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Book SynopsisPlaces of Privilege examines dynamics of privilege and power in the construction of place in a period of the rapid social transformation of places, borders and boundaries. Drawing on inter-disciplinary perspectives, the book examines place as a site for the making and re-making of privilege, while considering new meanings of community, and examining spaces for cultural identity and resistance. Chapters point to a range of conceptual resources that can be utilised to produce critical analyses of place-making. As the authors point out, power and privilege shape place but these dynamics are in turn shaped by the specific place based histories and social dynamics within which they are located. Contributors are: Lutfiye Ali, Alison M. Baker, Paola Bilbrough, Tony Birch, Jora Broerse, Sally Clark, Josephine Cornell, Yon Hsu, Lou Iaquinto, Karen Jackson, Shose Kessi, Rebecca Lyons, Chris McConville, Nicole Oke, Amy Quayle, Alexandra Ramirez, Kopano Ratele, Christopher C. Sonn, and Ramón Spaaij.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables 1. Introduction to Places of Privilege Nicole Oke, Christopher C. Sonn and Alison M. Baker Part 1: Place, Power and Boundary Making 2. Colombian Berraquera: Personal and Cultural Experiences on the Journey from Displacement to Belonging Alexandra Ramírez 3. Reconstructing the Transit Experience: A Case Study of Community Development from Cisarua Sally Clark 4. The Unlimited Refugee: The Politics of Race and Refugee-Ness in Two Screen Representations of Sudanese Australians Paola Bilbrough 5. A Conversation between Normal & Abnormal Lou Iaquinto Part 2: Place-Making – Privileges of Culture and Identity 6. Exploring Meanings and Practices of Indigenous Placemaking in Melbourne’s West Christopher C. Sonn, Karen Jackson and Rebecca Lyons 7. Sport and the Politics of Belonging: The Experiences of Australian and Dutch Somalis Ramón Spaaij and Jora Broerse 8. Gentrification: Power and Privilege in Footscray Chris McConville and Nicole Oke 9. ‘We’ve Seen the End of the World and We Don’t Accept It’: Protection of Indigenous Country and Climate Justice Tony Birch Part 3: Place, Privilege and Social Settings 10. Eating Chinese in White Suburbia: Palatable Exoticism for Home and Belonging Yon Hsu 11. Dynamics of Privilege, Identity and Resistance at a Historically White University: A Photovoice Study of Exclusionary Institutional Culture Josephine Cornell, Shose Kessi and Kopano Ratele 12. Reflexivities of Discomfort: Unsettling Subjectivities in and through Research Alison M. Baker, Amy Quayle and Lutfiye Ali Notes on Contributors Index
