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Culture and education writer

Michael Clark

Michael writes about Indigenous culture, language revitalisation and community education. He approaches every subject from the perspective of what understanding costs and what it makes possible.

A language class in a Native community centre with elders teaching younger generations Culture

Reclaiming Indigenous Language

Language extinction is sometimes discussed as though it were a natural process, an inevitable outcome of modernisation and...

Michael ClarkSep 16, 20266 min read
An Indigenous artist working on a large mural depicting traditional symbols and contemporary resistance imagery Culture

Indigenous Resistance Through Art

Art has always been a site of contestation. Whoever controls the images, stories, and symbols that circulate in a culture...

Michael ClarkSep 16, 20265 min read