The Ivory Tower of Male Chauvinism
In the wake of the Daily Telegraph’s attack against three members of its academic staff, the University of Sydney released a statement defending the…
ACRAWSA Statement on the Australian Academy of the Humanities Cultural and Communication Studies Twentieth Anniversary Colloquium
On July 27, 2018, I received the following email in my Western Sydney University Inbox: *Sent on behalf of Professor Tony Bennett* Dear colleagues,…
‘Imagine There’s no Countries:’ Children across National Borders of Compassion
The last few months have been rather emotionally charged. The catalysts for such a global uproar of compassion were two geo-political disjointed groups of…
Taking the Children: a Commentary
Living in California during the roll-out of the zero tolerance to border crossing migrants policy has been a very interesting experience as an Aboriginal…
Why do we talk about child refugees?
We’re currently seeing large discussions in Australia and internationally about refugee, asylum-seeking, and migrant children. With focus being placed on the removal of children…
Child Refugees vs Thai Cave Rescue: Why Responsibility doesn’t Require a Display of Suffering
During the Thai cave rescue, The Conversation published a piece by morality and social psychology researcher Dan Crimston with the following title: ‘How imagery…
Thinking Relationally about Race, Blackness and Indigeneity in Australia: Reflecting upon ACRAWSA’s Symposium
At the close of her paper, entitled ‘Navigating Power with Poetry on the Hazardous Drive toward Decolonisation’, Carolyn D’Cruz posed the vital question of…
Video: Irene Watson & Alexander G. Weheliye Keynote Lectures
Watch the keynote lectures by Irene Watson & Alexander G. Weheliye from the Thinking Relationally About Race, Blackness & Indigeneity symposium recorded by the…
New Website: Deathscapes
Mapping Race and Violence in Settler States The Deathscapes project seeks new ways to document, understand and respond to the critical issue of racialized…