Tag: Racism

Business

Social Justice and Dignity at Work

Social Science Insights

Sociologist Philomena Essed shows how everyday interactions feed into structural racism, such as during workplace interactions. Essed demonstrates how workplaces can proactively create an environment of justice and dignity. She advocates that leaders must do proactive reflection to better understand how culture impacts workplace relationships and respect.

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Social Policy

Using Social Science to Address Injustice

Social Science Insights

Social science was used in a state inquiry into social injustice. This includes a review of information services, analysis of policy and program outcomes, and identifying the social and economic impact of racial inequity.

  • Infographic showing people talking in quadrants, a man holding a giant magnifying glass, people holding puzzle pieces making a heart, and a man frowning at graphs. Title reads: Using social science to address injustice
  • Infographic showing a man standing beside a giant folder showing houses, writing, and starred reviews, as well as a person moving items around a giant calendar. Title: My team used social science in a State inquiry into social justice
  • Infographic of a man in a uniform and cap holding a giant magnifying glass with a question mark in the centre, surrounded by giant letters, charts, mail, and photos, as well as a man with a frustrated expression, sitting on his knees on top of a giant laptop, as the screen and surrounding files show error warnings. Title: How we used social science theorey and method
  • Infographic of a white woman holding a giant magnifying glass in front of a giant signed document. Title: review of state archives
  • Infographic showing a woman presenting to an audience while standing in front of a line graph. Title: evaluation of programs
  • Infographic showing a smiling man, with his hands behind his back, standing in front of three giant documents, the one in the centre with a ribbon over the top, as well as a woman pointing to a giant laptop. Title: Thematic analysis
  • Infographic showing a person with a speech bubble that has a bar chart inside, as they point to a giant clipboard holding a document. Title: evidence framework
  • Infographic of people holding pieces of a pie chart. Each piece shows buildings, a megaphone, a truck, and icons of people. Title: Methodology to measure inequality
  • Infographic of five people arranged in a semi circle around a giant speech bubble. Title: admive on anti-racism
  • Infographic showing people along a line graph, one with a speech bubble, one holding giant light bulb over their head, and another pointing to a presentation of a box. Text: Learn more about how social sciennce supports policy and justice: SocialScienceInsights.com
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News and Events, Social Policy

Race and Social Policy

Social Science Insights

‘Race at Work Within Social Policy,’ has been published in the book, Critical Racial and Decolonial Literacies: Breaking the Silence, edited by Dr Debbie Bargallie and Dr Nilmini Fernando. This book chapter demonstrates how inadequate racial literacy impacts social policy documentation, including policies attempting to implement anti-racism principles.

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Day in the Life of an Applied Sociologist
Protesters at the Stop Black Deaths in Custody march in Sydney. One man carries the Aboriginal flag

Racial Justice at Work

Social Science Insights

A lunchtime seminar on Aboriginal queer people at work, revising data from our randomised control trial to improve outcomes for students, public communications, and personal research.

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Day in the Life of an Applied Sociologist
A colourful wall with a sign that says: accessible entry

Intersectionality Action Plan

Social Science Insights

I spent most of the day finalising my feedback for the disability inclusion action plan for our sector, and sitting on a recruitment panel. Both of these activities involved active practice of intersectionality. That’s a concept that discribes how gender and race are interconnected with other forms of institutional disadvantage.

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News and Events

Interview on My Sociological Practice

Social Science Insights

I’ve been interviewed for the Lady Science podcast. I talk about what sociology is, my career as an applied sociologist, and how Indigenous and other minority sociologists continue to challenge Western and colonial methods and ideas in sociology and in social policy.

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Social Science in Action
Aboriginal women speakers sit up front of an audience at Twitter Australia headquarters

NAIDOC Week 2018

Social Science Insights

This past week Australia celebrated NAIDOC Week, a time to reflect on the culture, history and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This year’s theme was Because of Her We Can, putting the spotlight on Indigenous women’s central role in overlapping areas, from family, to community organisations, to social justice.

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Social Science in Action

Racist Propaganda in Inner West Sydney

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This billboard meant to incite racism and division is featured in the Inner West of Sydney.

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News and Events
A Black person is seen from behind at a protest, holding a sign. It reads: it's a privilege to educate yourself about racism instead of experiencing it

Interview on Intersectionality

Social Science Insights

I was interviewed by writer and social justice coordinator with the American Humanist Association, Sincere Kirabo, about misunderstandings of intersectionality and the problems with the term “identity politics.”

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