Erasure and Defiance: The Politics of Silence and Voice on Palestine
Online Conference - University of Technology Sydney UTS
As we witness an onslaught of carnage, destruction and devastation in Palestine, voices for Palestine in Australia and beyond have been silenced on an unprecedented level in the mainstream media, academia and education, in the arts and elsewhere. Meanwhile, the streets have filled with ongoing protests in solidarity with Palestinians, creating a new visibility for an old and ongoing struggle, with support coming from a wide range of groups, suggesting new possibilities for dialogue and alliances.
The UTS Diversities and Social Inclusion Research Group presents a conference which addresses the politics of silence and voice, in the post-7 October 2023 contexts. Which voices have been heard or amplified, and which have been silenced, by whom and for what purposes? What new dialogues and solidarities have emerged? The enormity of the violence has closed-off possibilities, but to what extent is there new salience to ongoing debates and agendas?
The focus of the conference will be the ongoing situation in Palestine and on local and international experiences. Organisers and participants include Palestinian, Muslim, Jewish and Indigenous voices, tackling on the ground manifestations evidenced in protests, politics, human rights advocacy, legal issues, media narratives, (multi) cultural views, and artistic expressions.
The conference will be held online and published, with participants also invited to submit full articles for scholarly and other publications. Co-convenors are: Barbara Bloch, Wafa Chafic, James Goodman, Derek Halawa and Christina Ho.
For more information contact James.Goodman@uts.edu.au
