- We need a different way to be human if we are to survive as a species, we cannot continue with the enlightenment human being. We know that is a road to destruction. And there are cultures that have survived for thousands and thousands and thousands of years that didn't lead to destruction.
Listen to Aileen Moreton-Robinson connect the ways being raised on Country under the love and care of her grandparents shaped her conceptions of sovereignty, white possession and relational connection to the Earth. At a time of global precarity, Aileen shares her wisdom on surviving the destructive forces of capitalist thinking.
UQ Emeritus Distinguished Professor Dr Aileen Moreton-Robinson FAHA HMAAAS and Goenpul woman of the Quandamooka people (Moreton Bay) is one of the foremost Indigenous feminist writers and theorists in Australia and internationally. Her ground-breaking monographs include Talkin Up to the White Woman: Indigenous women and Feminism and The White Possessive: Property, Power and Indigenous Sovereignty.