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Memory, Migration and Television: National Stories on the Small Screen
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Darian-Smith, K, Memory, Migration and Television: National Stories on the Small Screen, Remembering Migration: Oral Histories and Memory Practices Workshop, 4-5 April 2017, University of Melbourne, pp. 6-7. (2017) [Conference Extract]
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Abstract
The introduction of television into Australia in 1956 coincided with the nation’s ambitious and
socially transformative post-World War II migration scheme. Drawing upon a national project
that traces the conjoined histories of television and cultural diversity in Australia, this chapter
examines the significance of television to migration through two oral history collections. In the
first, migrants to Australia across several decades reflect on the place of television in their
experiences of settlement — including memories of television as a material presence in the
home, as a technology of education and English language acquisition, as a window onto an
‘Australian way of life’ and as a cross-generational facilitator between the cultural values of the
countries of origin and Australia. In the second group of oral histories, television writers and producers remember the imperatives to introduce storylines that reflected migration and
expanding ethnic diversity in Australian television programming, and what this meant (and
means) in the context of telling ‘national’ stories to domestic audiences and export markets. The
discussion explores the multi-layered connections between individual and shared memories of
media and migration.
Item Details
Item Type: | Conference Extract |
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Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
Research Group: | Historical studies |
Research Field: | Australian history |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's past |
UTAS Author: | Darian-Smith, K (Professor Kate Darian-Smith) |
ID Code: | 125590 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Deposited By: | College Office - CALE |
Deposited On: | 2018-04-24 |
Last Modified: | 2018-04-24 |
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