Martin Dusinberre - global dis:connect

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Martin Dusinberre

Martin Dusinberre is a professor of global history at the University of Zurich. He has authored Mooring the Global Archive: A Japanese Ship and its Migrant Histories (2023) and Hard Times in the Hometown: A History of Community Survival in Modern Japan (2012). His research interests include the histories of migration and empire in the Asia-Pacific region as well as reflections on archival methodologies in a digital and global age. He is also interested in experimental forms of historical writing and performance. Since 2020 he has been a member of the editorial board of Past & Present.

Addressing legacies of colonial dis:connection in Northern Australia

My work at global dis:connect will reimagine the worlds of Northern Australia across the dividing line of the federated nation-state. Paying particular attention to histories of migrant bêche-de-mer fishermen from Southeast Asia and northeast Asia from the mid-18^th to the mid-20^th centuries and to their continuing material and economic legacies, I will bring different conceptions of country into dialogue with each other, engaging with divisions between history, art history, anthropology and archaeology.

Have a look at Martin’s research poster about her project.

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Click HERE to mail Martin and HERE for a list of his publications.