Over the last few months, I’ve spent a lot of time with one document—the well-cited (but rarely in detail) ‘But … More
Category: research reflections
Historic ‘Welfare Cheats’ – the case of the Greek Social Security Scandal
The episode is variously called ‘the Greek Social Security Scandal’, the ‘Greek Compensation Case’ or the ‘Greek Conspiracy Case’. It’s … More
Research Reflections from the SLNSW fellowship
June to August was spent researching in Sydney—in the State Library of NSW, and in the homes and clubhouses of … More
Heritage Making and Migrant Subjects in the Deindustrialising Region of the Latrobe Valley
This blog went on the backburner in 2020, like most things. But some of the research (or, at least, the … More
IWD talk: The limits of the archive – revisiting histories of multiculturalism and women’s voices
In an effort to trick myself into being (feeling?) ‘productive’, and thus keep that all-pervading panic and fear at bay, … More
Remembering Migrant Rights Activism
But I wanted to access community memories. How do implicated community groups remember this period of ‘migrant rights activism’ and the prominent activists associated with the movement?
Indigenous and Migrant Heritage Places: ‘Immigration Park Australia’ design
In a 2002 article for the Journal of Intercultural Studies, Joseph Pugliese argued that migrant communities, working within heritage legislation, … More
Challenging State Multiculturalism: industrial heritage, migrant labour and Gippsland Immigration Park
This ‘phantasmatic diversity’, this multiculturalism ‘for all of us’, dissuades recognition of diversity as structural difference with historical antecedents… While the political struggles over migrant rights aren’t at the centre of Gippsland Immigration Park, the local history of the coal industry and its implications for working life and mobility, are. Here, the Park challenges celebratory state multiculturalism and histories of industrial progress.
That photo: the migrants?
I use this photo a lot, the one that features in the ‘banner’ for this blog and on my Twitter … More
Migrant Histories and Heritage Making 