The Politics of Solidarity and Anti-Racism in Settler Colonial Contexts

An Indigenous Settler Relations Collaboration and Melbourne Social Equity Institute joint webinar

27 September 2021

In this webinar, Dr Kim Alley and Professor Karen Farquharson discuss their experiences and research in considering what it means to undertake attentive and responsive scholarly work, reflecting on relational ethics, positionality and politics in settler colonial settings. Dr Kim Alley will be speaking on the politics of solidarity and the relational ethics of working and researching in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as both an Indigenous activist and researcher. Who gets to belong? Research into Australian racism has historically considered either Indigenous or migrants peoples, but rarely both, even when both are targeted. In her talk, Prof Farquharson will discuss the politics and practicalities of doing anti-racism research in Australia as a non-White, non-Indigenous researcher.

Presenters

Kim Alley is an Aboriginal academic and researcher, with more than ten years' experience in researching and teaching Indigenous Studies, Australian Politics and Middle Eastern Politics/History. Her work focuses on settler colonial histories and political violence, while also examining social movements for change and liberation, transnational activism and resistance politics. Kim's work seeks to highlight how such histories and activism impact and inform Indigenous Settler relations today both in Australia and internationally.

Karen Farquharson is Professor of Sociology and Vice President of Academic Board at the University of Melbourne. Her research is focused on the sociology of 'race' and racism, ethnicity, and diversity, particularly in the contexts of media and sport.Her recent work has looked at how organisations manage diversity including organisational opportunities for and barriers to increasing diversity. Karen is co-author of three books including Qualitative Social Research: Contemporary Methods for the Digital Age (2016) and co-editor of three collections, most recently Australian Media and the Politics of Belonging (2018) and Relating Worlds of Racism: Dehumanisation, Belonging, and the Normativity of European Whiteness (2019). She is author of multiple refereed journal articles and book chapters, and has supervised 19 PhD students to completion. Karen was educated at Harvard University (MA, PhD) and the University of California, Berkeley (BA). Host Professor Sarah Maddison, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts and co-director of the Indigenous Settler Relations Collaboration, the University of Melbourne.

Host

Professor Sarah Maddison, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts and co-director of the Indigenous Settler Relations Collaboration, the University of Melbourne.

The presenters have granted permission for this recording to be used for personal viewing and educational purposes. Please contact us before sharing for any other reason.