Join us for our upcoming Author Meets Readers Series featuring Dr. Rachel Sharples and Professor Linda Briskman! We’ll delve into their chapter, “‘Create a Problem, Provide a Solution’: The Racialisation and Politicisation of Seeking Asylum,” from their recently published collection, Deter, Detain, Dehumanise: The Politics of Seeking Asylum. Register now to receive a copy of the chapter and join the discussion online. Zoom details will be sent upon registration. https://lnkd.in/gxxVKnEG
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The Challenging Racism Project is the leading Australian research program on racism and anti-racism.
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The Challenging Racism Project (CRP) is a highly successful research collective that is committed to principles of social justice and quality empirical research. It has global esteem for its research impact in countering discrimination (mainly racism amongst others) and improving community relations. Located in Western Sydney, one of the most culturally diverse regions in Australia, the CRP is ideally situated to provide topical, timely and engaged research on issues concerning cultural, religious and ethnic diversity. Established in 2002, the CRP supports a new generation of anti-racism researchers and practitioners, and partners with government, non-government and community organisations that have a shared outlook on intergroup relations and anti-racism initiatives. We have received over $2 million in prestigious Australian Research Council grants and other nationally-competitive grants/projects. Our research empowers communities to build resilience and deploy strategies to challenge racism, provide analysis and commentary on issues of national and international importance, and is used to inform, educate and train individuals as well as local and global communities on positive interventions for culturally diverse societies. The CRP also makes significant contributions to policies related to racism, multiculturalism and cultural diversity. We have made submissions to a number of Government Inquiries, including the Inquiry into Freedom of Speech, the Inquiry into Strengthening Multiculturalism and the Inquiry into Strengthening Australian Citizenship. We work closely with government departments to ensure policy is backed up by rigorous academic research. Recent engagements include working with the Department of Education and the Attorney General's Department, Department of Premier and Cabinet Victoria, Department of Communities and Justice NSW, the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).
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Last month, the Challenging Racism Project (CRP) Racism Project hosted a rich discussion between anti-racism researchers and practitioners as part of Social Sciences Week. A highlight of the event was our audience. They were focused and activated. Their questions were informed, vulnerable, generous, and illuminating. In the weeks since then, we've had requests for our slides, people seeking links to our educational resources, a visitor to one of our weekly meetings and requests for anti-racism training. What an exciting community we are engaging with!
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It was an absolute delight to be able to officially launch our edited collection, 'Deter, Detain, Dehumanise: the politics of seeking asylum'. We were lucky to have many of the contributors on hand to talk about the themes of the book. I’m always blown away by how smart and passionate these writers are. Thanks to Hani Abdile for her live reading of 'Trenches of the Unknown' and Barat Batoor for allowing us to showcase his photojournalism that documented his journey. To Linda Briskman, Barat Ali Batoor, Behrouz Boochani, Claire Loughnan, Anthea Vogl, Hani Abdile and Julie M. for their insightful words, and in particular Claudia Tazreiter and Bosco Opi who zoomed in from afar. A big thankyou to all those who attended. What a night. And encourage your libraries to buy the book here: https://lnkd.in/gKxNkA7Q
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Researcher at Western Sydney University (Challenging Racism Project, Young and Resilient Research Centre). Researcher at Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies. Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography.
As promised, here is the first carousel reel created for our 'Let's Talk About Racism' social media campaign. If you missed my previous post - this reel is the first of four reels that were developed as a result of community consultations. We returned our findings and report from the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS) project 'Asian Australians' experiences of racism during the COVID-19 Pandemic' to community members for their recommendations for action. Community participants urged us to use our research findings and expertise to develop educational strategies and suggested that a social media approach to meet some of these educational needs would be the most far reaching. This first carousel reel is aligned to the theme of 'Defining Racism'. Community members reiterated that there is a lack of clarity regarding what constitutes racism and what definitions of racism are. They particularly wanted more awareness-raising in regards to structural racism and micro-aggressions. In response to this recommendation, in this first reel the audience is put into the shoes of Divya and her experiences of racism in the workplace. As we move along the reel we see examples of what racism can look like, sound like and feel like in the work context. As you can see, Divya is showing great potential at work and is succeeding in her role, however, she is passed up for promotion in favour for a less experienced colleague. Various racist comments are also made about Divya by her colleagues and her ideas are often dismissed. Together, these experiences cause Divya to feel humiliated and she loses confidence in herself. This scenario was informed by the multitude of experiences and impacts of racism documented in our research projects. This carousel reel (and three more!) are now freely available. You can download them here: bit.ly/3TvZlIb . They are designed to be used in their narrative form, but feel free to use them as stand alone images or tiles, you can print them off as posters, and distribute as you like. I hope they are helpful to you and your communities 🌟 Thanks to the amazing design work of Alice Zhang, my team at the Challenging Racism Project - Nida Denson Zarlasht Sarwari, and youth advisors Alexandra Lee and ilundi tinga.
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As part of Social Sciences Week, the Challenging Racism Project, Centre for Western Sydney and Whitlam Institute will be showcasing cutting edge anti-racism research and practice. Facilitated by Dr Rhonda Itaoui, PhD, the event comprises a panel discussion about current directions in anti-racism research and practice. Provocations will address synergies between research and practice, looking at how these can advance anti-racism in all spheres. It will be a great opportunity to hear Challenging Racism Project (CRP) researchers Rachel Sharples, Kevin Dunn and Zarlasht Sarwari in discussion with leading practitioners Katie Cherrington, Stijn Denayer and Naomi Steinborner. 🎉🎉🎉 We will conclude by launching the Challenging Racism Project’s new anti-racism educational social media package, developed by Alanna Kamp and her project team. 🥗🌯🍪The event will be followed by an opportunity to meet the panellists and network over a catered lunch DATE & TIME 11th September, 11am-12:30pm, followed by a catered lunch. Face to face AND online. Please sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gkkHcVvU
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Congratulations to Rachel Sharples who represented us at the parliamentary inquiry into Ring-Wing Extremism last week! 🌠 Her preparation was meticulous, with detailed and well founded empirical evidence for each point she lists below. Do take a moment to read her considered propositions for effective intervention. ⤵ This is speaking truth to power! 🖤 https://lnkd.in/gECh6U4y
Delivering Challenging Racism Project (CRP) insights at the Inquiry into Right-Wing Extremism in Canberra last week. My first time inside Parliament House, that seems frankly ridiculous! In our submission we noted that it is not good policy to just look at those who already occupy the right-wing extremism space, but to to identify vulnerable populations, and develop a variety of evidence-based interventions that can arrest movement toward an extremist disposition. We identified a number of areas of action in our submission: 1. Stronger regulation of hate speech, including establishing strong social norms that devalue hate ideologies and set standards against hate speech, lifting confidence to report hate speech, and developing safe, appropriate, culturally-sensitive and trusted reporting mechanisms. 2. Greater anti-racist regulation of online spaces by platforms and authorities. We need to better understand how platforms promote racism and right-wing extremism, and develop research-informed anti-racism disruptors and guidelines. 3. Greater support for research on how to build trust across key institutions. Trust is important to the social, political and economic functioning of society. Distrust on the other hand, has been linked to support for populist politics and right-wing extremism, and the subsequent fear of, and reality of, social division. 4. How to best address mis and disinformation and the associated threats to fundamental public order and democracy. The global research is clear that mis and disinformation and conspiratorial thinking are associated with far-right hate, authoritarianism, and anti-democratic narratives. 5. The need to confront extremist views that threaten Australia as a multicultural and socially cohesive society, including confronting cultural privilege, and challenging extremist views that are anti-diversity and target ethnic, racial and religious minority groups. Big thanks to colleagues who helped work on this submission, Linda Briskman, Alanna Kamp, Nida Denson, Öznur Şahin, Kathleen Openshaw, Cymbeline B King, Kevin Dunn, Azadeh Dastyari
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The Challenging Racism Project & Geography and Urban Studies at @WSU are delighted to host another successful event in our Author Meets Readers series! 🌟🌟🌟 It will be an opportunity to read and discuss Dr Donna James' newly published article 'Precarious labour geographies of working holiday makers: querying sustainability' 🍈⛏🥕⛏🍈⛏🥕⛏🍈⛏🥕⛏🍈⛏🥕⛏ You are extremely welcome to join us on Tuesday 13th August, 12-1pm via Zoom 👩💻🗣👨💻🙋♀️👨💻🗣🤫👩💻🙋♂️🗣🙋🗣👨💻🤫👩💻 To book, please use the following link: https://lnkd.in/gBkVk9ME 🌟 To access the article, please use the following link: https://lnkd.in/grufJkB8
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We're excited to share that we collaborated with the Centre for Western Sydney and the Western Sydney Community Forum on the following issues paper: 'Advancing anti-racism in Western Sydney: Towards a regional anti-racism framework'. ☀Adopting a strengths-based approach and ☀ prioritising Indigenous voices, the report proposes an anti-racism framework to address structural and systemic racism🌇🌇🌇. Download the full report here: https://lnkd.in/g4KgRHW2 https://lnkd.in/gv8Z6B8M
The Centre for Western Sydney has worked with Western Sydney Community Forum and Western Sydney University’s Challenging Racism Project (CRP) to advocate for an anti-racism framework for Western Sydney. Download our latest issues paper, ‘Advancing anti-racism in Western Sydney: Towards a regional anti-racism framework,’ written by Dr Gina Hawkes, Dr Rhonda Itaoui, PhD, Alanna Kamp, Angela Smith, Anita Hanna, Rachel Sharples, Zarlasht Sarwari and Vera Xia. The issues paper is based on insights from the Forum’s Anti-racism Week activities and proposes key recommendations for an anti-racism framework that leverages Western Sydney’s strengths; addresses structural and systemic racism; and prioritises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices. With thanks to our contributors and colleagues, including Billie Sankovic, Andy Marks, Susan Page, Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews, Kevin Dunn, Öznur Şahin, Danielle McInness, Uncle Greg Simms OAM, Gabriella Gerace, Alessandra Sardyga, Emily Neville (nèe Feszczuk), Lauren Coskerie. Copyediting by Dr Abigail Taylor at Love Words editing, and photography by Sally Tsoutas and Kyisoe Han. Download the issues paper>> https://lnkd.in/g4KgRHW2
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Congratulations 🎉🎉 to Rachel Sharples and Linda Briskman on publishing this fascinating collection of writings about seeking asylum and the politics asylum seeking.🛥🚶♀️🛬🚶♂️🛥🚶♀️🛬🚶♂️ They bring together a rich combination of experiential and scholarly writing. The different voices speak to each other, weaving a rich and uncompromising discussion of the politicisation of asylum seeking in Australia and internationally.🌏🖤🌏🖤🌏🖤 👉 https://lnkd.in/gjgVVUyU You can access the book here: https://lnkd.in/gs3QGz9V
Pleased to share that our edited collection ‘Deter, Detain, Dehumanise:the politics of seeking asylum’ has now been published. The book provides a critical assessment of the systemic politicisation of the right to seek asylum in Australia, a process that has been hailed as a model for other parts of the world. We bring together leading thinkers across law, social work, political science, criminology, sociology and geography. We’re incredible privileged to have such a stellar list of contributors: Hani Abdile, Barat Batoor, Behrouz Boochani, Kate Coddington, Dr Michelle Jasmin Dimasi, Claire Loughnan, Julie M., Julia Morris, Bosco Opi, Claudia Tazreiter and Anthea Vogl. Included are two incredible pieces of writing by lived experience authors, an amazing poem by Hani Abdile ‘Trenches of the unknown’ and a moving reflective piece by Barat Batoor ‘A desperate search for freedom’. We’re incredibly lucky to have Kurdish-Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani contributing the Foreword to the book. Linda and I have been working on this book since 2020 when we organised a similarly titled symposium. This book is an amazing outcome for what has been an important collaborative piece of work, from the symposium through to the development of the book. It’s a testament to all involved. Stay tuned for the launch, coming soon … https://lnkd.in/gDJR6nks
Deter, Detain, Dehumanise: The Politics of Seeking Asylum
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The Challenging Racism Project invites you to join our upcoming Author Meets Readers Series. Join us for a reading and discussion with Dr Amanuel Elias, author of Racism and Anti-Racism Today: Principles, Policies and Practices. We will delve into Chapter 5 of the book titled "Racism, Nationalism, and Exclusion". The event runs from 11:00 am - 12pm on Tuesday, 30 July. Zoom details will be provided closer to the date. Please register here 👇 https://lnkd.in/gp2vWpuy
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