ABSTRACT

This paper traces my intellectual journey in Australia as a first-generation migrant woman of colour inspired by Sara Ahmed’s politics and ethics that lets ‘strangers’ live and belong. I rethink co-occurring events such as the Black Lives Matter Movement, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic to highlight the everyday lives of black and brown bodies including Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. From a view ‘down under’ I argue that while a toxic ethos and acts of impunity sanctioned by institutional norms that privilege whiteness produces dehumanisation, trauma and death, bodies of colour fail to disappear. Rather than assume the position of passive subjects, they sail against the flow of whiteness, call out unjust acts and stir trouble in their struggle for justice. Through risk, adventure as well as audacious performances they emerge as ephemeral bubbles of energy that challenge national and planetary cultures of being and belonging when they stray from the well-worn path.

摘要

本文追溯了我作为第一代有色人种的移民妇女在澳大利亚的知识之旅，她受到萨拉·艾哈迈德（Sara Ahmed）的政治和道德观念的启发，让“陌生人”生活和归属。我重新考虑了同时发生的一些事件，例如黑人生活运动，气候变化和Covid-19大流行，以强调包括土著人民，移民，难民和寻求庇护者在内的黑色和棕色尸体的日常生活。从“下层”的观点来看，我认为，尽管特权白制度产生了人性化，创伤和死亡的制度规范认可了一种有害的精神风尚和有罪不罚的行为，但有色人种却没有消失。他们没有采取消极的主体的立场，而是反对白皙的潮流，大声疾呼，在争取正义的斗争中惹麻烦。通过风险，