A History of Displaced Knowledge: Austrian Refugees from National Socialism in Australia

Philipp Strobl

ISBN 10: 9004714928 / ISBN 13: 9789004714922

Edité par Brill Apr 2025, 2025

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Neuware - This book follows ideas and knowledge that migrated in the cultural baggage of Austrian refugees, who fled to Australia in 1938 and 1939 because of National Socialism. By telling and comparing the stories of twenty-six different lives, it highlights the processes of acquisition, transportation, translation, and adaption of ideas, knowledge, and cultural capital. This provides a unique and colourful insight into the impact of a group of refugees on their host society over several decades. As the book shows, there were many different ways in which displaced people relied upon their social and cultural capital to first escape their oppressive homeland and then build new lives. Once they had arrived in Australia, they used very different approaches to negotiate and promote their knowledge and to exercise agency.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9789004714922

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A History of Displaced Knowledge: Austrian Refugees from National Socialism in Australia
• Éditeur: Brill Apr 2025
• Date de parution: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9004714928
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789004714922
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 242 L x 162 H x 29 P (en millimètres) 242 millimètres de largeur par 162 millimètres de hauteur par 29 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 742 grammes

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Synopsis

This book follows ideas and knowledge that migrated in the cultural baggage of Austrian refugees, who fled to Australia in 1938 and 1939 because of National Socialism. By telling and comparing the stories of twenty-six different lives, it highlights the processes of acquisition, transportation, translation, and adaption of ideas, knowledge, and cultural capital. This provides a unique and colourful insight into the impact of a group of refugees on their host society over several decades.
As the book shows, there were many different ways in which displaced people relied upon their social and cultural capital to first escape their oppressive homeland and then build new lives. Once they had arrived in Australia, they used very different approaches to negotiate and promote their knowledge and to exercise agency.

À propos de l?auteur

Philipp Strobl, Ph.D. (2014), University of Innsbruck, is a historian at the University of Vienna, focusing on the intersection of the history of knowledge and the history of migration. He has published monographs, edited volumes, articles, radio plays, and podcasts on the history of migration, and in particular on migrating knowledge and its impact on societies in Europe, the United States, and Australia.