It’s summer in Kulin country and the snakes are active! I was born in the year of the snake and so this Lunar New Year I’m feeling especially attuned to the way snakes engage in seasonal transformation. I hope that […]
Year of the Snake newsletter Read Post »
“…the neo-liberal academy has compelled me to compete and compare, to work on my own, to overwork, and to count narrowly. At various times, neoliberal ideologies have crept into my mind/writing/body, breaking me down. The academy’s “finite games” of winners
Why write/read book chapters? Community, connection, and creativity. Read Post »
So, this incredible book Nursing a Radical Imagination: Moving from Theory and History to Action and Alternate Futures, Edited by Jess Dillard-Wright, Jane Hopkins-Walsh, Brandon Brown has been published, and what a thrill to have a chapter in it! The
Teaching into a headwind and Nursing a Radical Imagination Read Post »
I had a chat with Ben Rodin from The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal . I said a few things. You can read more “All bodies are not treated the same and we’re not affected by the virus in the
An interview with nurse and multi-disciplinary researcher Dr Ruth De Souza Read Post »
Robyn Higgins and I wrote a chapter about cultural safety in the arts in an exciting new book about community engaged arts practice The Relationship is the Project edited by Jade Lillie with Kate Larsen, Cara Kirkwood and Jax Jacki
Cultural safety in the arts Read Post »
Cultural safety in health is the radical idea that people who use health services should be treated with competence, care and respect, so that their dignity and sovereignty are maintained, and not compromised by the system of health care. Both
Cultural safety: On healing the health system through partnership Read Post »
I wrote a piece for the Spring 2018 edition (Issue 23) of the Hive (the Australian College of Nursing’s quarterly publication). Cite as:DeSouza, R. (2018). Is it enough? :Why we need more than diversity in nursing. The Hive (23, 14-15). You
We need more than diversity in nursing. Read Post »
First published in Mindnet Issue 6 – Winter 2006 When my family arrived in New Zealand in 1975 there were very few people from Goa living here. We quickly got know every Goan in the country and, in hindsight, this
Pregnant with possibility: Migrant motherhood in New Zealand Read Post »
