{"id":152,"date":"2012-10-22T22:21:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T05:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2014-12-04T15:10:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T22:10:19","slug":"thinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This space is a place for me to see my own thinking on paper, and thus to better understand the ideas I&#8217;m articulating. Look forward to conversation and connection with you about any of these ideas and more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\t<div id=\"post-511\" class=\"post-511 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-researching category-thinking tag-decolonizing tag-family-history\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2016\/05\/14\/writing-about-not-writing\/\" title=\"Writing about Not Writing\">Writing about Not Writing<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>For the past many months I have ben unable to write about colonization, family history: I\u2019ve been paralyzed. This spring I took a writing course with an inspiring, thoughtful group of participants. I re-wrote, revised, updated the cobbled-together pieces of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2016\/05\/14\/writing-about-not-writing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hentry -->\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"post-478\" class=\"post-478 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-building-community category-thinking tag-cameroon tag-community tag-global-solidarity-retreat tag-international tag-youth\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2015\/12\/15\/taking-the-time-to-listen\/\" title=\"Taking the Time to Listen\">Taking the Time to Listen<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re willing to help without listening to the story, then I have a problem.\u201d \u2013 Caroline Berinyuy A few weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Caroline Berinyuy, program director with the Young Women\u2019s Leadership Program &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2015\/12\/15\/taking-the-time-to-listen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hentry -->\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"post-445\" class=\"post-445 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-building-community category-thinking tag-community tag-idea-of-the-week tag-local\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2015\/01\/12\/a-new-kind-of-community-shower\/\" title=\"A New Kind of Shower\">A New Kind of Shower<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Over the past few years, I\u2019ve been invited to several \u2018showers\u2019 \u2013 friends collectively around a friend about to have a baby or about to get married. I\u2019m not a big fan of showers in the abstract. I\u2019ve always imagined &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2015\/01\/12\/a-new-kind-of-community-shower\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hentry -->\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"post-397\" class=\"post-397 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-researching category-thinking tag-current-projects tag-decolonizing tag-family-history\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/12\/04\/a-first-step-bain-family-history\/\" title=\"A first step: Bain family history, 1800-1940\">A first step: Bain family history, 1800-1940<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>After weeks of holiday time and considerable procrastination,\u00a0I&#8217;ve finally had the opportunity to follow a few more of the many rabbit-holes of research available through ancestry.com. I&#8217;ve written those down, mixed in some of my thinking \/ process around colonization, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/12\/04\/a-first-step-bain-family-history\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hentry -->\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"post-348\" class=\"post-348 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-researching category-thinking tag-current-projects tag-decolonizing tag-family-history\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/07\/29\/a-british-settler\/\" title=\"A British Settler\">A British Settler<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Harry Foote: A British Settler He arrived on the dock with a single bag, leather clasp closed carefully. A cold wind blew raindrops onto his face and soaked the corners of his hair. Piled high in burlap-covered stacks was the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/07\/29\/a-british-settler\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hentry -->\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"post-258\" class=\"post-258 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-building-community category-facilitating category-thinking tag-current-projects tag-international\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/05\/25\/idea-international-solidarity-retreats\/\" title=\"Ideas: Part-time Changemakers\">Ideas: Part-time Changemakers<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Having worked for years in the non-profit sector, I have seen community development professionals work hard with very limited resources. Now, as I transition to working within the post-secondary context, I meet more and more intelligent people who could have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/05\/25\/idea-international-solidarity-retreats\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hentry -->\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"post-288\" class=\"post-288 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-researching category-thinking\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/05\/22\/writing-project-family-history-travel-decolonization\/\" title=\"Writing project: Family History + Travel + Decolonization\">Writing project: Family History + Travel + Decolonization<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>My name is Mali and you&#8217;ve asked me to share a bit about myself and why I&#8217;d like to participate in a Writing Intensive this summer. I have finished writing my masters&#8217;\u00a0thesis\u00a0last fall, which took a decolonizing perspective on community-university &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/05\/22\/writing-project-family-history-travel-decolonization\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hentry -->\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"post-233\" class=\"post-233 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-building-community category-leading category-thinking tag-community tag-green-lei\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/05\/15\/building-community-in-the-city-friend-family-green-leis-and-mt-pleasant-mondays\/\" title=\"Building community in the city: &#8220;friend-family&#8221;, green leis, and Mt Pleasant Mondays\">Building community in the city: &#8220;friend-family&#8221;, green leis, and Mt Pleasant Mondays<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>For some time I&#8217;ve been thinking about ways to connect more regularly with people that are important to me. In my ideal world connecting with community is a part of my home, a part of my routines, it&#8217;s natural, easy, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/05\/15\/building-community-in-the-city-friend-family-green-leis-and-mt-pleasant-mondays\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hentry -->\n\t\t\n\t<div id=\"post-278\" class=\"post-278 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-researching category-thinking tag-local tag-ubc\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/04\/05\/malis-thesis\/\" title=\"Mali&#8217;s Thesis\">Mali&#8217;s Thesis<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p>As most of you know, a few months ago I defended my masters&#8217;\u00a0thesis. I&#8217;ve been meaning for some time to send out an email sharing the file &amp; the\u00a0link with\u00a0people whom I respect and appreciate, and who in some way &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/malibain\/2014\/04\/05\/malis-thesis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .hentry -->\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This space is a place for me to see my own thinking on paper, and thus to better understand the ideas I&#8217;m articulating. 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