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Melbourne Asia Review is an initiative of the Asia Institute. Any inquiries about Melbourne Asia Review should be directed to the Managing Editor, Cathy Harper.

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INTERVIEW: Australia is a multilingual society & accepting multiculturalism means taking language seriously

  • Professor Ingrid Piller,

The dominance of English in Australia has negative consequences for people who don’t speak it perfectly.

Linguistic colonialism impairs educational and mobility justice for minority students in Vietnam

  • Dr Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen,

The dominance of the Vietnamese language means that speakers of ethnic languages are marginalised.

Tibetan language, epic, and the bards safeguarding heritage

  • A/Prof. Tim Thurston,

How Tibetan Bards are making traditional language practices visible despite pressure on minoritized languages in China.

How Japanese fathers can support children’s Japanese language learning in Australia

  • Dr Miyako Matsui & Dr Kaya Oriyama,

Minority language transfer can be very difficult in a nation such as Australia where English dominates.

The genocide of 1965 in Flores, Indonesia, and what’s needed for reconciliation

  • Dr Justin Wejak,

The Indonesian genocide of 1965 is yet to be fully resolved and will continue to haunt Indonesia if no attempts are made to reconcile with