#BecauseOfLindaTuhiwaiSmith

I was able to draw on research methodologies that challenged the dominant paradigm of research and I was confident enough to cite as many Aboriginal scholars throughout my thesis - despite being told in my Confirmation to ‘cite’ white men!

Studying in a HWI for #Blacademics can be extremely draining - not only because of the ‘expected free labour’ but the fact that your lived experience as a researcher is ignored & denied, ensuring academia and valid knowledge is centred around whiteness!

There is a huge gap in the lived experiences of researchers in academia (obvs other spaces but I’m taking about a specific space)! We are never going to learn from books written by people with no experience but interviewing techniques. We must centre real life experiences.