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A review by leodanbrock
Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System by Safdar Ahmed
5.0
"Art can be helpful for trauma - which the brain codes differently to other experiences. Traumatic experience forms a 'hot memory' wihch spills through time and space - meaning it can be relived and felt as though in the present. Its narrative context is lost...allowing it to penetrate a person's everyday life."
This absolutely needs to be mandatory reading...especially for all Australians. Graphic novels can be such a powerful medium for educating people on serious topics and this book is a clear example of it. Safdar Ahmed directly addresses the wilful implicitness of Australians when it comes to advocating for refugees; simply disagreeing with the inhumane policies our government has established is not enough - what are you actively doing in your community to support these people? I really hope that this becomes a useful text to students in Australian high schools - I really would have loved to have read something like this when I was younger and I feel like this is such an accessible text to further educating yourself. Definitely something I'll be lending to others.
This absolutely needs to be mandatory reading...especially for all Australians. Graphic novels can be such a powerful medium for educating people on serious topics and this book is a clear example of it. Safdar Ahmed directly addresses the wilful implicitness of Australians when it comes to advocating for refugees; simply disagreeing with the inhumane policies our government has established is not enough - what are you actively doing in your community to support these people? I really hope that this becomes a useful text to students in Australian high schools - I really would have loved to have read something like this when I was younger and I feel like this is such an accessible text to further educating yourself. Definitely something I'll be lending to others.