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 Saturday.)
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 ↗.
As an active researcher in higher education and cultural studies, Aidan publishes on a range of activist and socially transformative topics. Aidan co-created the Aboriginal curriculum and pedagogy & decolonisation process (ACP) for UniSA starting in 2021 and is now working in reciprocal relation with colleagues to create a decolonising and Indigenising process for the new Adelaide University. Their academic background is in cultural studies, sociology, higher education and Marxist political philosophy ↙.
Aidan is also a multi-award-winning lecturer and course coordinator, having taught in a wide range of disciplines and led curricular transformation through a decolonial lens. They have taught: cultural safety for promotion of health and self-determination with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; academic and professional communication to first years; pedagogical and sociological courses alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures; sociology research methods and the sociology of education to masters students; digital technology and numeracy to future teachers; in bridging and foundation programmes; and about constructions of race, power and identity across the 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 and, importantly, activism. For those looking to “get deep”, I will happily discuss 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] ↙ or through my academic profiles ↙ below.
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