Chisari, Maria
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia
Maria Chisari is currently completing a PhD that explores how the concept of becoming an Australian citizen is produced in and through the discourses around the Australian citizenship test. Her teaching experience and research interests are interdisciplinary spanning the fields of cultural studies and governmentality, Australian history and TESOL.
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ArticlesIntroduction In October 2007, the federal Coalition government legislated that all eligible migrants and refugees who want to become Australian citizens must sit and pass the newly designed Australian citizenship test. Prime Minister John Howard stated that by studying the essential knowledge on Australian culture, history and values that his government had defined...Read more
