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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Hola,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" style=""><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px">Real and Digital Experiences: Latin American Migrants in Australia </strong></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px">1 November 2018</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px">RMIT University</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The 2018 Latin American symposium will address cultural, social, gender, education and labour themes related to the contemporary flows of people from various Latin American countries (Mexico and the nations in Central and South America and the Caribbean) to Australia. It will investigate both the real and digital experiences of Latin American permanent and transient migrants as they negotiate everyday life in Australia. According to the most recent ABS census (2016), Australia has a population from Latin American countries of approximately 136,000 people. Latin American migration to Australia has taken place in different waves with different motivations.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The majority of Latin American migrants arrived in Australia between the 1970s and 1990s. This was the first significant wave of Latin Americans and who entered Australia for humanitarian, political and economic reasons. Some Latin Americans who entered Australia during this period came as part of family reunions. This wave of migrants were permanent settlers and who have in one way or another integrate in the Australian society.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Currently most Latin American immigrants who make up the second wave, are a mixture of permanent settlers and transient migrants. The outward bound Latin American movement of both skilled and unskilled labour and the growing number of international students from within and outside the region has become commonplace.   </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This migration and flows of mobility raise interesting questions as to how Latin Americans across both waves adapt, integrate or transit in a new and far away country other than their own? How are their identities, languages and cultures maintained or negotiated?  How are their different race, gender and cultural identities shaped or constructed by Australian society? Finally, how do Latin American migrants confront racism?</span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px">Cost: $25.00 (catering)</strong></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px">Convenors:</strong></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dr. Glenda Mejía (e-mail:<span> </span><a href="mailto:glenda.mejia@rmit.edu.au)" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(21,182,184);box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:underline">glenda.mejia@rmit.<wbr>edu.au)</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:justify"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Assoc. Professor Catherine Gomes (e-mail:<span> </span><a href="mailto:catherine.gomes@rmit.edu.au)" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(21,182,184);box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:underline">catherine.gomes@rmit.<wbr>edu.au)</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:300;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(68,67,64);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><em style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-style:italic;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;outline:0px">This symposium is hosted at RMIT University support by the Social and Global Studies Centre (SGSC), School of Global, Urban and Social Studies (GUSS) and the Migration and Diverse Communities Lab (Digital Ethnography Research Centre, DERC).</strong></em></p><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">Website:<span> </span><a href="https://latinmigrantexperiences.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://<wbr>latinmigrantexperiences.<wbr>wordpress.com/</a></font></div>

<br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Associate Professor Catherine Gomes</i><br></font><i><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:12.8px">School of Media and Communication</span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><font face="georgia, serif">RMIT University<br>124 La Trobe Street</font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><font face="georgia, serif">Melbourne, Victoria 3000<br>Australia<br>Room: </font><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> 5<font face="georgia, serif">.2.3</font></span><font face="georgia, serif"> (city campus)</font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><i><br>tel: + 61 3 9925 5068<br>fax: + 61 3 99259730<br>email: <a href="mailto:catherine.gomes@rmit.edu.au" target="_blank">catherine.gomes@rmit.edu.au</a></i></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www1.rmit.edu.au/staff/catherinegomes" target="_blank">Staff website</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Research Lab Co-Leader, <a href="https://digital-ethnography.com/portfolio-posts/migration-and-diverse-communities-lab/" target="_blank">Migration and Diverse Communities Lab</a> (<a href="https://digital-ethnography.com/" target="_blank">Digital Ethnography Research Centre</a>)</font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Founding Editor, <a href="http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=252/view,page=0/" target="_blank">Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration</a></font></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://translatingimpermanence.org/" target="_blank">Transient Migrant project website</a> (Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Recent books </b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9789811303319" target="_blank">Siloed Diversity: Transnational Migration, Digital Media and Social Networks</a></font></div><div><a href="https://www.rowmaninternational.com/buy-books/product-details/?productId=3-156-3ad7333d-8296-45dc-91de-c70c9714fe65" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific: Transformative Experiences in the Age of Digital Media</span></font></a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811016387" target="_blank">Transient Mobility and Middle Class Identity: Media and Migration in Australia and Singapore</a>, </font></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-MY" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811025990" target="_blank">International Student Connectedness and Identity: Transnational Perspectives</a></font></span></span></div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319461083" target="_blank">Quality Assurance in Asia-Pacific Universities: Implementing Massification in Higher Education</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.anthempress.com/the-asia-pacific-in-the-age-of-transnational-mobility" style="font-size:small" target="_blank">The Asia Pacific in the Age of Transnational Mobility: The Search for Community and Identity on and through Social Media</a><br></font></div><div><br></div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Recent Journal Articles and Chapters</b></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Educational-Reciprocity-and-Adaptivity-International-Students-and-Stakeholders/Ata-Tran-Liyanage/p/book/9781138707399" target="_blank">Navigating through the hostility: international students in Singapore </a></font></span><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://sty.presswarehouse.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=525678" target="_blank">International Student Identity and the Digital Environment</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1129166.pdf" target="_blank">Digital journeys: A perspective on understanding the digital experiences of international students</a>, </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font><div><font face="georgia, serif">CRICOS Provider Code: 00122A</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">This message contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use only of the addressee named above.  If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in relation to it.  If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender at the above address.</font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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