Niina marni, I’m Aidan, a social scientist, radical and optimist. I’m interested in the intersection of activism, higher education, decolonisation, anti-racism, anti-sexism and progressive Marxian praxis. I currently work as an academic supporting educational transformation towards radical structural shifts and liberatory practices. It’s class warfare, which side are you on? (p.s. enjoy your Friday.)
Aidan is currently a Lecturer with the University of South Australia. They are also Adjunct Lecturer with the Faculty of Arts and Society at Charles Darwin University. Aidan is a respectful guest on Kaurna Country ↗︎.
Aidan is a multi-award-winning multi-disciplinary lecturer and course coordinator experienced in teaching cultural safety, the intersections of class, race and gender, Marxist sociology, student partnership, research methods, critical and academic literacy, information technology, and in foundation and bridging courses. As an active researcher in higher education, cultural studies, and political philosophy Aidan writes and publishes on a range of activist, transformative and decolonial topics as well as conducting empirical research in clinical and allied health, curriculum design and radical sociology. Aidan’s academic background is in cultural studies, sociology, higher education and Marxist political philosophy. Starting in 2021, Aidan co-created the Aboriginal curriculum and pedagogy & decolonisation process (ACP) for UniSA and is now working in reciprocal relation with colleagues towards crafting decolonising and Indigenising frameworks for Adelaide University.
They have worked as a: lecturer, researcher, research associate, not-for-profit company director, teacher, evaluation and reporting developer, filmmaker, photographer, association and university board member, manager, production assistant, social media marketer, educational consultant, community liaison, and technology consultant. Aidan holds a B.A./B.EdSt., B.Ed (Hons), and Ph.D. (Cultural Studies).
I am happy to be contacted about curriculum design, decolonisation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and becoming, student governance, students as partners, active student participation, activism, ethnography, Gramscian and Marxian social science, anarchy and participatory research methods. If you’ve got questions, ideas, or proposals, just reach out.
You can email me via: [email protected] ↙︎. My public keys ↙︎ are also available for those interested.
A very irregular series of posts on things I'm thinking about.