Whiteness and the Ethnographical Power of Popular Culture: a Review of Heroes, Villains and the Muslim Exception
For Krayem, the ‘failure’ of the film and television programs she examines ‘lies not always in an inability to present refreshing new characters on…
Come to the ACRAWSA AGM
All are invited to our Annual General Meeting, ‘What ACRAWSA Do You Want?’, an opportunity to yarn with us about what you’d like to…
Introduction: The ‘Marketplace of ideas’ has only one idea
An introduction to this ACRAWSA Blog Symposium on the ‘Ramsay Centre for Western Civilization’ and the attack on Indigenous and critical race studies in…
What Counts as Expertise? The Marginalisation of Race and Gender Scholarship
The attacks on members of the teaching staff at the University of Sydney by the right-wing tabloid, The Daily Telegraph on 8 August 2018,…
The Hidden and Excess of Anzac Day
When living in a multiracial settler colony, any celebration of war is, to say the least, problematic. Yet, each and every year, every member…
Call for Contributors to the ACRAWSA Blog
Welcome to the brand new blog of the Australian Critical Race & Whiteness Studies Association. This space is designed to give voice to academics,…
Guests in the Master’s House
Following the publication of Australian Continental Philosophy, we sought Bryan Mukandi’s permission to re-post his reflections on the 2017 ASCP conference in Hobart. Our…
New ACRAWSA Committee
On March 7, four new members were elected to the ACRAWSA committee. Read their biographies at the updated ‘People’ page.…
For Muslim People
I cannot understand how some in this vast and overprotective country, which has had a forced hand in the real destruction of life in…
ACRAWSA Blog Editor’s Report
Read ACRAWSA Blog editor, Maria Elena Indelicato’s report to the annual general meeting. ACRAWSA has always been the study association closest to my heart.…
ACRAWSA AGM President’s Report
On March 7 the Australian Critical Race & Whiteness Studies Association held its annual general meeting. Full minutes of the meeting will be posted…
New members elected to the ACRAWSA executive
ACRAWSA is delighted to announce that our Annual General Meeting voted four new members onto our executive committee. They are Nilmini Fernando and Oscar…
Stepping Back to Move Forward. Review of The Distribution of Settlement: Appropriation and Refusal in Australian Literature and Culture
Distribution of Settlement: Appropriation and Refusal in Australian Literature and Culture by Michael Griffiths tells part of the story, from the perspective of a…
The Ramsay Insult
If one wishes to engage with Indigenous and other non-western knowledges in research, writing, and teaching, certainly in Australia, then one needs to divest…
‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’ Navigating anti-racism, academia and advocacy as a person of colour today
Anti-racism is often dismissed as political correctness or identity politics. To speak out and act against racism is to attract accusations of ‘playing the…