Powerful Stories

Writing against - and beyond - settler colonial genocide

About

The Powerful Stories Network (PSN) was established in 2024 at the University of Sydney to present research, support community organisations, and publish on Indigenous and refugee stories in settler colonies across the world. PSN was the product of many conversations and reflections following the Powerful Stories Workshop that brought together researchers and Indigenous and refugee communities to discuss diverse forms, practices, and outcomes of storytelling. PSN has become a lively space to showcase cutting edge research and have critical conversations about Indigenous and refugee struggles both locally and internationally. It seeks to interrogate and subvert settler colonial violence through the voices of the most marginalised in society.

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Upcoming Events

Ngura Ninti (‘Knowing Home’): A methodological approach for ethically based truth telling in Australian history writing

History on Wednesday | November 5 A History on Wednesday/Powerful Stories Network co-sponsored event. 12.10pm - 1.30pm | Vere Gordon Childe Centre (F09) and Zoom Professor Kat Ellinghaus (La Trobe) & Professor Barry Judd (Melbourne) Ngura Ninti (‘Knowing Home’): A methodological approach for ethically based truth telling in Australian history writing This paper describes our attempt to develop a new methodology for writing history that is based in truthful and respectful di

Study Days: Listening and Storytelling as Academic Method

4-5 December 2025 Sydney Conservatorium of Music Ancestors (Photographer Greg Hillman) From the album Breathe , by Clare Kuolga Meere This event invites HDR students to participate with academic staff at a variety of career stages in two half Study Days on the topic of Listening and Storytelling as academic method . Over two half days, and in a mix of modes that include two keynote speaker-storyteller-facilitators, lightning stories, and participatory workshops, the study da

Reimagining Community Engaged Research and Practice: Dialogues Between Early Career Researchers and Community Practitioners

Organised by The Powerful Stories Network (PSN) This event is supported by an EMCR Training Grant from the Researcher Development Unit in the Research Portfolio and, co-sponsored by the Past and Present Research Cluster at the Vere Gordon Childe Centre for the Study of Humanity Through Time MONDAY OCT 27th Location - F23.01.105.Michael Spence Building. Auditorium (2) 105, University of Sydney, Camperdown Lunch and coffee/tea included. Organisers: Niro Kandasamy, Supriya Subra