Lesley Head @[email protected]
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Geographer @unimelb. President, @HumanitiesAU. Tweeting in a personal capacity. Cultural dimensions of environmental & climate change issues.
Melbourne, Australia
Joined May 2012
Today is my last day as President @HumanitiesAU. It has been an honour to serve in the role. Warm thanks to the Secretariat, Council and Fellows for their support and hard work.
We look forward to the Annual Academy Lecture by Academy President @ProfLesleyHead this evening, held in the beautiful Elisabeth Murdoch Building at @UniMelb from 5:30pm. See you soon!
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RT @DrJeremyWalker: BREAKING! ❤️🖤💛Pls read & share widely my article out now, showing how the #VoteNo campaign is run by the same #AtlasNet….
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"A girl in a flowing white dress floating gracefully into a dreamy sky filled with stars and colorful clouds at sunset.". Try Grok Imagine, free for a limited time:.
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RT @KateElizRigby: Excellent reflection on the importance of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposal in Australia by political philosop….
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Fellow and Professor of Political Philosophy Duncan Ivison argues that the call for a Voice to Parliament is not, as its critics argue, an attempt to insert race-based politics into the Australian...
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RT @HumanitiesAU: We are dismayed to learn of ACU’s decision to gut its disciplines of History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Pol. Science….
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RT @harrietbulkeley: Fantastic to see discussions in Melbourne kicking off overnight! See you soon! #RGSIBG23.
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RT @AnnaPigott: Are you a climate scientist/researcher? Are you interested in creating space to connect with others around what you FEEL ab….
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RT @NickMcKim: Quarter of the way through the 21st century, climate collapsing and ecosystems failing, and this is supported by the Labor a….
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RT @SeanUlm: How we collaborated in creating #FirstInventors to celebrate extraordinary Indigenous peoples' knowledges and technologies . h….
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The First Inventors documentary series is appearing on our screens at a time when Australia engages in some big national conversations about voice, truth, and treaty.
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RT @HumanitiesAU: Recent advancements in #AI have generated new interests, methods, problems and capabilities across humanities & the arts.….
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Congrats for your work on this @ayyemm and @NanoJagadish.
Science central in overturning Australia’s greatest miscarriage of justice.The Academy welcomes the unconditional pardon granted to Kathleen Folbigg today as recommended by NSW Attorney General Michael Daley. Full story:
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RT @SeanUlm: @Duncanivison on Far from undermining democracy, The Voice will pluralise and enrich Australia’s democratic conversation .http….
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We need a richer account of democracy within which to locate the Voice, to lift the quality of public debate about it.
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RT @C_PascoeLeahy: This Mother’s Day I want to tell you why I became determined to write my book Becoming a Mother: An Australian History w….
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Congrats. Looks excellent.
Matthew Kearnes & I just published an essay & themed issue on the *Geographies of COVID-19* @GeogResearch. It's based on the amazing work of over 60 of the best geographers around 🔥. It covers a lot of conceptual ground, empirical sites & critical issues!.
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With thanks to the Roy Geog Soc Qld, I'll be talking about the social life of Australian nature and the case of Barka/Darling River ecocide on Tues May 2. In person in Brisbane and via Zoom (also recorded for later) #Menindee #fishkill #hydrosocial.
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If you teach about the social life of water, this brilliant 18 min conversation btwn @clint_jasper and @SueJackson3068 is your friend. #Menindee #fishkill #hydrosocial #place #geography . Country Breakfast features
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In the wake of another mass fish death in the Lower Darling, this week Griffith University's Professor Sue Jackson is here for a history lesson on basin water management. In a paper co-authored with...
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RT @adamlmorton: Wrote about the evidence, where we are, where we should be, where we could be. The latest IPCC report makes it clear no….
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The politics is fraught but what we do as the world aims to limit global heating to 1.5C matters
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Round 1 footy coverage interrupted by #bushfire evacuation alerts. What will September bring?.
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RT @HumanitiesAU: Our region is changing, and we know less about it than we did 20 years ago. Read the deep dive by Prof Peter Varghese and….
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RT @josephlobianco: Here is the ‘unpaywalled’ article about “Australian Academy of the Humanities research shows diminishing knowledge of B….
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New research has revealed that Australia is losing expertise and knowledge on Asia. Here’s what we can do to fix that.
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Congrats to so many who worked on this timely report.
Over 100 China experts were consulted for our report into the knowledge capability that Australia needs to develop to keep up with demand and a changing region. Read the highlights or download the report: @josephlobianco @UniMelb
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