Andrew Harris
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Inside Sarajevo’s Tunnel of Hope
I’ve spent the past month in Bosnia, researching how the war of 1992-1995 is remembered in public places such as museums and memorials. While in many locations throughout the country it remains difficult to remember the war, including the experiences of children, in Sarajevo there are many museums addressing the recent past. One of the […]blogs-test.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees-test/2017/07/29/inside-sarajevos-tunnel-of-hope
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Vietnamese Here: Contemporary Art & Reflections – by Anh Nguyen
History and Memory offer a space of play and wonder for artists in diaspora. Vietnamese Here exhibits the contemporary works of four visual artists as well as playwrights and authors of Vietnamese heritage, who enjoy that space in Australia. [Artists-Presenters: Nadia Rhook, Dominic Golding, Hoa Pham, Anh Nguyen, Hoang Nguyen, Naomi Ngo, Chi Vu] These […] -
Histories of Controversy: Food and Migrant Resistance
Below is a short extract from my upcoming book Histories of Controversy: Bonegilla Migrant Centre (available for pre-order now). Each chapter addresses a “controversial” episode or aspect of Bonegilla’s history, and in so doing provides an alternative history of the postwar immigration scheme in Australia. The following discussion will demonstrate that, as residents resisted and expressed their […] -
Confronting the past: The fate of asylum seekers returned to Sri Lanka
Reconciliation efforts by the Sri Lankan government have made little progress in advancing the rights of the Tamil minority group in a real sense, not least since the change in government in 2015. Sri Lankan Tamils including children continue to arrive to Australia eight years after the civil war ended in 2009 between the government […] -
Incompatible memories?
This week I’ve been working on a paper for a workshop on War and Memory. I read back through my writing on memorials I visited last year in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including this one for killed children; I wondered about my friend Amar who lives in Banja Luka, in Republika Srpska, and works so […]blogs-test.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees-test/2017/02/10/incompatible-memories
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Historical Childhoods and Histories of Emotion
Earlier this week, Mary (Tomsic) and I attended the Australasian Society for the History of Children and Youth Conference, called ‘(Re)Examining Historical Childhoods’ at the Australian Catholic University. The opportunity to engage with scholars working in the field of childhood and children’s history—from literary, legal, and arts-based perspectives—provided interesting perspectives from which to consider our […] -
Supporting Refugee Education
Conflict has been an overarching burden in the lives of many refugee children now living in Australia. There are a number of additional barriers, as a result of adjustment into the schooling system, that contribute to the difficulties some children have excelling in the mainstream Australian schooling system. For many refugee children in Australia, school […]blogs-test.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees-test/2016/11/02/supporting-refugee-education
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Creating New Knowledge
The topic of refugees is one of the most significant discussions shaping the world today; we hear about the plight of refugees on the news almost every day, read about the politics of refugee resettlement, witness images of suffering children, and share personal views with friends and family. Academics in refugee studies have a critical […]blogs-test.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees-test/2016/10/23/creating-new-knowledge
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Australia’s Long History of Denial
Australia has a history of denial regarding matters of sexual and physical abuse, particularly those involving women and children. The recent release of the Nauru files and the countless pieces of evidence that has been put forward of acts of abuse and harm directed at women and children has been met with denial by the […]blogs-test.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees-test/2016/10/06/australias-long-history-of-denial
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Australian picture books: Humanising and thoughtful depictions of displaced children
My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald & Freya Blackwood was selected for the ‘Read for Australia’ event on Friday 2 September 2016 where school students around the country read the same book as part of National Literacy and Numeracy Week. My Two Blankets tells the story of a young girl who is making a new […]blogs-test.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees-test/2016/09/14/australianpicturebooks
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