For Ngāti Kahungunu and Kai Tahu descendent Ayesha Green, being an artist has become an essential service she can provide for her whakapapa (ancestors). Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Ayesha’s cartoonesque painting practice seeks to engage with processes of reproduction and representation through the lens of cultural value systems. Yet for Ayesha, there is one main question that drives her work: what makes Māori art Māori art? She has made waves in the New Zealand art scene by disrupting Eurocentric systems of hierarchy and its associated cultural framework. She captures large complex histories, while also being incredibly personal.”
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Julia Salasky, founder of access to justice platform 'CrowdJustice' in the UK and a former war crimes Lawyer at the UN, has secured $18million in funding to scale her new legal tech venture, Legl, a SaaS platform which makes it easier for law firms to mitigate risk for their clients. They do this by easing business processes of law firms by removing time consuming, admin-heavy work through automation. To read more on Legl's cap raise and Julia’s incredible career, head to https://www.lawfuel.com/blog/war-crimes-to-law-tech/
Hannah Devlin, Guardian UK Science Correspondent, reports that two US patients have recovered from intractable infections after being treated with a pioneering phage therapy involving genetically engineered bacteria-killing viruses.A 26-year-old man with cystic fibrosis, was approaching death after suffering a chronic lung infection. After being given the phage therapy, his infection cleared allowing him to receive a lung transplant and resume an active life.And, a 56-year-old man with severe arthritis, showed a remarkable recovery from a skin infection that was taking hold of his body and which had proved untreatable with conventional drugs. For more information see: https://www.inkl.com/news/phage-
