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2020: The Year the World had to Let Go!

17 June 2020 Nicole ConnerAnthropology

feel it. the thing you don’t want to feel. feel it. and be free. nayirrah waheed   I have been curious about humans and liminal spaces for many years now. It was my own life experiences that drew my attention to this concept that was first introduced to the field of anthropology in 1909 by…Continue reading 2020: The Year the World had to Let Go!

Neither Here nor There – The Many Voices of Liminality

14 May 2019 Nicole ConnerAnthropology

‘Jesus, on whom be peace, said This world is a bridge. Pass over it but do not build your dwelling there.’ (Inscribed in Persian on Buland Darwaza, the main gateway to the palace at Fatehpur Sikri, south of Delhi, India by the Moghul emperor Akbar I in 1601)   Last year, I had the opportunity…Continue reading Neither Here nor There – The Many Voices of Liminality

What if our Whole Life is a Liminal Space?

22 November 2017 Nicole ConnerAnthropology

Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die. – The Psalmist – Last week I had a fascinating conversation with someone about liminal spaces. It is a topic that I am very interested in as I have found that my life has often led me into these perplexing spaces. “Betwixt…Continue reading What if our Whole Life is a Liminal Space?

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I wish to acknowledge the Wurundjeri-willam people of the Kulin nation who are the Traditional Owners of the Land on which I live. I want to pay my respect to the Elders of the Kulin Nation, both past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. I acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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