Connecting, Collaborating and Surviving: The Story of a Women's Studies Centre in the Australian Tropics

What signifies the Australian context as unique is an historical moment of opportunity in the 1970s when activist women working within a progressive federal government provided a strong foundation for the establishment of Women's Studies programs in Australia's publicly funded University s...

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Published in:Outskirts (Nedlands) 2008-11, Vol.19, p.N_A
Main Authors: Harris, Nonie, Baker, Joanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Creativity
Critical thinking
Feminism
Neoliberalism
Political activism
Politics
Pragmatics
Social activism
Social change
Women
Womens studies
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Summary:What signifies the Australian context as unique is an historical moment of opportunity in the 1970s when activist women working within a progressive federal government provided a strong foundation for the establishment of Women's Studies programs in Australia's publicly funded University system. What we have described here is a pragmatic response - specific concrete activities that maintain feminism through conservative times - ensuring that although the women's movement is marginalised from the mainstream political environment, feminist activism is still strong and creative.
ISSN:1445-0445
1445-0445