reading, privilege and #rhizo14

I am compelled to write this post quickly before I pick up my daughter from daycare. I need to write this post. First off R

Enforcing Independence

The second week of #rhizo14 has the catchy and paradoxical (?) heading “enforcing independence”. I have been mulli

The role of power, social justice and empathy in our perception of cheating vs learning

I’m here trying to tie some of the ideas of #rhizo14 into a physical event I will be part of in a few hours. I’ll