Karen Wyld

1 month ago | overland.org.au | Norman Saadi Nikro |Ben Brooker |Karen Wyld

In her The Afterlife of Palestinian Images: Visual Remains and the Archive of Disappearance, the Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and artist Azza El Hassan provides compelling terms of reference by which to engage the fate of Palestinian artefacts as “remains,” or “remnants of plunder.”Concentrating mainly on film and photography, El Hassan focuses primarily on the “afterlife” of artefacts subject to Israeli violence and theft.

1 month ago | overland.org.au | Ben Brooker |Karen Wyld |Scott Robinson

The term “green growth” was coined twenty years ago by Rae Kwon Chung, a director at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). The concept captured the emerging idea that, rather than being antithetical to economic growth and technological progress, these paradigms could be given a sustainable makeover through government investment in renewable energy, green agriculture, sustainable forestry, and the like.

2 months ago | overland.org.au | Karen Wyld |Scott Robinson |John Kinsella

Shortly after Europeans bumped into the southern continent that they’d been mythicising with fantastical drawings in the large blank section on their maps, fantastical white tales were penned. Centuries later, authors are still writing fiction that mythologises and dehumanises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and too many of these works are being published in Australia and beyond.

Jan 17, 2024 | indigenousx.com.au | Nat Cromb |Dujuan Hoosan |Karen Wyld

This time of year can be triggering for mob. In 2024, after a lost referendum has resulted in a rise of racist calls against all things Indigenous, it seems to have  reached new heights and the pain is palpable. Those of us feeling this pain, feel compelled to help and support each other and drain our own tanks because that is what so many mob do.

Dec 6, 2023 | indigenousx.com.au | Nat Cromb |Dujuan Hoosan |Karen Wyld |Luke Pearson

The 2019 film 'In My Blood It Runs' told the story of 10-year-old Arrernte boy Dujuan’s life in the Northern Territory. Here, Dujuan shares insights into working on that film, and the story in his upcoming book. Blak solidarity with Palestinian people is powerful, writes Karen Wyld.