Jan
2011 5
2011 5
Caught up in expectations: A comment on substantive representation and Penny Wong
What are the chances for social, cultural and economic inclusion in a nation where elected office is dominated by white Australians...
May
2009 10
2009 10
Racial consciousness = fetish?
This piece takes up after the famous British sociologist, Paul Gilroy, who sought to redefine anti-racism by abandoning the analytical relevance of the term ‘race’ altogether. His arguments, which are too substantial and nuanced to rehearse here, are set out in ‘Race ends here’ (1998) and ‘Against Race’ (2000). The present...
Jan
2009 11
2009 11
Cultural representation and cultural violence in the Jammed
The Jammed is a political film that attempts to represent Australia's modern ‘subalterns’, the voiceless and exploited women 'jammed' between global capitalism's voracious hunger for human lives, and the borders which govern them...
