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“The NOSCA Mafia”: overseas student activism in Australia, 1985–1994
History of Education Review Pub Date : 2020-03-18 , DOI: 10.1108/her-08-2019-0030
Tim Briedis

Purpose

The purpose of the paper is to explore and analyse the history of the predominantly Malaysian Network of Overseas Students Collectives in Australia (NOSCA), that existed from 1985–1994.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is based on extensive archival research in the State Library of New South Wales, the National Library of Australia and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Archives. It makes particular use of the UNSW student newspaper Tharunka and the NOSCA publications Truganini and Default. It also draws upon nine oral history interviews with former members of NOSCA.

Findings

The NOSCA was particularly prominent at the UNSW, building a base there and engaging substantially in the student union. Informed by anarchism, its activists were interested in an array of issues–especially opposition to student fees and in solidarity with struggles for democracy and national liberation in Southeast Asia, especially around East Timor. Moreover, the group would serve as a training ground for a layer of activists, dissidents and opposition politicians throughout Southeast Asia, with a milieu of ex-NOSCA figures sometimes disparagingly referred to as “the NOSCA Mafia.”

Originality/value

While there has been much research on overseas students, there has been far less on overseas students as protestors and activists. This paper is the first case study to specifically hone in on NOSCA, one of the most substantial and left wing overseas student groups. Tracing the group's history helps us to reframe and rethink the landscape of student activism in Australia, as less white, less middle class and less privileged.



中文翻译:

“ NOSCA黑手党”:1985-1994年在澳大利亚的海外学生行动主义

目的

本文的目的是探讨和分析1985-1994年间主要存在的马来西亚澳大利亚海外学生集体网络(NOSCA)的历史。

设计/方法/方法

该论文基于新南威尔士州州立图书馆,澳大利亚国家图书馆和新南威尔士大学(UNSW)档案馆的广泛档案研究。它特别利用了UNSW学生报纸Tharunka和NOSCA出版物Truganini and Default。它还利用了对NOSCA前成员的九次口述历史访谈。

发现

NOSCA在UNSW尤为突出,在那里建立了基地并大量参与了学生会。在无政府主义的影响下,其活动家对一系列问题感兴趣,特别是反对学生费用,并声援东南亚,尤其是东帝汶周围的民主与民族解放斗争。此外,该组织将为整个东南亚的激进分子,持不同政见者和反对派政治家提供训练场,其中一些前NOSCA人物的环境有时被贬低为“ NOSCA黑手党”。

创意/价值

尽管对留学生的研究很多,但作为抗议者和活动家的留学生却很少。本文是第一个专门研究NOSCA的案例研究,NOSCA是最庞大,最左派的海外学生团体之一。追寻团体的历史有助于我们重新塑造和重新思考澳大利亚学生行动主义的面貌,因为白人人数减少了,中产阶级减少了,特权也减少了。

更新日期:2020-03-18
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