Diasporic identities embody complex narratives that are multilayered and nuanced – there are as many differences as there are similarities between individuals and communities. Founded in 2006, the Asian Australian Studies Research Network (AASRN) was born out of the need to gather, platform and knowledge share across the academic field, but also to work with communities to explore what it means to be Australian Australian.
AASRN Chair and one of its four co-Founders, Olivia Khoo tells ArtsHub: ‘At the time, Asian Australian studies wasn’t very well-institutionalised, in the way that Asian American studies was, for example. AASRN was a way of connecting scholars around Australia who were doing work that was still quite emergent.
