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Breath, Breathing, and Australian anti-Asian Racism: Critical Collaborative Autoethonography as Anti-Racist Inquiry

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Racialised violence against Asian communities, (re)illuminated and (re)amplified during events like COVID-19 and the 2021 Atlanta massacre, reflects global patterns of anti-Asian racism. In Australia, Asian communities face similar everyday racisms rooted in Orientalist fears of the invading Other. This critical co-constructed autoethnography by two Asian Australian educators examines the entanglement of anti-Asian racism and the metaphor of breath to interrogate the suffocating nature of Australia’s race relations. Through collaborative embodied vignettes, we explore how racism restricts belonging and movement, acknowledge entanglements with ongoing colonial violence against First Nations peoples, and seek solidarities through a politics of hope.

Source: Culture Studies &#x2194 Critical Methodologies

DOI: 10.1177/15327086261440134

Authors: Aaron Teo, Tsai-Yu Amy Hung

Institutions: University of Southern Queensland, Qingdao Party School of CPC

Language: English

Topic: Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,650