IDEATE
Week two we are working through ideas and possible solutions and approaches.
I made some dot points exploring options
- children and their rights to education
- the way Australia looks to asylum seekers
- using shock tactics- conditions in detention centres
- how can individuals help
- aid- healthcare and moral support, what is available to asylum seekers in detention
- costs of keeping people detained compared to the cost of housing them within society
- mental health of asylum seekers, human rights
- assimilating into australian culture
- ‘boat people’ our perceptions of asylum seekers, illegal vs legal
- only 2% of the worlds asylum seekers come to Australia
- “Asylum seekers are real people, bringing with them real cultures and real stories to Australia” -Maybel Kwong.
Australia’s current mandatory detention policy not only breaches our legal and ethical obligations, it is also a colossal waste of money
http://rightnow.org.au/topics/asylum-seekers/the-economic-cost-of-our-asylum-seeker-policy/
Through rightnow.org I found a link to a facebook campaign called 5 Facts you didn’t know about ‘Boat People’
(article link: http://rightnow.org.au/topics/asylum-seekers/can-social-media-campaigns-solve-real-life-problems/)
(facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/fivefacts/info)
This made me think more about how Australia views asylum seekers. How are we positioned to think of ‘boat people’ through the media and education?
One of the sites that really stands out for me is rightnow.org.
“Our vision is an Australia where people have informed and
inspired discussions about human rights, equality and justice”
It features numerous heart felt articles relating directly to human rights in Australia. I read so many, mainly about asylum seekers and have posted some links below
- http://rightnow.org.au/topics/asylum-seekers/the-erosion-of-health-in-detention-and-the-erosion-of-oversight/
- http://rightnow.org.au/topics/asylum-seekers/looking-beyond-australias-debate-about-asylum-to-better-regional-answers-for-refugees/
- http://rightnow.org.au/topics/asylum-seekers/the-human-face-of-refugee-policy/
- http://rightnow.org.au/topics/asylum-seekers/human-rights-in-the-media-november-mid-week-review/
“Some get upset, some get shocked, some get surprised.”
Here is a story of an Australian street artist Peter Drew who publicised sketches and stories of asylum seekers in detention and on bridging visas on the streets of Adelaide.
I found this really inspirational, and a possible approach to take. Looking at the topic from the asylum seekers perspective, sharing their story?
Week One
We were given the assignment to create a visual response to a contemporary issue in Australian society.
Options:
1. Australia’s approach to asylum seekers arriving by boat
2. Australia’s approach to climate change / global warming
3. Choose your own topic
Immediately I thought I would choose climate change as there are so many different angles I could take. However after doing some light research on both I feel I have more of an emotional connection to asylum seekers.
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