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Lesley Head

@lesleyhead.bsky.social
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Geographer at Unimelb, writer, berry farmer. Cultural dimensions of environmental & climate change issues.

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Linguistic Discovery @linguisticdiscovery.com · 24/08/2025
This is a great article about this research, and provides a lot of background about both the Murrinhpatha language and this study:
scientificamerican.com
Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows
An Aboriginal language provides unexpected insight into how language influences perception
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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
"Politicians downplay or avoid their own agency and responsibility ... They are blaming Nature for things that they have part responsibility for." (@lesleyhead.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social) humanities.org.au/power-of-the...
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Naturalising climate change – Australian Academy of the Humanities
Seeing climate change as "a natural change" downplays the agency of those who have a responsibility to combat it, says Prof Lesley Head.
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Super-excited to have been awarded a Viruna Climate Fellowship. Looking forward to learning from the awesome company. www.varuna.com.au/news/climate...
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2025 Varuna Climate Fellowship Announcement — Varuna, The National Writers' House
The six recipients of the 2025 Varuna Climate Fellowship have been announced.
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The train seems to be missing important researcher input. Ecologists, environmental lawyers, archaeologists, climate scientists, political scientists and others all have significant findings to contribute.
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Looking forward to discussing Urban Rewilding at the Willy Lit Fest with Dominique Hes and Dave Whitty. www.willylitfest.org.au/2025-program Join us Saturday June 21, 12-1pm, Williamstown Town Hall.
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Full Program — Willy Lit Fest
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Pleased to join the good crowd in Birregurra yesterday (much bigger than in this pic). #walkfortruth
A group of people wearing rain gear looking at an outdoor artwork, a collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous community.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Hard-hitting @lisacox.bsky.social report featuring exasperated straight-talkers✊ Peter Dunn, fmr commissioner of emergency services for the ACT is furious abt North West Shelf Extension: Albanese government is “trashing its integrity” and has “lost their licence to lead, days after the election”
theguardian.com
Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved
‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Happy to do a Greenhouse talk @finnarne.me
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Thanks Libby!
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Excited to see where it ends up!
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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly contested. Prof Lesley Head FAHA FASSA’s new book, Beyond Green, draws on her life’s work to reimagine a new, better future. Out 14 May 2025. @lesleyhead.bsky.social bit.ly/3H2VUoU
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Beyond Green, Lesley Head
How are we to think about nature and the environment? The idea of nature as it relates to culture, society and humans has always been in constant flux and highly contested. Lesley Head interrogate...
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
It’s mid-April, and Fires Near Me is still beeping.
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Climate for Change is fundraising with 10 climate actions in 10 days (April 4-13). For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural research that helps us more effectively respond to climate change. Day 9. Nature takes the blame challengeforclimate.com/lesley-head/...
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Climate for Change is fundraising with 10 climate actions in 10 days (April 4-13). For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural research that helps us more effectively respond to climate change. Day 8. Arts and creativity challengeforclimate.com/lesley-head/...
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
At Climate for Change we are fundraising with 10 actions in 10 days. My actions showcase social and cultural research around climate change: Day 6. The care economy Day 7. Emotional dimensions of climate change challengeforclimate.com/lesley-head
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10 Days. 10,000 Actions. $100K for Climate Change.
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Day 5. Acknowledging Country challengeforclimate.com/lesley-head/...
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Day 4 of my Challenge for Climate posts - Indigenous justice challengeforclimate.com/lesley-head/...
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Day 3. Beyond the universal human challengeforclimate.com/lesley-head/...
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Day 2. Climate change is not an 'environmental' issue. challengeforclimate.com/lesley-head/...
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10 Days. 10,000 Actions. $100K for Climate Change.
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Climate for Change aims to create the social climate for effective action on climate change. We are fundraising with 10 actions in 10 days. For my 10 actions I am showcasing social and cultural climate research. Day 1. Leverage for transformative change challengeforclimate.com/lesley-head/...
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10 Days. 10,000 Actions. $100K for Climate Change.
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
www.griffithreview.com/articles/our... This beautiful piece of writing by David Ritter is free for a few more days.
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Our once and future home - David Ritter
David Ritter’s essay ‘Our once and future home’ considers the ways in which climate change has fundamentally altered the planet and our place on it, and asks: what happens when your home is no longer ...
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
www.climateforchange.org.au. I’m pleased to have joined the Board of Climate for Change. ‘Our mission is to create the social climate for effective action on climate change.’ An important time to redouble efforts.
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Climate for Change
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This is a chilling announcement. But also, do they realise economics is a social science?
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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
How long does it take to get through 5,000 staples? I bought these during my first week as an undergraduate student in 1996, and they're now finally finished. 28 years later. Let's see if that reorder code is still valid...
A small cardboard box advertising its contents: 5,000 26/6 staples, costing £1.55.
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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
And the awful day in 1939, memorialised as Black Friday. Which makes a sacrilege of us adopting the American invention of the term as a massive money-making commercial event..
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
And I’ll be interviewing her about her recent Quarterly Essay, Highway to Hell. Come along, this Saturday November 23.
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Kate Bagnall @baibi.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
Devastated to hear that History, among other disciplines, is facing an uncertain future at the University of Wollongong - it may be cut completely. I spent 3.5 wonderful years at UOW as a DECRA Fellow, supported by and working with an incredible cohort of historians. 🗃️
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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Solidarity with colleagues at the University of Wollongong in geography, history, language, maths, environmental science, physics and public health. Entire units being cut, short sighted and devastating. #AcWri
abc.net.au
University to cut 137 academics due to $35m drop in international student enrolments
The University of Wollongong has approached staff across 25 disciplines for redundancies in a restructure the union fears could abolish its degrees in history, mathematics, geography and languages.
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Res_Australes: Ancient World Studies, Australasia @resaustrales.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Fight the Closure of Languages at the University of Wollongong www.change.org/p/fight-the-... - "We strongly condemn the proposal from the University.. to disestablish its entire Languages Discipline, including English Language and Linguistics, Mandarin, French, Japanese and Spanish.."
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Fight the Closure of Languages at the University of Wollongong
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Geography is one of the subjects slated for disestablishment. International colleagues will know how fabulous the Wollongong geographers and their work are. Please consider writing to the VC or signing the petition.
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
I’m pleased to be part of the National Museum of Australia’s publication ‘Garden’. Congrats to editor Luke Keogh on a rich read and beautiful production. shop.nma.gov.au/products/the-museum-magazine-garden-edition-23-aug24
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The Museum Magazine 'Garden' Edition 23 Aug24
Issue 23 explores the world of gardens, bringing together diverse voices and perspectives on all things garden and gardening. This publication was commissioned by Luke Keogh, White Family Senior Fello...
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
Water management in the NT is in crisis – a fundamental overhaul is needed. Important work on the sociohydrology of groundwater by Sue Jackson and colleagues.
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Today is my last day as President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. It has been an honour to serve in the role. Warm thanks to the Secretariat, Council and Fellows for their support and hard work. (I’ve been slow to get going here in the sky for personal reasons - more soon.)
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Lesley Head @lesleyhead.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Starting out here. Looking for all my old friends from the bird place. Please make yourselves known!
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