Randa Abdel-Fattah: ‘Racial Australianisation’ and the affective registers and emotional practices of Islamophobia Abdel-Fatteh talks about the ways in which the Lakemba area has been racialised as a dangerous, Muslim space of otherness. Even a modified shop dummy becomes a symbol of threat. Racial meanings have been embedded across a range of symbols, including halal … Continue reading Reimagining Australia: Islamophobia and reimagining landscape and sustainability
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Reimagining Australia: language, decolonisation, borderscapes, and belonging
This conference creates an important space for reflecting on key challenges in Australia today, and for thinking about alternatives. My notes are quite partial and rough, so I encourage you to look for more information on the speakers (and the panel sessions I couldn't attend) on the conference website. Kim Scott spoke in 'Circles and … Continue reading Reimagining Australia: language, decolonisation, borderscapes, and belonging