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‘Welcome to Australia’ reading images of refugees
Benjamin Thomas White’s lucid examinations of historical and contemporary images of refugees clearly demonstrates the complexities of reading images and the importance of historical analysis. (You can read them here: part one, two, three, and refugee camps.) Given how readily images, particularly photographs, populate our physical and digital worlds, it is through a detailed historical analysis of […] -
Tamils remember May 2009
As 18 May* is approaching I decided to write this short blog about the oral history narratives of young individuals who were involved in political campaigns which aimed to spread awareness about the plight of Tamils during the final stages of Sri Lanka’s decades long civil war. In addition, I felt that it was important […]blogs-test.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees-test/2016/05/15/tamils-remember-may-2009
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The Girl in the Picture
“Looking for this girl from the film footage , Please pass on , I would like to give her this collection of Pics & film footage. It’s part her history as well as mine.”[1] Thuy recently sent her these posting from his Facebook page and she had not been able to respond. It just happened […]blogs-test.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees-test/2016/03/29/the-girl-in-the-picture
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