The politics of difference: Indigenous politics, gender politics,
postcolonialism and race
Areas of expertise
- Indigneous land and heritage rights discourse
- History of the indigneous political stuggle
- Indigneous land management practices
- Research ethics and indigneous studies
- Australian race relations
- Postcolonial studies and theory
- Culture and politics in society
- Feminist critiques of queer theory
- The international sex industry
- Misogyny in fashion and transfemininity
- Women’s labor and the economy
- Women and public health issues
- Islam and social movements in south-east Asia
- The contradictions between feminism and nationalism in south-east
Asia
- World religions and capitalist activity
- Multi-culturalism and identity
- Critical Black Studies
- Gender/women's studies and post-colonial studies, especially in
the areas of identity, intimacy, popular culture, nationalism and
multi-culturalism
- Black British and other Feminisms
- Notions of Otherness and intimacy
- The types of moral language emerging in new social conflicts.
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Current research projects
Native Title and Land Justice:
The Yorta Yorta Experience.
Chief Investigator:
Dr Wayne Atkinson
Encyclopedia of women and Islamic
studies.
Chief Investigator:
Dr Jacqueline Siapno
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Selected recent
publications
Books
Sheila Jeffreys, Unpacking queer politics: a lesbian feminist perspective,
(Cambridge: Polity Press, 2003).
John Chesterman, D. Philips (eds), Selective Democracy: Race, Gender
and the Australian Vote, (Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing Group/Circa,
2003).
Book chapters
Verity Burgmann, “A sorry tale of exclusion: the Howard governments
versus indigenous Australians 1996-2003” in Social exclusion:
an approach to the Australian case, (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2003),
pp.349-374.
John Chesterman, “'An unheard of piece of savagery': indigenous
Australians and the federal vote" in Selective democracy: race,
gender and the Australian vote (Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing
Group/Circa, 2003), pp.21-31.
Sheila Jeffreys, “Prostitution as a harmful cultural practice"
in R. Whisnant & C. Stark, Not for sale: feminists resisting
prostitution and pornography, (Spinifex, 2004), pp.386-399.
Sheila Jeffreys, “Western concepts of gender and prostitution
as obstacles to ending the international traffic in women” in
Future imaginings: sexualities and genders in the new millennium,
(Perth: University of Western Australia Press, 2003), pp.41-53.
Jacqueline Siapno, “Notes of an out-of-place widow" in Violence
against women in Asian societies, (London: Routledge Curzon, 2003),
pp.150-158.
Mary Sullivan, “Can prostitution be safe? Applying occupational
health and safety codes to Australia's legalised brothel prostitution"
in R. Whisnant & C. Stark, Not for sale: feminists resisting
prostitution and pornography, (Spinifex, 2004), pp.252-268.
Journal articles
Phillip Darby, “Pursuing the political: a postcolonial rethinking
of relations international”, Millennium Journal of International
Studies. 33(1) 2004, pp. 1-32.
Phillip Darby, “Reconfiguring "the international":
knowledge machines, boudnaries, and exclusions”, Alternatives.
28 (2003), pp. 141-166.
Peter Gibilisco, “A just society inclusive of 'people with disabilities'”,
Journal of Australian Political Economy. 52 (2003), pp. 128-142.
Millsom Henry-Waring, "Moving beyond otherness: exploring the
polyvocal subjectivities of African Caribbean women across the United
Kingdom", Hecate, 30(1) 2004, pp. 31-41.
Sheila Jeffreys, “Sex tourism: do women do it too?”, Leisure
Studies. 22 (2003), pp. 223-236.
Conference papers
Phillip Darby, "Into the lion's den: a postcolonial foray into
thinking security differently", The First International Sources
of Insecurity Conference, (RMIT, 2004).
Brian Galligan, Winsome Roberts, ”Australian multiculturalism:
its rise and demise”, Refereed papers from the 2003 APSA conference,
(School of Government, University of Tasmania, 2003).
Millsom Henry-Waring, "'To be British you have to be white': black
British women challenging the notions of identity, gender and the nation-state",
The Australian Sociological Association Conference, (University of Sydney/TASA,
2004).
Lauren Rosewarne, "Visual terror: graffiti and outdoor advertising
as street harassment", Australasian Political Studies Association
Conference 2004, (APSA/University of Adelaide, 2004).
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Postgraduate research
PhD
Jacky Angus: Islam and the state in globalising Egypt: the case of
Al-Ahram Weekly. (Supervisors: Michael Crozier, Tim Marjoribanks, Abdullah
Saeed (MIALS))
Adam Berryman: Islam and immigration in Europe. (Supervisor: Philomena
Murray)
Adam Driver: Colonialism in a land of semi-colonialism: the afterlife
of Japanese Manchuria within northeast China as exception. (Supervisors:
Michael Dutton, John Cash (Social Theory))
Gabrielle Gloury: The representation of Indigenous issues by the Australian
print media. (Supervisors: Tim Marjoribanks and Wayne Atkinson)
Devika Goonewardene: International relations and postcolonialism in
South Asia. (Supervisor: Phillip Darby)
Dora Horvath: Conceptualising the emerging notion of citizenship in
the European Union. (Supervisors: Brian Galligan & Philomena Murray)
Jodie Kline: Discovering lesbian community: an exploration of lesbian's
experiences and perceptions of shared community. (Supervisor: Sheila
Jeffreys)
Yue Li: Cultural/media transmission in China after the reform of economic
system. (Supervisor: Michael Dutton)
Rheya Linden: Caring about bodies, caring about suffering: the emergence
and role of a feminist caring ethic within the Australian animal liberation
movement. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Ayalew Mergia: Indigenous African immigrants in Australia: an exploratory
analysis of the impacts of class and race on their lived experiences
and adaptation processes. (Supervisor: Verity Burgmann)
Momoyo Mitsuno: Integration in a multicultural society. (Supervisor:
Kevin McDonald)
Belinda Morris: Women and autonomy: a feminist exploration of compulsory
relationships. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Carole Moschetti: International feminism and the sexual exploitation
of children. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Simon Obendorf: Postcolonising "The International" re-reading,
a statist discourse in global terms. (Supervisor: Phillip Darby)
Julie Oberin: Women rebuilding lives: post refuge experiences of women
after domestic violence. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Jennifer Oriel: The politics of prostitution in the age of AIDS. (Supervisor:
Sheila Jeffreys)
Lauren Rosewarne: Skin trade policy: contemporary trends in the use
of men and women in advertising and the global push for standards. (Supervisor:
Sheila Jeffreys)
Mary Sullivan: Making sex work: the Victorian experience of legalised
prostitution. (Supervisor: Sheila Jeffreys)
Vicki Swinbank: A feminist analysis of cooking/food preparation and
food production. (Supervisors: Verity Burgmann & Martha MacIntyre
(Centre for Women's Health))
Che Tibby: The national cell: multiple identity and the (ostensibly)
post-colonial state.(Supervisors: Robyn Eckersley & Paul James (RMIT))
Catherine Woodward: The dynamics of Aboriginal policy: interests, institutions
and ideas. (Supervisor: Brian Galligan)
MA
Clare Ellis: Exploring the nature of 'good' governance and the potential
of ATSIC: riding the boundaries of legitimacy, responsibility and control
of indigenous affairs. (Supervisors: Wayne Atkinson, Mark Considine)
Claire Loughnan: Bridging fear and desire: behind refugee treatment
in Australia. (Supervisor: Derek McDougall)
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