Abstract
This paper tracks the processes through which Australia is constituted as an authoritative regional power within the Asia-Pacific, and in concurrence, how Australian peoples are cited as benevolent neighbours in relation to the Philippines and Filipinos. I focus on two bilateral projects: the General Agreement on Development Cooperation (GADC) and The Philippines: Beyond the Crisis study. Through this focus, I investigate the triumphalist narrativising of the Australian nation/self that shifts the focus from neo-colonising initiatives to a celebration of Australianness. This paper thus seeks to expose the underbelly of conspicuous compassion that governmental tracts deploy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-17 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | The Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Journal |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- whiteness
- Philippines-Australia bilateral relationships
- colonialism
- development