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🍉Prof. Amanda Wise find me @amandawise on BlueSky Profile picture
🍉Prof. Amanda Wise find me @amandawise on BlueSky
@AmandaYWise
Bluesky @amandawise Prof. of Sociology. Researching social inequalities in global cities. https://t.co/5us7VURHwA
Feb 10 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
1/This is one of the messages in the WhatsApp group. I think power is an important dimension to the discussion of what to leak and what not to leak. I see here the group "Lawyers for Israel" - a group of 250+ lawyers with 6 teams - one of which is Campus Watch. Image 2/ I also saw on that list many of my colleagues names - none of whom is an anti-Semite. The list of names clearly shows a targeting of my Arab colleagues, my Indigenous colleagues, and my non-Zionist Jewish colleagues. I find this deeply disturbing and deeply racist.
Jan 22 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
1/ We are hearing more and more about censorship of professionals such as doctors, academics and journalists who speak up on Palestine. We don't hear about the 'little people' who are also losing jobs and livelihoods because of Zionist pushback. So here is a thread you can add to 2/ Two examples from this week. Case 1 a mens' hairdresser who cut my son's hair on Friday. The hairdresser told me (noticing my Free Palestine dove avatar) that he has supported Palestine for years. He previously owned a salon in wealthy Double Bay -Sydney's Eastern Suburbs ...
Jan 13 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Non political / non-academic friends - you need to know what is happening in the Australian media right now.
You may not be aware that the South African case arguing Israel's actions in Gaza amount to Genocide began in the International Court of Justice on Thursday. 🧵 2/ Thousands of experts and observers around the world tuned into the livestream to listen to the South African case on Thursday setting out piece by piece over 3 hours the claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Aug 25, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Thread: 1/7 We must defend the centrality of sociology and critical HASS disciplines to healthy, functioning society and democracy. These are the disciplines that hold power to account, that must have the freedom to exercise critique without fear or favour.@SaveSocSciUWA 2/7 A metaphor: Sociology & critical HASS are kind of like the separation of powers, the adversarial justice system, or 'Blue sky' science. While applied research, industry commissioned social research etc is important... it must not be the only kind of sociology we support.
Jul 9, 2021 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
1/8 And where it all starts..... the decline of Commonwealth education funding going to higher education from 41% in 1996 down to record low of 23.5%. #SaveAustralianUniversities Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/hard-lessons-on-unis 2/8 BACK IN 1996
41.4% of total Commonwealth Govt education spending went to higher education.
Non-government schools received 16.5%
Public schools 10.9%
17.9% of the education budget went directly to students to support the less well off through their education.
Oct 2, 2020 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
I'm starting a thread here on #UsefulSocialSciences to show @MakeMayoMatter @JacquiLambie @Stirling_G why it is wrong to stop kids from poorer backgrounds studying in social science. Here are some of the 'useful' & employable things we research & teach. @TASA @MQ_Sociology Housing affordability: understanding housing markets and how we design better housing policy so young people and the less well off can afford a home. #UsefulSocialSciences

Work & economy: What is happening with modern labour markets - what are the social impacts of insecure work
Sep 4, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
1/4 This year marks 20 years since that momentous vote for independence in Timor Leste. I have such strong memories of my East Timorese friends at that time and the joy and hope they had leading up to vote, and suffering they endured with Indonesia's scorched earth departure. 2/4 I'll never forget landing in Dili surrounded by troop carriers, UN Planes, experiencing the crazy UN economy, walking the corridors of Timor Leste's brand new parliament, hitching a ride with Brazilian soldiers in their tank. Interviewing so many amazing and brave Timorese.
Apr 26, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
New article by the Wise & Velayutham team is out now in Ethnic & Racial Studies. @ERSjournal #multiculturalism #conviviality
Humour at work: conviviality through language play in Singapore's multicultural workplaces tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… If you are in the US, Europe or UK, please take a look as it is important to open your imaginations to ways of 'doing diversity' and 'dealing with race' beyond the Anglosphere. Better still, read some authors writing and publishing from Asia.
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Dec 14, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Government has announced an inquiry into how well refugees are 'integrating' into Australian society, " Warning of the development of “parallel communities” and poor English skills ...as drivers of social fragmentation." Sigh... happy to set them right based on 20 yrs research theaustralian.com.au/national-affai…
Oct 28, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Excited to have won a UN Day Media Award for 'Pushing Casual Sport to the Margins Threatens Social Cohesion' in @ConversationEDU, brought to life by SBS Una Butorac @TheFeedSBS in 'Foul Play'
Amanda Wise, Kristine Aquino, Keith Parry, Sarah Neal
@SocStudiesShef @MQ_Sociology Image theconversation.com/pushing-casual…