| Main Title: |
Still alive : notes from Australia's immigration detention system / Safdar Ahmed. |
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| Author: |
Ahmed, Safdar
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| Year: |
2021. |
| Collation: |
231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| 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."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject: |
Comic Arts Awards of Australia
Ahmed, Safdar
Villawood Detention Centre (NSW)
Detention centres
Immigration policy
Comics and graphic novels
Pictorial works
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| ISBN: |
9780980593730 0980593735 |
| Notes: |
"Part of this book was first published online by GetUp! in 2015 as Villawood: notes from an immigration detention centre."--Title page verso.
Comic Arts of Australia Gold medal winner 2022
Includes bibliographical references.
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