By integrating and preserving migrant cultural heritage for posterity and viewing it as an active and ongoing contribution to the evolving narrative of Australian identity and nationhood, we achieve a “right” of social citizenship to share in the heritage of the country (Marshall 1994). We also increase migrants’ sense of belonging and identity in Australia and ensure that ‘lasting loyalties flow from a deep feeling of accepting and being accepted (Kunz 1988).
RSVP for this event to europe@anu.edu.au by Wednesday 29 October 2012.
Dutch-Australian Cultural Heritage Week
This seminar is part of the ‘Dutch-Australian Cultural Heritage Week’.
On Thursday 1 November a symposium on Dutch-Australian Cultural Heritage will be held at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra. For more info, see the Website of the Netherlands Embassy in Canberra.
Professor Peters
Professor Peters is Director of History Of Migration Experiences Centre (HOME), Curtin University, WA. Her research interests include the migration experience, immigrant entrepreneurship, the digital preservation of immigrants’ cultural heritage and Dutch connections with Australia since 1606. She is currently involved in academic, bi-lateral and community based collaborations in these fields.