Remittances by South Sudanese Australians make a tangible and significant contribution to South Sudan, a fact that is largely unknown or unrecognised by the Australian government, explain Abraham Mamer and Sara Maher.
By Amy Conley. This article is part of our July 2013 focus on “Australia in the World”. Click here for more articles from this issue. Activism is characterised by a need to engage people and connect them to issues and events that they may feel have no impact on their own lives. Can creative expression provide […]
By Maya Borom. Mira Nair’s film adaptation of Pakistani author Moshin Hamid’s bookof the same name provides a delicate introspection into protagonist Changez’s (Riz Ahmed) struggle with his western consumerist driven identity and his eastern cultural, religious and familial background. This struggle is told as a first person narrative to investigative journalist Bobby Lincoln who […]
By Sarah Barton. This article is part of our April and May focus on Art and Human Rights. In 2001 my good friend and colleague Greg Dee was appointed Station Manager at Channel 31, the community television station in Melbourne. The station has a licence to broadcast programs that are representative of diverse communities across Melbourne […]
The images and multimedia included in this article are republished from the South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault’s (SECASA’s) art group blog. The art group blog was established as part of SECASA’s of our ‘year of less text’ initiative, with funding from the Victorian Women’s Trust. The ‘year of less text’ aims to do more […]
By Berni M Janssen. This article is part of our April and May focus on Art and Human Rights The Preserves Project is a multi-arts project celebrating the ways people from different cultural backgrounds preserve, share and pass on what they value. The trees are heavy with fruit, not every year, but when the season has […]
By Lizz Murphy This poem is part of our April and May focus on Art and Human Rights. Lizz Murphy has read her poetry in cafés and courthouses, feasts and festivals, schools and sculleries. She moved to the bush (Binalong NSW) over thirty years ago for fresh air and country schools and before long found […]
By Asher Hirsch This article is part of our April and May focus on Art and Human Rights Sometimes, when I have the courage and my camera with me, I ask people on the train if I can take their photo. Usually this doesn’t turn out to be so interesting, and often I never use […]
This article is part of our April and May focus on Arts and Human Rights. By Les Thomas One of the problems that music and human rights share is that they’re too often seen as optional extras, rather than necessities; especially in a rich country like Australia, where their roles in keeping body and soul […]
By Emmeline Tyler. This article is part of our April and May focus on Arts and Human Rights. “Who wants to get into bed with the Victorian AIDS Council? BalletLab does.” – Phillip Adams. Phillip Adams BalletLab is partnering with the Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men’s Health Centre to create Kingdom, a multi-layered visual and dance performance […]
By Rebecca Lister. This article is part of our April and May focus on Arts and Human Rights. The first thing I notice about Karen* is her smile. It is wide and open and when she smiles you can see her even, small teeth. Karen smiles a lot. At first I wonder if she smiles […]
By Sarah Hunt. I have worked for many years using the media to educate and persuade people to develop more compassion on human rights, multiculturalism and social change issues. One thing I have learnt is just how challenging it is to persuade someone to change their mind. Here are several ideas I want to share […]
