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Dr Selvaraj Velayutham
BA (Hons) Murdoch, PhD UWS
Lecturer, Department of Sociology
| Email: | selvaraj.velayutham@scmp.mq.edu.au |
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| Phone: | +61 (0)2 9850 4426 |
| Fax: | +61 (0)2 9850 9355 |
| Office: | C3B 512 |
Research Interests
Migration, diaspora, transnationalism and affect, globalisation, nationalism, politics of identity, culture and everyday life, Singapore and Tamil cultural studies.
Current Research Project
Transnational Affect and the Moral Economies of Temporary Skilled Migration of South Indians to Australia
ARC Discovery with Dr Amanda Wise – 2006-2008
This is a three year project funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Grant Program. The project aims to develop insights into the cultural and social impacts of temporary migration from the perspective of the temporary skilled migrant, and in terms of their impact on Australian social and cultural landscape. The research will explore in particular, how gender and temporary visa status shape their experiences of migration, decisions on settlement, family reunion, and engagement with Australian society and everyday life.
Publications
Books (single-authored)
2007. Responding to Globalisation: Nation, Culture and Identity in Singapore. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Press.
Books (co-edited)
Forthcoming, 2009. (eds.) with Melissa Buthcer. Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asian Cities. London: Routledge.
Forthcoming, 2009. (eds.) with Amanda Wise. Everyday Multiculturalism. Houndsmills, Endland: Palgrave Macmillan.
Forthcoming, 2008. (eds.) with Vijay Devadas. South Asian Diaspora in Singapore. Singapore: Singapore University Press.
2008. (ed.) Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry. London: Routledge.
Journal Articles
2008. Second-Generation Tamils and Cross-Cultural Marriage: Managing the Translocal Village in a Moment of Cultural Rupture, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 34 (1): 113-131. (with Amanda Wise)
2006. 'Beyond Bollywood: India's Tamil Film Industry', The Journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia, 15(1): 21.
2005. with Amanda Wise. ‘Moral Economies of a Translocal Village: Obligations and Shame Among South Indian Transnational Migrants’. Global Networks, 5(1): 27-47.
2004. ‘Affect, Materiality and the Gift of Social Life in Singapore’, SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 19(1):1-27.
2001. with Amanda Wise. ‘Dancing with Ga(y)nesh: Rethinking Cultural Appropriation in Multicultural Australia’, Postcolonial Studies, 4(2):143-160.
2000. ‘Reconstituting Homely Belonging(s)’, New Criteria 8 catalogue essay. Singapore: The Substation.
1999. ‘Relating to Home’, The Arts Magazine. (Nov.–Dec.). Singapore: The Esplanade Co Ltd.
1997. ‘Sentimental Mappings: Les traces d'amour a Singapour’, LIEN. (Jan-Feb.). Singapore: Alliance Francaise de Singapour. pp: 24-5.
Book Chapters
Forthcoming. with Vijay Devadas. Theorising the Indian Diaspora in Singapore, in V. Devadas and S. Velayutham (eds.) Indian Diaspora in Singapore: Cultures, Performances and Identities. Singapore: Singapore University Press.
Forthcoming. with Amanda Wise. Moral economies of a South Indian Migrant Translocal Village in Singapore, in V. Devadas and S. Velayutham (eds.) Indian Diaspora in Singapore: Cultures, Performances and Identities. Singapore: Singapore University Press.
Forthcoming. with Vijay Devadas. Performing Cultures: Little India and the Indian Diaspora, in V. Devadas and S. Velayutham (eds.) Indian Diaspora in Singapore: Cultures, Performances and Identities. Singapore: Singapore University Press.
Forthcoming. 'Talking Cock': Dissent Through Complaint and Humour in Singapore', in M. Butcher and S. Velayutham (eds.) Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asian Cities. London: Routledge.
Forthcoming. 'Everyday Racism in Singapore', in A. Wise and S. Velayutham (eds.) Everyday Multiculturalism. Houndsmills, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
2008. 'Introduction: The Cultural History and Politics of South Indian Tamil Cinema', in S. Velayutham (ed.) Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry. London: Routledge.
2008. with Vijay Devadas. 'Encounters with 'India': (Ethno)-Nationalism in Tamil cinema', in S. Velayutham (ed.) Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry. London: Routledge.
2008. The Diaspora and the Global Circulation of Tamil Cinema', in Selvaraj Velayutham (ed.) Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry. London: Routledge.
Conference Proceedings, Working Papers & Articles
2007. (with A. Wise, eds.) Everyday Multiculturalism Conference Proceedings. Sydney: Macquarie University.
2007. 'Everyday Racism in Singapore', in S. Velayutham and A. Wise (ed.) Everyday Multiculturalism Conference Proceedings. Sydney: Macquarie University.
2006. (with A. Wise) ‘Towards a Typology of Transnational Affect’, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion working papers series no. 04. Sydney: Macquarie University.
2006. (with A. Wise) ‘Transnational Affect and the Rebellious Second Generation: Managing Shame And Pride In A Moment Of Cultural Rupture’, Asia Research Institute working papers series no. 65. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
2003. 'Home/Hotel: Managing the Challenge of Globalisation', in Lorraine Kerr (ed.) Cultural Citizenship: Challenges of Globalisation. Deakin University: Melbourne.
2000. 'Reconstituting Homely Belonging(s)', New Criteria 8. Singapore: The Substation.
1999. 'Relating to Home', The Arts Magazine. (Nov.-Dec.). Singapore: The Esplanade Co Ltd.