Indigeneity, Technology, and Education
As my last post, I want to share the powerful words of Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson (now retired) who comes from the Jiman, Budjalung people of Australia. Her life’s work is dedicated to the field of violence and trauma through building bridges between Indigenous healing practice and Western trauma recovery process. Her approach to healing is about ‘deep listening’. She says ‘In order to heal, the stories behind the trauma must be heard’.
This wonderful resource was given to me this year where its main focus draws on healing, mental health and reconciliation. Ensouling Our Schools: A Universally Designed Framework for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Reconciliation is a book that couldn’t have come any sooner. In a world void of empathy, and where schools have become anxious places where the marginalized are misrepresented, this resource helps us heal and rebuild. In Ensouling Our Schools, author Jennifer Katz weaves together methods of creating schools that engender mental, spiritual, and emotional health while developing intellectual thought and critical analysis.