[Commpsych] FW: [aehd] Invitiation to research Colloquium - State and Identity in Australia: Historical, Sociological and Anthropological perspectives on migration

[Heather Gridley]

School of Social Sciences and Psychology Research Colloquia


State and Identity in Australia: Historical, Sociological and
Anthropological perspectives on migration


Dr. John Goldlust (La Trobe University)

Dr. Jean-Paul Baldacchino (Victoria University)

Dr. Erik Lloga (Victoria University)

 

When: 26/05/09

Time:  5.30-7.00p.m. (Light Refreshments provided)

Where:  Victoria University, Footscray Park Campus G372

[The Melway street directory map for Footscray Park is Map 2S F4.]

 

Papers in this colloquium will explore the articulation of identity
within the Australian state. Dr. John Goldlust (La Trobe University)
will begin the discussion by presenting a socio-historical
interpretation of 'Australian identity'. Exploring who defines it and
the uses it serves Dr. Goldlust will offer us 'a few thoughts and a
considerable amount of speculation' around the slippery concept of
'Australian identity' - past, present and future. 

Dr. Jean-Paul Baldacchino (Victoria University) will present an
ethnographic study of the importance of ritual in the articulation of
'migrant' and 'Australian' identity'. Examining the Maltese religious
ritual of the 'festa' at home and abroad Dr. Baldacchino explores the
limits of the secularist ideology that regulates the multicultural
public sphere in Australia. By examining the fate of the 'festa' Dr.
Baldacchino argues that the 'social pouissance' that enlivens identity
is doomed to the mortification of Culture in the repressive tolerance of
the public sphere.

The panel will conclude with a presentation by Dr. Erik Lloga (Victoria
University) that examines the historical and social role of Albanians in
Australia. Having worked extensively with the migrant and refugee
communities Dr. Lloga will provide us with an intimate first-hand
portrayal of the difficulties faced by the migrant and refugee
communities in their encounters with the Australian state. 

 

Email: Jean-Paul.Baldacchino at vu.edu.au

 

 

Dr. Jean-Paul Baldacchino 

Research Fellow 

School of Social Sciences & Psychology 

Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development 

Victoria University

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