C A Martins
Biographic Data
| ID | 53942 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C A Martins |
| GIVEN NAMES | C A |
| FAMILY NAME | Martins |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINS C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1032-2540 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Retail spaces and consumer labour in a digital first economy: A comparative study of atmospherics and shopper behaviour in Lush, Disney and Primark
A substantial body of work has evidenced the effectiveness of experiential retail design, and yet only a small proportion acknowledges the role of shopper labour in the production of value. Furthermore, studies of retail design often focus on singular elements such as lighting, failing to acknowledge that the act of shopping is always a multisensory, holistic experience. This research addresses that gap, and contributes to discourse regarding the…
White with 'native' blood: The formative role of Anglo-Indians in the colonial construction of the White race
Protecting National Sovereignty: The 'Australian Model' and the Exclusion of Asylum Seekers
Increasingly, the 'Australian model' of offshore detention is promoted to restrict asylum seeker migration and preserve national sovereignty. This article analyses metaphor usage within press coverage of immigration to examine the origins of this discourse. Focusing on two high points of asylum seeker arrivals (2001-2002, 2012-2013), I demonstrate how negative metaphor use constructed asylum seekers as racialized, illegitimate, illegal Others, wh…
Investigating Language and Culture Awareness of Pre-Service Science Teachers in Ireland
Irish classrooms are becoming increasingly diverse across all levels of education due to the sustained inward migration of non-nationals to Ireland. These demographic changes have enriched the linguistic and cultural fabric of Irish society, including the educational landscape of Ireland. However, in addition to the value such diversity brings to Irish classrooms, there exist many challenges as the Irish education system needs to continue to adap…
Influxes and invaders: The intersections between the metaphoric construction of immigrant otherness and ethnonationalism
Metaphors are a feature of public immigration discourse, with “undesirable” immigrants referred to as invasions, influxes, and floods both in the press and by politicians. Within Australia, such metaphors date back to the arrival of Chinese immigrants during the gold rushes (1850s), reoccurring with every large-scale arrival of non-white immigrants. Enacting racialized immigration restrictions was one of the foundational acts of the new Australia…
Jumping the queue? The queue-jumping metaphor in Australian press discourse on asylum seekers
The article examines the use of the queue-jumping metaphor within the Australian press at three key points of asylum seeker arrivals. As a diachronic study, it investigates the development of the metaphor and its utilisation. The article finds that while the metaphor developed at the intersection of political and news discourse, its usage was far from straightforward, often acting as a focus for arguments opposing government policies and rhetoric…
Making History: The Australian history curriculum and national identity
History is a key site for the negotiation of national identity, with the ability to define the past shaping the national narrative on who “we” were, who “we” are, and, crucially, who “we” should be. As such, the teaching of history is a site of intense political debate. This paper examines the history module of the Australian Curriculum to understand the extent to which the history curriculum moves beyond Eurocentric, colonial imaginings of Austr…
The Chinese Invasion: Settler Colonialism and the Metaphoric Construction of Race
The arrival of Chinese immigrants during the Australian goldrushes of the 1850s precipitated a vehement backlash, culminating in legislation to restrict their immigration. Contemporary Australian press discourse focused on Chinese racial difference, with immigrants metaphorically constructed as invaders, influxes and hordes of barbarians. This article argues that Chinese immigrants were racialised through pre-existing metaphoric language of devia…
The master’s tools: Media repurposing of exclusionary metaphors to challenge racist constructions of migrants
Metaphors are powerful mechanisms by which to rally exclusionary nationalist sentiment without necessarily appearing racist. However, sometimes those metaphors are challenged, inverting exclusionary functions. In this paper, we track how metaphors in the Australian press over the last 165 years which have generally constructed migration as a threat to the integrity of the nation, are repurposed to counter the claims embedded within them. For exam…
The Backward Stock of the South: The Metaphoric Structuring of Italian Racial Difference in 1920s Australia
This paper examines the use of metaphors to construct Italian migration within the 1920s Australian press. Using a critical discourse analysis approach, the paper investigates the range of metaphors used to frame Italian migration, which were also applied to Asian migration in earlier decades. It finds that such metaphors were a racially coded means for constructing immigrant deviance and threat. It further finds that this threat construction was…
Constructing the postnational citizen: Civics and citizenship education in the Australian National Curriculum
Recent critiques of citizenship education have identified the need for curricula that cover not only civil, political, social and cultural aspects of political belonging and responsibility, but that orient students to the realities of global engagement and responsibility. Rather than focussing on national values, histories and political procedures, the argument is that active citizenship, cosmopolitan values and identities, social justice, global…
The Chinese Invasion: Settler Colonialism and the Metaphoric Construction of Race
The arrival of Chinese immigrants during the Australian goldrushes of the 1850s precipitated a vehement backlash, culminating in legislation to restrict their immigration. Contemporary Australian press discourse focused on Chinese racial difference, with immigrants metaphorically constructed as invaders, influxes and hordes of barbarians. This article argues that Chinese immigrants were racialised through pre-existing metaphoric language of devia…
The master’s tools: Media repurposing of exclusionary metaphors to challenge racist constructions of migrants
Metaphors are powerful mechanisms by which to rally exclusionary nationalist sentiment without necessarily appearing racist. However, sometimes those metaphors are challenged, inverting exclusionary functions. In this paper, we track how metaphors in the Australian press over the last 165 years which have generally constructed migration as a threat to the integrity of the nation, are repurposed to counter the claims embedded within them. For exam…
The Backward Stock of the South: The Metaphoric Structuring of Italian Racial Difference in 1920s Australia
This paper examines the use of metaphors to construct Italian migration within the 1920s Australian press. Using a critical discourse analysis approach, the paper investigates the range of metaphors used to frame Italian migration, which were also applied to Asian migration in earlier decades. It finds that such metaphors were a racially coded means for constructing immigrant deviance and threat. It further finds that this threat construction was…
Retail spaces and consumer labour in a digital first economy: A comparative study of atmospherics and shopper behaviour in Lush, Disney and Primark
A substantial body of work has evidenced the effectiveness of experiential retail design, and yet only a small proportion acknowledges the role of shopper labour in the production of value. Furthermore, studies of retail design often focus on singular elements such as lighting, failing to acknowledge that the act of shopping is always a multisensory, holistic experience. This research addresses that gap, and contributes to discourse regarding the…
Constructing the postnational citizen: Civics and citizenship education in the Australian National Curriculum
Recent critiques of citizenship education have identified the need for curricula that cover not only civil, political, social and cultural aspects of political belonging and responsibility, but that orient students to the realities of global engagement and responsibility. Rather than focussing on national values, histories and political procedures, the argument is that active citizenship, cosmopolitan values and identities, social justice, global…
Jumping the queue? The queue-jumping metaphor in Australian press discourse on asylum seekers
The article examines the use of the queue-jumping metaphor within the Australian press at three key points of asylum seeker arrivals. As a diachronic study, it investigates the development of the metaphor and its utilisation. The article finds that while the metaphor developed at the intersection of political and news discourse, its usage was far from straightforward, often acting as a focus for arguments opposing government policies and rhetoric…
Making History: The Australian history curriculum and national identity
History is a key site for the negotiation of national identity, with the ability to define the past shaping the national narrative on who “we” were, who “we” are, and, crucially, who “we” should be. As such, the teaching of history is a site of intense political debate. This paper examines the history module of the Australian Curriculum to understand the extent to which the history curriculum moves beyond Eurocentric, colonial imaginings of Austr…
The Chinese Invasion: Settler Colonialism and the Metaphoric Construction of Race
The arrival of Chinese immigrants during the Australian goldrushes of the 1850s precipitated a vehement backlash, culminating in legislation to restrict their immigration. Contemporary Australian press discourse focused on Chinese racial difference, with immigrants metaphorically constructed as invaders, influxes and hordes of barbarians. This article argues that Chinese immigrants were racialised through pre-existing metaphoric language of devia…
The master’s tools: Media repurposing of exclusionary metaphors to challenge racist constructions of migrants
Metaphors are powerful mechanisms by which to rally exclusionary nationalist sentiment without necessarily appearing racist. However, sometimes those metaphors are challenged, inverting exclusionary functions. In this paper, we track how metaphors in the Australian press over the last 165 years which have generally constructed migration as a threat to the integrity of the nation, are repurposed to counter the claims embedded within them. For exam…
The Backward Stock of the South: The Metaphoric Structuring of Italian Racial Difference in 1920s Australia
This paper examines the use of metaphors to construct Italian migration within the 1920s Australian press. Using a critical discourse analysis approach, the paper investigates the range of metaphors used to frame Italian migration, which were also applied to Asian migration in earlier decades. It finds that such metaphors were a racially coded means for constructing immigrant deviance and threat. It further finds that this threat construction was…
Influxes and invaders: The intersections between the metaphoric construction of immigrant otherness and ethnonationalism
Metaphors are a feature of public immigration discourse, with “undesirable” immigrants referred to as invasions, influxes, and floods both in the press and by politicians. Within Australia, such metaphors date back to the arrival of Chinese immigrants during the gold rushes (1850s), reoccurring with every large-scale arrival of non-white immigrants. Enacting racialized immigration restrictions was one of the foundational acts of the new Australia…
Investigating Language and Culture Awareness of Pre-Service Science Teachers in Ireland
Irish classrooms are becoming increasingly diverse across all levels of education due to the sustained inward migration of non-nationals to Ireland. These demographic changes have enriched the linguistic and cultural fabric of Irish society, including the educational landscape of Ireland. However, in addition to the value such diversity brings to Irish classrooms, there exist many challenges as the Irish education system needs to continue to adap…
Retail spaces and consumer labour in a digital first economy: A comparative study of atmospherics and shopper behaviour in Lush, Disney and Primark
A substantial body of work has evidenced the effectiveness of experiential retail design, and yet only a small proportion acknowledges the role of shopper labour in the production of value. Furthermore, studies of retail design often focus on singular elements such as lighting, failing to acknowledge that the act of shopping is always a multisensory, holistic experience. This research addresses that gap, and contributes to discourse regarding the…
White with 'native' blood: The formative role of Anglo-Indians in the colonial construction of the White race
Protecting National Sovereignty: The 'Australian Model' and the Exclusion of Asylum Seekers
Increasingly, the 'Australian model' of offshore detention is promoted to restrict asylum seeker migration and preserve national sovereignty. This article analyses metaphor usage within press coverage of immigration to examine the origins of this discourse. Focusing on two high points of asylum seeker arrivals (2001-2002, 2012-2013), I demonstrate how negative metaphor use constructed asylum seekers as racialized, illegitimate, illegal Others, wh…
Sociology (11 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Australian History and Society (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · History (3 works) · Immigration (3 works)