Archives as 'Thin Places': Resurrecting ghosts of Australia's earliest refugees through poetics of resistance

Casey, A

Archives as 'Thin Places': Resurrecting ghosts of Australia's earliest refugees through poetics of resistance

Casey, A

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Publisher:: University of Canberra, Bruce
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Axon: Creative Explorations, 2022, 12, (2), pp. 1-19
Issue Date:: 2022

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dc.contributor.author	Casey, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6146-2722
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-23T04:32:46Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-23T04:32:46Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.identifier.citation	Axon: Creative Explorations, 2022, 12, (2), pp. 1-19
dc.identifier.issn	1838-8973
dc.identifier.issn	1838-8973
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/174872
dc.description.abstract	Drawing on the Irish notion of a ‘thin place’ (where the veil between us and the spirit world is so thin that we can sense those on the other side), this paper outlines an approach to archival research and creative practice which seeks to reawaken and give voice to the ghosts of some of Australia’s earliest refugees. This work uncovers new connections between the Great Irish Famine, a humanitarian crisis which halved Ireland’s population and the cyclical incarceration and abuse of young women in New South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s—to highlight a small but significant, yet largely unwritten, chapter in Irish-Australian history. Employing poetics of resistance incorporating elements of these young women’s outlawed native Irish language and culture, this work seeks to decolonise their memories and restore voice to those who suffered the brutal consequences of colonisation in both their native and adopted countries.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	University of Canberra, Bruce
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dc.subject	1901 Art Theory and Criticism, 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
dc.subject.classification	3602 Creative and professional writing
dc.subject.classification	3604 Performing arts
dc.subject.classification	4705 Literary studies
dc.title	Archives as 'Thin Places': Resurrecting ghosts of Australia's earliest refugees through poetics of resistance
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Abstract:

Drawing on the Irish notion of a ‘thin place’ (where the veil between us and the spirit world is so thin that we can sense those on the other side), this paper outlines an approach to archival research and creative practice which seeks to reawaken and give voice to the ghosts of some of Australia’s earliest refugees. This work uncovers new connections between the Great Irish Famine, a humanitarian crisis which halved Ireland’s population and the cyclical incarceration and abuse of young women in New South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s—to highlight a small but significant, yet largely unwritten, chapter in Irish-Australian history. Employing poetics of resistance incorporating elements of these young women’s outlawed native Irish language and culture, this work seeks to decolonise their memories and restore voice to those who suffered the brutal consequences of colonisation in both their native and adopted countries.

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