In this post Associate Professor Stephanie Nixon talks about how the idea of 'Allyship' influenced her. Spanish translation provided by CPN Exec member Alma Viviana Silva. Critical scholarship aims to illuminate avoidable inequities that unfairly privilege some and disadvantage others. Within this work, reflexivity about one’s positionality as the analyst is viewed as fundamental. Yet, beyond the recognition of one’s simultaneous positions of privilege and oppression, I have struggled with “how to handle” my various positions of privilege in the practice of this work. Enter “allyship”, a concept advanced within activist communities to offer guidance on how people in positions of … [Read more...] about Stephanie Nixon – 30DoS #2 – Allyship
CPN at the 2015 APA Conference
Over the last few days, we’ve achieved another landmark in the evolution of the CPN, when six members of the Network presented the first Critical Physiotherapy Forum at the Australian Physiotherapy Association Conference on the Gold Coast, Queensland (link). Led by CPN Exec member Jenny Setchell in collaboration with the APA, we outlined five different critical research programmes and topics of critical interest, before hosting a panel discussion on the possibilities for more critical physiotherapy thinking and practice in the future Ian Edwards - What is the source of our ethical obligation in physiotherapy practice: Codes of Conduct or the Levinasian face? Amy Hiller - ‘Insider’ … [Read more...] about CPN at the 2015 APA Conference