Dr Anna Hayes - Cultures in Refuge: Seeking Sanctuary in Modern Australia

CULTURES IN REFUGE

Studies in Migration and Diaspora

Series Editor:
Anne J. Kershen, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Studies in Migration and Diaspora is a series designed to showcase the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of research in this important field. Volumes in the series cover local, national and global issues and engage with both historical and contemporary events. The books will appeal to scholars, students and all those engaged in the study of migration and diaspora. Amongst the topics covered are minority ethnic relations, transnational movements and the cultural, social and political implications of moving from over there, to over here.

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Whiteness and Postcolonialism in the Nordic Region
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European Identity and Culture
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Seeking Sanctuary in Modern Australia

Edited by

ANNA HAYES
University of Southern Queensland, Australia

ROBERT MASON
University of Southern Queensland, Australia

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing

Published 2016 by Routledge
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Cultures in refuge : seeking sanctuary in modern Australia. -- (Studies in migration and diaspora)

1. Political refugees--Australia--Social conditions. 2. Ethnicity--Australia. 3. Australia--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

I. Series II. Hayes, Anna, 1977- III. Mason, Robert, 1981-

305.9069140994-dc23

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hayes, Anna, 1977
Cultures in refuge : seeking sanctuary in modern Australia / by Anna Hayes and Robert Mason.

p. cm. -- (Studies in migration and diaspora)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4094-3475-7 (hbk) 1. Australia--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects. 2. Australia--Ethnic relations. 3. Refugees--Australia. 4. Immigrants--Australia. 5. Group identity--Australia. I. Mason, Robert, 1981- II.

Title.

JV9125.2.H39 2012

305.9069140994--dc23

2012013757

ISBN 9781409434757 (hbk)
ISBN 9781315575537 (ebk)

Anne Aly is an Early Career Research Fellow at Curtin University. She has a professional background in policy having worked as a Senior Policy Officer and Manager within the Western Australian Government. Annes research interests are in the areas of terrorism studies and counter terrorism with a focus on the public and policy responses to terrorism. Her PhD explored the mediated fear of terrorism among Muslim communities and the broader community in Australia. Anne has published widely on diverse issues including Muslim identity, Muslim media activism, terrorism and the internet, the terrorism discourse and counter terrorism responses. She has presented at national and international conferences and workshops on terrorism and counter terrorism and Australian Arab relations. She is the author of Terrorism and Global Security: Historical and Contemporary Approaches (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).

Malcolm Brown is a Senior Lecturer in Social Science at the University of Southern Queensland, having previously worked in the United Kingdom, France, and New Zealand. He grew up in the small tourist town of Pitlochry in the Scottish Highlands and Studied at the University of Glasgow, where he wrote a doctoral thesis on the construction of Muslim identities in the United Kingdom and France. Since then, and until recently, his research has focused on the sociological study of religion, racism, and Islamophobia. Major publications include Racism (with Robert Miles, Routledge, 2003), Reflections on Islam and Pacifism (The Australasian Journal of Human Security, 2006), and The Multi-Faith Ethic and the Spirit of Social Business (Journal of Social Business, 2012). His current research is located in the study of development, with a focus on social enterprise and cooperation between Non-Government Organisations in South East Asia.

Farida Fozdar is a Professor in Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Western Australia. After holding a position at Murdoch University since 2003, she took up an ARC Future Fellowship at UWA in 2011, exploring national, transnational and postnational identities. Her research has focused on race relations and migrant settlement, racism, citizenship and nationalism, and issues to do with refugees and asylum seekers, often using a discursive analysis approach. She has undertaken a range of research projects including topics such as refugees and employment, refugees and mental health, settlement issues for migrants generally, integration of asylum seekers in regional Australia, cross cultural interaction in educational settings, social exclusion of Muslims, Christianity in the public sphere, housing and refugees, the use of flags on cars for Australia Day, and issues of social cohesion and citizenship more broadly. She has also undertaken practical research including developing a cultural awareness tool for health professionals and developing a package on career and training options for new migrant and refugee young people, and evaluations of migrant settlement programs. She uses innovative methodologies, including most recently photovoice. Farida has published widely including three books, seven book chapters and more than 30 journal articles, as well as authoring reports to government and research consultancies.