The Australian Historical Association is the peak national organisation of historians working in all fields of history. Guest Tweeter Andrea Gaynor
Sep 28, 2019 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Good morning on Grand Final day of the AFL's male football competition.
To quote Manning Clark again. It's a day where 'a strange infirmity' strikes many 'many of the inhabitants of Melbourne, and indeed of the whole of Australia'.
MK
#AFLGF
But before getting to the almost always pathologised passions of footy barrackers, I want to chat a bit about the contested origins of the game.
MK
Jun 7, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
We’re now in the midst of the 6th great extinction & facing runaway climate breakdown that puts humanity at a crossroads of active transition, or business as usual leading to ↗️ ecological devastation and international disorder within decades. How can history help? A thread. AG
History alerts us to hidden causes and quiet motors of change - chief among them the malleable endurance of capitalism and colonialism. It provides the stories by which we can understand our current predicaments. Without it we are groping in the dark.
