Still alive: notes from Australia's immigration detention system

"Still alive documents the conditions, experiences and deprivations of Australia's system of mandatory and indefinite detention for asylum seekers and refugees. Drawing from Safdar Ahmed's experiences as a volunteer in Sydney's Villawood detention centre, it contains the testimon...

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Main Author: Ahmed, Safdar 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brunswick West, Victoria Twelve Panels Press 2021
Edition:First published
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Summary:"Still alive documents the conditions, experiences and deprivations of Australia's system of mandatory and indefinite detention for asylum seekers and refugees. Drawing from Safdar Ahmed's experiences as a volunteer in Sydney's Villawood detention centre, it contains the testimony of refugees and workers in a system that is often decried by human rights organisations for its cruelty. This is a work of observation and collaboration, collating Ahmed's experiences as an art workshop facilitator with the testimony and artwork of refugees who are held in immigration detention. Still Alive eschews stereotypical representations of the refugee as either a threat to Australia's system of 'border protection', or as a victim who lacks initiative and agency. What emerges is a deeply impacting account of the refugee journey and the profound consequences of indefinite incarceration that asylum seekers experience upon reaching Australia."--Provided by publisher
Item Description:"Part of this book was first published online by GetUp! in 2015 as Villawood: notes from an immigration detention centre."--Title page verso
Physical Description:231 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9780980593730

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