Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations Research
This Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations (MCIR) thematic group aims to facilitate interactions among researchers and NGOs to effect positive change in public debates and policies relating to migrant settlement, social policy, refugee rights, asylum seeker debates, and intercultural and interreligious relations.
This thematic group seeks to answer the following questions:
- the extent to which key migration theories and concepts (such as transnationalism and hybridity) are adequate tools to unpack the migration experience;
- the need for genuine inter-disciplinarity as the basis for methodological approaches to migration research;
- the changing nature of citizenship in old and new immigrant countries;
- intercultural contact between ethnic communities and indigenous people;
- the impact of globalisation, in particular at the level of information technology, on migration experiences and the resulting intercultural and interreligious encounters;
- the problematic Ethno-centric (not to say Euro-centric) nature of migration research
The MCIR group also investigates the current debates around 'managing' and governance of cultural and religious diversity and intercultural and interreligious education. Many nations have encountered significant obstacles in adjusting to challenges and opportunities presented by growing cultural and religious diversity in their societies. The MCIR thematic group seeks to compare existing models of governance of cultural and religious diversity and intercultural and interreligious education, in order to identify best practices - including policies, pedagogies and educational resources - that can lead to more just and peaceful societies.
- Philosophy, Religion and Society Research Group
- Governance and Democracy Research Group
- Asian Cultures and Politics Research Group
- Racism, Anti-Racism and Diversity Research Group
Contact Dr Vince Marotta for more information.
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Publications
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Asylum Seekers in Howard's Australia: The Social and Economic Costs of Temporary Protection Visas Mansouri, F To order, contact CCDHR |
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Arab-Australians in Victoria: |
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LIVES IN LIMBO: Voices of Refugees Under Temporary Protection, ;In this book, 35 refugees, all temporary protection visa (TPV) holders and mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan, talk directly about their quest for asylum in Australia. They provide poignant details of persecution in their home country, their journey to Australia, prolonged periods of mandatory detention, and life under Australia's controversial temporary protection regime. The book has been nominated for the 2004 Human Rights Medal and Awards (Community Section).
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Critical Perspectives on Refugee Policy in Australia (Geelong: Deakin University, 2003). |
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