Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry

Uninvited and unheard: Australia’s case of post-Tampa boat arrivals

Smits, Jack

Project SafeCom Inc.

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Abstract

In an environment where the national government creates deliberate policies to create a blockade and a silence around the stories of uninvited refugees coming to its shores, human rights advocates have a tough time creating conditions to make the stories heard by the policy makers and the general public alike. However, the Australian experience shows that ‘breaking through the sound barrier of silence’ is possible, using creative collaborations with reporters, the tactics of subversion, smart strategies aimed at those setting reporting standards, and through an engagement with the wider audience of human rights advocates around the nation. In this article, five government-created barriers are identified and ingeniously countered.

Metadata

Journal Tamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry 
Volume 8 
Issue 2 
Issue date 2009 
Type Article 
Language en
Pagination 207-224
ISSN 1532-5555