Dr Gerald Roche
@GJosephRoche
AuDHD, PhD. anthropology - language and power
It's publication day! The Politics of Language Oppression sheds light on a global crisis of linguistic diversity that will see at least half of the world's languages disappear this century. Use 09BCARD for a 30% discount from @CornellPress cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978150177…
A Canadian study of language barriers and hip-fracture patients found that "non-English speakers had a higher risk of delirium, heart attack, longer stay in hospital and were more often discharged to a nursing home after their surgery" healthing.ca/opinion/opinio…
🧵1/ NEW ARTICLE: “Vanishing Quotas” — a deep dive into how the CCP under Xi Jinping is quietly but systematically dismantling Tibetan political representation in favour of Han dominance. @TheChinaJournal A thread.👇
Arresting academics in India and removing #OCI of academics outside #India to deny access to family & country of birth — all for scholarly work and opinions — what #Modi’s ‘New India’ can brag about. Via @suhasiniraj @nytimes #democracy #TNR nytimes.com/2025/05/19/wor…
I’m so grateful to people who donate blood & plasma. It helps so many people, inc people like me. Please consider donating blood. Every #BloodDonation counts! You could help save a life! See lifeblood.com.au/donor-centre for your nearest blood donation centre. Thank you in advance.🩸❤️
So it is worth repeating - people will die as a result of this executive order: languageonthemove.com/language-acces…
Justice Department Releases Guidance on Implementing President Trump’s Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of the United States 🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
Among the many awful things suggested in the memo to implement the English Only executive order, is that govt departments should "use technology to save costs" by relying on "artificial intelligence and machine translation".
Justice Department Releases Guidance on Implementing President Trump’s Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of the United States 🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
China’s language policies impact over 60 languages spoken across the Tibetan Plateau. Linguistic diversity is “collapsing” in the region, with China refusing to recognize Tibet's minority languages & only acknowledging a single standard Tibetan language. documentedny.com/2025/06/23/tib…
Funniest moment of today. The magistrate (judge) said the court had so far been unable to find an Irish translator. "If anyone knows of one….” he said The entire public gallery laugh and all point at DJ Próvaí (JJ) at the same time 😂😂😂
Macquarie university is proposing to cut the disciplines of sociology and politics. Sociology will no longer be offered as a major in the BA. We are facing mass redundancies - in my discipline the proposal is to sack 11 of 14 of us. (Including me) Politics will no longer be…
Editorial: The Sharp Edge at Macquarie – A Statement of Solidarity The editors of Thesis Eleven would like to express their support for Faculty of Arts staff at Macquarie University affected by proposed job cuts. thesiseleven.com/2025/06/16/edi…
What the study didn't report on was the prevalence of verbal bullying of autistic students in Australia, which has been estimated at 52 - 66%. In addition, prevalence of physical bullying for Australian students was found to be 6%. For autistic students it is 32 - 58%.
In 2024, research made headlines in Australia because it showed that children in this country were the "most bullied among comparable English-speaking countries." This finding was based on a 16% prevalence of verbal bullying. However... theguardian.com/australia-news…
Students and staff with ASD are far more likely to be bullied, harassed, victimised and mobbed - and for their “poor social skills” (which can be be learned as a skill) to be blamed for disrespect or whatever the current, deeply invalidating and stigmatising misjudgment is to…
I'm going to heal my inner child by telling them that even though they had poor social skills and were unlikely to ever be particularly socially adept, they still had a right to feel safe at school.
I'm going to heal my inner child by telling them that even though they had poor social skills and were unlikely to ever be particularly socially adept, they still had a right to feel safe at school.
This semester, USYD Management cut our pay by $160 per week It was hard explaining to students that we would have to cut the quality of their classes because we would have fewer hours to prepare and no paid time to answer any emails What a kick in the guts to see this headline
The Government of India’s decision to cancel professor Nitasha Kaul’s Overseas Citizenship of India status because of ‘indulging in anti-India activities’ is yet another example of authorities crushing dissent in the country. ndtv.com/world-news/nit…
Research shows that women with ADHD die 8.64 years earlier than the general population; the difference is 6.78 years for males. If you think ADHD isn't a disability then you're blaming these people for their own premature death. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
I have ADHD but I am not disabled, I am not a victim. We need to direct our conversation, attention and – most important – funding to the right causes.
Gegentuul Baioud is a fantastic scholar whose work deserves to be much more widely read and cited. Her work will be of interest to a range folks in anthropology, sociolinguistics, environmental humanities, China studies, and other fields. orcid.org/0000-0003-2448…