Still alive : notes from Australia's immigration detention system

The Resource Still alive : notes from Australia's immigration detention system
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Still alive : notes from Australia's immigration detention system
Title remainder
notes from Australia's immigration detention system
Statement of responsibility
Safdar Ahmed
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Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Still Alive" documents the conditions, experiences and deprivations of Australia's system of mandatory and indefinite detention for asylum seekers and refugees. Drawing from Safdar Ahmed's experiences as a volunteer in Sydney's Villawood detention centre, it contains the testimony of refugees and workers in a system that is often decried by human rights organisations for its cruelty. This is a work of observation and collaboration, collating Ahmed's experiences as an art workshop facilitator with the testimony and artwork of refugees who are held in immigration detention. "Still Alive" eschews stereotypical representations of the refugee as either a threat to Australia's system of 'border protection', or as a victim who lacks initiative and agency. What emerges is a deeply impacting account of the refugee journey and the profound consequences of indefinite incarceration that asylum seekers experience upon reaching Australia
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
AU@
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • comics graphic novels
  • bibliography
Target audience
adult

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