Good Trouble
Slide 11: Proposal Presentation Jan 10, 2024
The propensity toward troubling questions has been part of the story of my life. "...but, why not?" I asked as a child. "You ask too many questions, Margaret. Stop thinking so much and do what you are told," more than one adult responded. Rude. I don’t consider myself a troublemaker, as I don’t seek to disrupt just for the fun of it or with ill intent. Rather, I might call myself a trouble identifier, a disruptor -- one who believes it important to recognize inequity and injustice to support right relationships, can’t un-see what has been seen, and sometimes can’t seem to leave it alone once I have seen it. I am humbled by the privilege of time and no conflicts of interest other than upholding Joyce's Principle. I have the time to do some of the work that non-Indigenous nurses, particularly those who walk in white skin need to do on a path toward reconciliation. I align with the idea of making “good trouble” (Flint & Toledo, 2022, p.730), the kind that effects a positive change in the world.
on the fringe of nursing education
writing, creating, reflecting
to and from that liminal dimension
where dreaming finds space and time to imagine new ways
I am watching
listening
trying to make good trouble in a good way
as I seek joy to balance shadowed spaces.
Council of the Atikamekw of Manawan and the Council de la Nation
Atikamekw. (2020). Joyce’s Principle.
https://principedejoyce.com/sn_uploads/principe/Joyce_s_Principle_brief___Eng.pdf
Flint, M. A., & Toledo, W. (2022). Making Good Trouble: Becoming-With
Critical Inquiry. International Review of Qualitative Research, 14(4),
728–749. https://doi.org/10.1177/19408447211012649
Mackinlay, E. (2019). Critical writing for embodied approaches:
Autoethnography, feminism and decoloniality. Palgrave Macmillan.