Kristine Aquino
Biographic Data
| ID | 171254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristine Aquino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristine |
| FAMILY NAME | Aquino |
| SIGNATURE | AQUINO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of International Studies and Education, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7511-6145 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From docile to sporting bodies
Informal sport played in public spaces is a common Sunday social activity for Singapore’s low-wage temporary migrant workers. In this article, we examine how this leisure practice enables modes of resisting political and social categorisations of migrant labour bodies. In particular, the lives of female migrant domestic workers are heavily regulated by the state: they must live in the homes of their employers, undertake regular health checks, and…
The right to the city
Studies on ‘everyday multiculturalism’ and ‘lived multiculture’ have advanced knowledge on the kinds of inclusive everyday spaces and practices that characterize our culturally complex, mobile and superdiverse cities. This paper expands this agenda by exploring informal sporting and leisure interactions amongst migrant and ethnically diverse urban populations. Embedded in a larger comparative city project that examines how urban environments and …
Racism and Resistance among the Filipino Diaspora
© 2018 Kristine Aquino. All Rights Reserved. Filipino migrants constitute one of the largest global diasporas today. In Australia, Filipino settlement is markedly framed by the country's on-going nation-building project that continues to racialise immigrants and delineate the possibilities and limits of belonging to the national community. This book explores the ways in which Filipino migrants in Australia experience, understand and negotiate rac…
Anti-racism 'from below
While a focus on institutional anti-racism challenges structural formations of racialized inequality, the inattention to quotidian resistance misses the complex manner in which racism is negotiated in everyday life. Examining 'everyday anti-racism' can better identify the cultural repertoires that frame how individuals deal with racism across different contexts. This paper shares findings from ethnographic research with Filipino migrants living i…
More than a Game
This paper explores marginalisation experienced in mainstream basketball by young Filipino-Australian men from Sydney's western suburbs. Sharing findings from a larger ethnographic study undertaken with Filipino immigrants in Sydney on experiences of everyday racism and resistance, this paper uses a biographical account to examine intricate connections between lives and racialising social processes. In sporting contexts, the body and its comportm…
The right to the city
Studies on ‘everyday multiculturalism’ and ‘lived multiculture’ have advanced knowledge on the kinds of inclusive everyday spaces and practices that characterize our culturally complex, mobile and superdiverse cities. This paper expands this agenda by exploring informal sporting and leisure interactions amongst migrant and ethnically diverse urban populations. Embedded in a larger comparative city project that examines how urban environments and …
Anti-racism 'from below
While a focus on institutional anti-racism challenges structural formations of racialized inequality, the inattention to quotidian resistance misses the complex manner in which racism is negotiated in everyday life. Examining 'everyday anti-racism' can better identify the cultural repertoires that frame how individuals deal with racism across different contexts. This paper shares findings from ethnographic research with Filipino migrants living i…
More than a Game
This paper explores marginalisation experienced in mainstream basketball by young Filipino-Australian men from Sydney's western suburbs. Sharing findings from a larger ethnographic study undertaken with Filipino immigrants in Sydney on experiences of everyday racism and resistance, this paper uses a biographical account to examine intricate connections between lives and racialising social processes. In sporting contexts, the body and its comportm…
More than a Game
This paper explores marginalisation experienced in mainstream basketball by young Filipino-Australian men from Sydney's western suburbs. Sharing findings from a larger ethnographic study undertaken with Filipino immigrants in Sydney on experiences of everyday racism and resistance, this paper uses a biographical account to examine intricate connections between lives and racialising social processes. In sporting contexts, the body and its comportm…
Anti-racism 'from below
While a focus on institutional anti-racism challenges structural formations of racialized inequality, the inattention to quotidian resistance misses the complex manner in which racism is negotiated in everyday life. Examining 'everyday anti-racism' can better identify the cultural repertoires that frame how individuals deal with racism across different contexts. This paper shares findings from ethnographic research with Filipino migrants living i…
Racism and Resistance among the Filipino Diaspora
© 2018 Kristine Aquino. All Rights Reserved. Filipino migrants constitute one of the largest global diasporas today. In Australia, Filipino settlement is markedly framed by the country's on-going nation-building project that continues to racialise immigrants and delineate the possibilities and limits of belonging to the national community. This book explores the ways in which Filipino migrants in Australia experience, understand and negotiate rac…
The right to the city
Studies on ‘everyday multiculturalism’ and ‘lived multiculture’ have advanced knowledge on the kinds of inclusive everyday spaces and practices that characterize our culturally complex, mobile and superdiverse cities. This paper expands this agenda by exploring informal sporting and leisure interactions amongst migrant and ethnically diverse urban populations. Embedded in a larger comparative city project that examines how urban environments and …
From docile to sporting bodies
Informal sport played in public spaces is a common Sunday social activity for Singapore’s low-wage temporary migrant workers. In this article, we examine how this leisure practice enables modes of resisting political and social categorisations of migrant labour bodies. In particular, the lives of female migrant domestic workers are heavily regulated by the state: they must live in the homes of their employers, undertake regular health checks, and…
Everyday life (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Racism (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Migrant workers (2 works)