‘A modern-day concentration camp’
Using history to make sense of Australian immigration detention centres
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20063375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy Nethery (0000-0002-1830-6716, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Does History Matter? Making and debating citizenship, immigration and refugee policy in Australia and New Zealand (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | ANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.22459/dhm.09.2009.04 |
| OpenAlex | W31677835 |
| ISBN | 9781921536946 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
the Federal Member for Cunningham, Michael Organ (Greens), wrote of his visit to the Villawood detention centre: 'The overall impression was one of a modern day concentration camp-razor wire, mud, sad faces, and shame.' 1 Our understanding of contemporary events is shaped, in part, by how we position them within history. Particularly in times of crisis, the connections we make between the present and the past can help us to make sense of contemporary events. Such a process reveals a hidden logic in events that otherwise seem inexplicable, unfair or unjust. By retrospectively judging the historical actors, we create a template for how we should act in the current circumstance. By focusing on some aspects and not others to make the historical precedent 'fit', we can, however, arrive at a limited understanding of the present
Archaeology · Electrical engineering · Immigration · Immigration detention · Sense (electronics) · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Engineering · History · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |