and my new paper on 'The aporia of refugee rights in a time of crises: the role of brokers in accessing refugee protection in transit and at the border'
Open access, read it here:
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New in JEMS - G Hoffstaedter & A Missbach focus on the effect of maritime transit for refugees, focussing on #Rohingyas and the creation of carceral seascapes
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The #Rohingya genocide has forced more than 1 million Rohingya to Bangladesh's refugee camps.
But their stories do not end there.
Many Rohingya human rights defenders are working to create change for their communities.
Here are five voices of #RohingyaResilience:
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It turns out I need a new Research Assistant for my DECRA, please circulate. Details here:
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#history #design #allhandsondeck2023 #researchassistant #RA #designhistory
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Plurinationalism is the politics of Decolonization for Indigenous peoples across the Americas. Recognizing Indigenous Land Back, culture, and sovereignty, it offers a real alternative to settler colonialism. A thread 🧵 1/
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The paper is based on a talk we gave at a great workshop ‘Along and out of the way. Place-making amidst migrant trajectories’ run by , Yaatsil Guevara González and Nanneke Winters
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Our (wt Antje Missbach) latest paper on enforced strandedness of Rohingya in the Andaman Sea and how refugees get trapped in a carceral seascape.
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ONE WEEK TO GO! The "4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony" opens 27 August, and features the work of 35 artists from across Australia to reveal how ceremony is at the nexus of Country, of culture and of community. Learn more: bit.ly/3oSDCKR @nationalgalleryaus
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Register now to attend 2022 Jay Hall Annual Lecture with the groundbreaking researcher Professor Marshall l. Weisler titled The Value of Archaeology to the modern world.
Register Now!
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Huge study. Worrying findings. We’re letting this rip and doing pretty much nothing about indoor air.
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Neurological & psychiatric risk after #COVID19:
↑ risk of #dementia and lasting deficits in adults. risk of psychotic disorder, cognitive deficit, dementia, and epilepsy or seizures persisted. Similar w #Delta & #Omicron. thelancet.com/journals/lanps
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A mere 3 years ago haze was the worst of our worries, now the town has been burnt to the ground by the Myanmar military.
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Visiting Thantlang in Chin state, slash and burn fires create a bad haze that chokes the state. It's the ancestral village of my friend and first Chin interlocutor when I started work with Chin refugees in Malaysia. I'm here to meet his mother today. #tweetfromthefield
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"The regional response has been abysmal" Salai Ling
The people of Myanmar need material assistance and meaningful sanctions against the regime.
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International and local human rights groups are accusing Myanmar’s military of perpetrating war crimes across the country.
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Cung Hlei Thwang, a 28-year-old Chin fighter, says his mother begged him not to join the resistance, fearing he’d be killed and she would be left alone. “My father had already passed away,” Cung says.
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Hi! I am recruiting a 4-year Research Fellow to join us at the newly-launching Influencer Ethnography Research Lab ✨
Please direct queries to the contact in the job ad. Closes 12Sep22 ⏰
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Im #HIRING !🚨
Im looking for a research assistant to assist with fieldwork in Sumatra, Indonesia, studying #Orangutans .🦧
All project related expenses are paid for, and a small stipend is provided!
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#SciComm #ResearchAssistant #Academia #WildlifeJobs #Volunteer
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Next up in the People, Plants, and the Law Lecture Series at UQ Dr Jose Bellido will present “Artificial by Nature: Plastic Flowers as Intangible Properties.” Aug 23rd, 5-6pm AEST. Free, Online, Registration below. law.uq.edu.au/events/people-
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**New COURSE alert***
Join us for our new course WHAT'S GOING ON IN ... ? Starting Thursday August 11th!
Full details on each week's topic and speaker on our website here melbourne-free-university.org/courses/what-i . Please share far and wide! DM us for zoom if you're not able to come in person
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"By 2021, Australia’s 37 public universities had amassed >$60bn in assets... However, they used COVID-19 to justify the termination of around 35,000 academic and professional staff, while slashing courses and further casualising university workforces."
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Are you studying at, working at or visiting a UQ location?
To look after yourself and others, please wear a mask if you can’t physically distance, keep up to date with vaccinations, and stay home if you’re unwell.
More information: uq.edu.au/about/coronavi
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Exciting 3yr postdoc opportunity to work with , Farida Fozdar, and myself on our ARC funded project 'Being a Transnational Muslim in Australia in the Era of Hyper-Security' uws.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?e
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Daily conflict walking with pram on footpaths in the inner south. Cars, scooters, bins, stuff obstructing the way. Impossible to safely walk, continually forced into road.
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Exciting news – after a two-year hiatus, the Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference is returning this November.
The Call for Papers is now open – graduate and early career researchers are strongly encouraged to submit.
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I was asked today what I think universities should be doing in response to the pandemic.
Buckle up. 🧵
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Academy Fellow on Friday: Albanese needs to step up (and mask up) to help create a new mindset to meet the COVID crisis theconversation.com/grattan-on-fri via
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Join us Thurs 28th July to hear the wonderful talk about her recent book 'In the Shadow of the Palms' and her research on Indigeneity and ecology in West Papua. All are welcome to attend via Zoom, details attached.
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Fresh off the press: OA article on object based learning in anthropology and archaeology with the ever inspiring teachers
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Please circulate: we are looking for a Ph.D. student (fully funded) to work with us on a four year Linkage Project on “Visualising Humanitarian Crises: How Images Can Transform Aid Policy." Scholarship details here: graduate-school.uq.edu.au/project/politi
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Thrilled to speak about In the Shadow of the Palms at the University of Queensland in July - online and open to all!
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Looking for your next career move? is currently seeking a Lecturer in #Anthropology: buff.ly/3NoZgAn
Job closes 19 July, and starts early 2023.
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NGO investigators say 149 Indonesians died in Malaysian immigration detention in the state of Sabah over a period of 18 months
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Sadly out of town, but Brisbane peeps, check it out
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Who gets to 'know': Education and alternative knowledge
A collaborative and hands on workshop exploring the themes addressed in 'An Alternative Economics'.
Register for free here: events.humanitix.com/who-gets-to-kn
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Bunnings Sausage sizzle at Mt Gravatt Bunnings in Mansfield, come down and grab one, raising money for kindy
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Private prisons are seen as a very American problem. But Australia houses far more people in private prisons than the US, and four multinationals will be paid more than $600m this year to run prisons in the country. My story for :
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