AIA300- Australia’s Asia- Sociology Assignment- Research Essay Writing

Internal Code: TV588 Australia’s Asia Research Essay Writing Question:

1. What is the view of Australia and Asia ‘from the north’? Answer with reference to Indigenous- Asian encounters.

2. The persistence of narratives of Asian invasion in Australia demonstrates a profound and ongoing discomfort with the region. Do you agree? Why/why not?

3. How did cosmopolitan thinking imagine Australia’s Asia? Answer with reference to at least two cosmopolitan thinkers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

7. In what ways did decolonisation alter Australia’s engagements with the Asian region?
8. The history of Australian aid in Asia is yet another demonstration of the nation’s anxiety about its place in the region. Do you agree? Why/why not? Answer with reference to the old and/or new Colombo Plan/s.
9. How do Australians understand Asia in the ‘contact zones’ (Mary-Louise Pratt) of travel? Answer with reference to at least one example of a travel destination in the Asian region.
10. When it comes to relationships with its region, Australia continues to favour disengagement over engagement. Discuss with reference to Australian government policies around asylum seekers.
11. How does Australia’s need for security influence its relationships with the Asian region?
12. Have relationships of trade altered Australian understandings of Asia at the turn of the 21st century?

10. In order to understand Australia’s Asia, Asian perceptions of Australia are just as important as Australian perceptions of Asia. Do you agree? Why/why not?