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Melbourne is a culturally vibrant city, celebrated for its diversity of nationalities and cultural influences. Walk Melbourne's streets for a while and you are sure hear voices, smell scents, and taste flavours that come from all world.
Melbourne's culture today owes much to its migrants. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2006 25% of all Australian citizens were born overseas, and 10% of Australians spoke a language other than English at home. From the first Aboriginal inhabitants through to European settlement and during wave after wave of immigration, Australia's face is ever-changing.
But somewhere just below the surface, simmering, is the ugly side to Melbourne's celebrated multiculturalism. Migrants to Australia--particularly non-white migrants--often face racism. Sometimes the source of this racism is from people who might be second or third-generation migrants themselves. This project seeks to explore the history of Australia's migrant history by allowing migrants themselves to speak about their experiences.
Melbourne Colours is an online documentary that explores the histories of Melbourne migrants and of some of the suburbs in which they live. As they tell their stories, take a stroll through some of Melbourne's migrant suburbs and discover their development over time. Listen to the real experiences of people who have come from overseas.
Are you a migrant to Australia? Do you live in a suburb with a colourful migrant population, or do you think your suburb is less multicultural than those profiled in this project? Why not tell us your story: email us your own video and we'll upload it onto our website.
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13.06.09 — Natasha Mitchell
(Note to wider public - these comments should be taken in the context of this being a university class exercise! These RMIT projects are very sophisticated, and we welcome much simpler and entirely amateur contributions to Gene Pool too!).
Hi team (Tom, Jaime, Nadia)
Thanks for contributing to Gene Pool. This is a really strong idea, the evolution of a social policy...of a cultural makeup...of the Victorian population...and the link to social darwinism.
- big research effort (both information and sourcing archival pics) put into this project. Love the way you've engaged with Victorian history in the detail you have.
- impressive set and range of personal stories sourced and collected (and translated in some cases). Your interviewees were really generous with their stories - congrats. (George's giggle made me giggle every time). And thanks for including your own too.
- like the way you lead us through the site, with a probing question for the viewer at the end of each narrative...nice interative signature...as is the invitation throughout to add our own user generated content (UGC)
- The scripting and narration clear - I do get the sense though that you rushed through the read (Victorian Migration section)...worth really focusing on the perfomance and pacing when something is so narration-driven - taking that bit of time to focus on pauses, the emotion and tone etc to really engage the audience. Otherwise it can all feel a bit earnest.
- the stills images used in your Victorian Migration" slide shows are pretty fuzzy...is there a way you could have better optimised your image resolution? (as I write this I should go an confirm that my screen resolution is optimum, as you suggest on your home page)
Ps It'd be good to be able to pause/play the videos (if you have a video playing in one section of the site, and then jump to another section - you can't stop the previous video, and launch another independently, they both keep playing simultaneously.
Good one - big effort. Thanks again for adding to the Gene Pool. And good luck with your next projects. Feel free to add your thoughts here too.
Natasha Mitchell
Presenter + science broadcaster - ABC Radio National
http://abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind
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