Aboriginal Media and Politics of Representation in Australia w/ Amy McQuire
Release Date: 06/09/2025
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Yojana Miraya Oscco is a Quechua scholar from the Andes of Peru and currently a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Andean politics, resource extraction, environmental justice, and rural livelihoods. Yojana is a Quechua language activist who has taught her native language at the University of Toronto and co-founded Kuskalla Abya Yala, an international non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the revitalization of South American native languages. Yojana is also a co-founder and co-host of the tri-lingual (Quechua, Spanish, and English)...
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Aboriginal Media and Politics of Representation in Australia w/ Amy McQuire
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is a Darumbal and South Sea Islander scholar from Rockhampton in Central Queensland. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Carumba Institute and has worked as a journalist in Aboriginal and independent media. Dr. McQuire's work focuses on the representation of Aboriginal communities and violence against Aboriginal women, men and children in the Australian mainstream media. In this conversation, we learn more about the Aboriginal peoples' experiences in her homeland, state-sanctioned violence against Aboriginal communities, and how that intersects with colonialism, racism, and white supremacy....
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Food sovereignty, environment, and Indigenous politics w/ Jessica Penney
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Welcome to TYMSYY! Нөрүөн нөргүй! Всем здравствуйте!
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Sardana Nikolaeva, a Sakha scholar, is a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Department of Anthropology and currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship position at the University of Toronto. Masha Kardashevskaya, a Sakha scholar, is a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and currently serves as an independent researcher residing in Indonesia. Sardana and Masha are long-time friends, colleagues, research collaborators, and now co-hosts of a podcast TYMSYY. Music: -
info_outlineDr Amy McQuire is a Darumbal and South Sea Islander scholar from Rockhampton in Central Queensland. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Carumba Institute and has worked as a journalist in Aboriginal and independent media.
Dr. McQuire's work focuses on the representation of Aboriginal communities and violence against Aboriginal women, men and children in the Australian mainstream media. In this conversation, we learn more about the Aboriginal peoples' experiences in her homeland, state-sanctioned violence against Aboriginal communities, and how that intersects with colonialism, racism, and white supremacy.
She co-hosts the investigative "Curtain the Podcast" with Yuin lawyer Martin Hodgson
She is the author of Black Witness: The Power of Indigenous Media, published by the University of Queensland Press
Music: Anastasia Alexxeeva/Анастасия Алексеева - Djohogoj/Дьөһөгөй