Measuring or Creating Attitudes? Seventy Years of Australian Public Opinion Polling about Indonesia

Sobocinska, Agnieszka

doi:10.1080/10357823.2017.1334041

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“…The gathering of systematic data on racism is relatively recent, with the earliest data collected in 1948 through an Australian Gallup Poll survey on attitudes towards Asian migrants (Lippman, 1979). Over the next four decades, between 1950 and 1990, various polling companies (Australian Gallup Poll, Roy Morgan, National Social Science Survey (NSSS)) gathered data on attitudes towards minority groups, including Indigenous peoples and migrants, but such data had various conceptual and methodological limitations (for example, using single items rather than validated scales; not collecting data on women) (Sobocinska, 2017).…”

Section: Racism Data In Australiamentioning

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Identifying and filling racism data gaps in Victoria: A stocktake review

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Elias²,

Sharples³

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Despite Australia’s and Victoria’s stated commitment to promoting multiculturalism and equality, and to eradicating racism, our knowledge about the nature, extent and impact of different forms of racism on diverse populations is not as well-developed as it should be. Stakeholders addressing racism increasingly recognise that anti-racism initiatives must rely on robust scholarly evidence and high-quality data. Yet existing data have serious limitations. We report on a stocktake review of racism data collected nationally in Australia and with a specific focus on Victoria. We provide a comprehensive overview, summary and synthesis of quantitative data on racism, identify gaps in racism data collection, analysis and uses, and make recommendations on bridging those data gaps and informing anti-racism action and policy. Overall, the review examines data collected by 42 survey-based, quantitative studies, discussed in over 120 publications and study materials, and 13 ongoing data collection initiatives, platforms and projects. Based on the review, we identified eight gaps to racism data collection and analysis and to collection methodologies. We recommend four interconnected ways to fill racism data gaps for anti-racism researchers, organisations and policymakers: 1) Further analyse existing data to address critical questions about racism; 2) Collect and analyse additional data; 3) Enhance data availability and integration; and 4) Improve policies that relate to the collection, analysis, reporting and overall management of racism data.

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Section: Racism Data In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Identifying and filling racism data gaps in Victoria: A stocktake review

Ben¹,

Elias²,

Sharples³

et al. 2022

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“…Bijdragen tot de taal-, land-en volkenkunde 175 (2019) 225-251 in ignorance and suspicion (Sobocinska 2017). As Philpott (2001) argues, this anxiety is embedded in Australian identity: the insistence on Australia's difference from Asia has historically been a core element of Australian nationhood.…”

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2019

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Since 2013, the Australian government has funded Australian students to undertake short periods of study abroad with an emphasis on Asia, including Indonesia. Universities, too, have been enhancing their study-abroad options as part of broader internationalization campaigns. In a short time, the number of Australian higher-education students undertaking study abroad as part of their undergraduate degrees has doubled, to one in five students. This significant investment follows from two beliefs: that Australia’s relations with Asia are significantly impacted by people-to people relations; and that formal, experiential learning is a particularly effective pedagogical method. But is this investment warranted? Do periods of short-term study in Indonesia enrich students’ understanding of the region, and of Australia’s relations with Asia? And do current undergraduates, who have unprecedented access to mobility through travel and tourism, gain anything from a formal and guided people-to-people experience? This article explores these questions through an in-depth investigation of the intensive-mode undergraduate unit ‘Australia and Asia’ run by the Faculty of Arts at Monash University from 2014 to 2017. It suggests that, for many students, study tours facilitate a short-term period of emotional involvement and self-reflection, rather than forging enduring connections.

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Home and Away: Australian Travelers' Consumption Of Everyday Village Life in Indonesia

Murti¹

2021

Tourism Culture & Communication

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This paper aims to explore (1) what kind of everyday materials in rural villages attract Australian tourists to visit; (2) the nature of the dynamic tensions that occur during the interactions; and (3) how these create reflexivity with regard to the notion of home. Employing ethnographic interviews, participating in tour packages, and observing the interactions between Australian travellers and local people in rural villages of Java and Bali, the project attempts to reveal the interactional experiences that occur in the everyday life of rural village settings. Results, first, the Australians identified home, street, natural surroundings, and people as the everyday materials for them to see how others live their life. Secondly, the perceptions of pressure to buy appear during the dynamic process of interactions. Thirdly, the visit to the rural villages of Indonesia become a comparative journey to enjoy the privilege of ‘home,’ while the Australians are being 'away.' As a conclusion, theoritical and practical understanding contribute to capture the specific market of Australians and how this market interacts with a specific space in Indonesia.

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Measuring or Creating Attitudes? Seventy Years of Australian Public Opinion Polling about Indonesia

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Identifying and filling racism data gaps in Victoria: A stocktake review

Identifying and filling racism data gaps in Victoria: A stocktake review

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Home and Away: Australian Travelers' Consumption Of Everyday Village Life in Indonesia

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