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Voice analysis

Chris Lloyd
May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
This post is rather long. If you want a point form summary, scroll down to the bottom. Secondly, this post does not represent the views...
Cultural Critique Education Indigenous Literature Social Policy

Critic swallows book

Nicholas Gruen
May 20, 2022June 3, 2022
The Sydney Book Review is my kind of book review. It's online and free. Ever since I joined the blogging revolution in 2005 it's seemed...
Cultural Critique Indigenous Inequality

Microagressions anyone? On the thermonuclear expressions turning up in our in-tray

Nicholas Gruen
February 4, 2022February 6, 2022
https://youtu.be/CZVNmDuifes For over a year I've had something in my 'draft articles' file. It consisted of little more than a table like the one you...
Democracy Economics and public policy History Indigenous Sortition and citizens’ juries

Needing the eggs: The podcast

Nicholas Gruen
November 3, 2021
https://youtu.be/cRhlvHQ0MWY Here's a podcast I did a few weeks ago which has garnered more reaction from people than any I’ve done before. That may just...
Cultural Critique Economics and public policy History Humour Indigenous Isegoria Sortition and citizens’ juries

Needing The Eggs: 70 Years Of Going Through The Motions

Nicholas Gruen
October 21, 2021
I've recently completed an essay and like quite a few of my essays, it's not been 'optimised' for publication in a magazine, so I may...
Cultural Critique History Indigenous Sport-general

Aborigines and the National Game — by the late John Hirst

Nicholas Gruen
July 21, 2021
[caption id="attachment_35067" align="aligncenter" width="862"] Source: Winter in Australia: Football in the Richmond Paddock (1866) is the earliest known image of a football match in Melbourne.(Supplied:...
Democracy History Indigenous Politics - national Race and indigenous

God defend New Zealand

Nicholas Gruen
April 30, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6qmdqvItkM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTaw6oQmRdM No folks, that is not a joke. Listening to it on occasion over the years, I've grown fond of the New Zealand National...

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