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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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Unbelonging: Anti-Asian racism in Australia’s gay community

  • Dr Gilbert Caluya,

Gay Asian men’s belonging in the Australian gay community is fragile and contingent on our perceived usefulness and ‘good behaviour’.

Creating safe spaces, a sense of belonging and ‘ibasho’ for women refugees in Tokyo

  • Christina Fukuoka and Professor David Slater,

An innovative project provides emotional support and social networks for women refugees amid very limited state support.

Precarious frontier and the handling of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities in Borneo

  • Dr Imam Ardhianto and Indrawan Prasetyo,

New research on the public health response to COVID-19 in Indonesian Borneo.

Why queer translation needs Asian languages and contexts

  • Yahia Zhengtang Ma,

Asian languages and contexts within the field of queer translation can be a model for discussions of queerness.

The visual language of Japanese youth’s self-expression and self-promotion on TikTok

  • Dr Sonja Petrovic,

Young women use Tik Tok to critique and challenge gender stereotypes and norms.

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