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Social Justice is a Vision, Not a Precondition; Decolonization Must Start From the Heart

Despite the efforts, faulty paradigms in social ethics and knowledge production keep us cycling through the same colonial-based mindsets and behaviours.

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Disturbing Institutional Narratives of Inclusion, Diversity, and Belonging

To honestly work toward inclusion, diversity, and belonging, we need the courage to look deep inside to find and heal what keeps us from trusting our hearts.

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Finding Home Through Poignant Landscapes

Humans constantly yearn for home. If being at home means to belong, then poignant landscapes are the experiences that remind us that we always belong to life. 

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The Nature of Culture: Moving Beyond Binaries

Within the nature of culture is a choice to self-judge or self-love. To move beyond the destructiveness of human society, we must heal our shame of being human.

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Romanticism and Nostalgia: The Modern Condition

Romanticism and nostalgia are paradoxes of modernity: to be authentic within illusions, yearn for individualism in connectedness, and find pleasure in mourning.

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