[Anthropgrad] Wednesday 19 March anthropology seminar

[Melinda Hinkson]

Anthropology seminar series 9.30 - 11.00 am Wednesday 19 March,
Seminar Room A, Coombs Building
 
Ashley Carruthers, School of Archaeology & Anthropology, ANU

Indochinese Cultural Contact Zones
 
This paper examines a number of spaces in Sydney, Vietnam, Laos and
Cambodia where Indochinese people come into regular contact with each other.
Intercultural knowledges and interactions in these sites are very much
informed by the pre and postcolonial histories of these nations' relations.
In particular, Vietnam's position as regional hegemon strongly colours
Lao and Cambodian perceptions of Vietnamese subjects and culture. However,
The dominant discourses members of these communities/nations produce about
Each other are contradicted by the realities of interculturalism in contact
Zones such as Cabramatta in Sydney and the cities and border regions of
Indochina. The paper examines this tension between discourses and practices
around Indochinese others. It pays special attention to the way these
Discourses and practices connect to very recent border dynamics in the
Indochinese homelands.
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Melinda Hinkson
School of Archaeology & Anthropology
A.D. Hope Building
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200

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