Victims or profiteers? Issues of migration, racism and violence among I ndian students in M elbourne
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12582007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michiel Baas (0000-0003-4405-146X, Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 212-225 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asia Pacific Viewpoint (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7456 • E-ISSN: 1467-8373 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/apv.12046 |
| OpenAlex | W1600153910 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper analyses the impact the phenomenal growth (2002–2009) and rapid decline (2010–2012) of Indian student numbers has had on the city of Melbourne. Specifically addressing the way the debate developed over the allegedly racially motivated attacks on students in 2009 the paper examines how conflicting narratives on Indian students could emerge presenting them as ‘victims’ and/or ‘profiteers’. Making use of an analysis of over a thousand media reports as well as drawing on ethnographic material the paper argues that the way the debate about the racist character of the attacks unfolded in popular media is revealing of the way the growth in Indian students in Melbourne has been experienced and perceived over time. In particular the entanglement of education and migration in A ustralia, allowing Indian students to become permanent residents by graduating from low‐quality institutions, contributed to the perception of them being low‐skilled migrants and as such ‘profiteers’. As a result the paper not only shows how a rapidly growing and highly commercial education industry was able to influence the dynamics and socio‐cultural make‐up of the city of Melbourne but also how the entanglement of education and migration produced a volatile situation with ultimately far reaching social and economic consequences for the city
Criminology · Ethnography · Media studies · Narrative · Perception · Racism · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology
The (dis)embodiment of transnational mobilities
Partial, hierarchical and stratified space? Understanding ‘the international’ in studies of international student mobility
The Production of the Indian Student
The Question of Racism
The End of Migration
Contested Ground
The Education‐Migration Industry
Infrastructural casualties
The social practice of international education
Korean media discourse on international education
If you are a foreigner in a foreign country, you stick together’
The problem with international students' ‘experiences’ and the promise of their practices
Status-making
Signalling the 'Multi-Local' University? The Place of the City in the Growth of London-Based Satellite Campuses, and the Implications for Social Stratification
Transnational Student-Migrants and the State. The Education-Migration Nexus
Higher education, English, and the idea of 'the West
Transnational Student-Migrants and the State
Imagined Mobility
Paradise Redefined
Violence against Indian Students in Australia
Recruiting international students as skilled migrants
Making Asian students, making students Asian
The stranger that is welcomed
Picking Winners”
How Valuable is “Two-Step Migration”? Labor Market Outcomes for International Student Migrants to Australia
Campus, City, Networks and Nation
The Unintended Segregation of Transnational Students in Central Melbourne
Challenging the Public Denial of Racism for a Deeper Multiculturalism
Attacks on Indian students
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |