Rebecca Williamson
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View article: Pregnancy, placentas and smoke exposure: multiple understandings of pregnant embodiment during the 2019–2020 Australian bushfires
Pregnancy, placentas and smoke exposure: multiple understandings of pregnant embodiment during the 2019–2020 Australian bushfires Open
The health implications of prolonged wildfire smoke exposure - such as that seen during the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires - are a major concern in public health, not only in Australia but in many fire-prone areas globally. One group ident…
View article: Pregnant women’s experiences of extreme exposure to bushfire associated smoke: a qualitative study
Pregnant women’s experiences of extreme exposure to bushfire associated smoke: a qualitative study Open
In 2019/2020, multiple bushfires burned across south-east Australia converging into unprecedented megafires that burned 5.8 million hectares. From October 2019–February 2020, 80% of Australians were affected by smoke from these fires, expo…
View article: Mothers’ Agency and Responsibility in the Australian Bushfires: A Feminist New Materialist Account
Mothers’ Agency and Responsibility in the Australian Bushfires: A Feminist New Materialist Account Open
This article employs new materialist theory to the accounts of women who were pregnant, giving birth or parenting new-borns during the Australian bushfires of 2019/2020. As feminist scholars we are concerned with the inequitable responsibi…
View article: Bushfire Smoke in Our Eyes: Community Perceptions and Responses to an Intense Smoke Event in Canberra, Australia
Bushfire Smoke in Our Eyes: Community Perceptions and Responses to an Intense Smoke Event in Canberra, Australia Open
The 2019–20 bushfires that raged in eastern Australia were an overwhelming natural disaster leading to lives lost or upended, and communities destroyed. For almost a month, Canberra, Australia's capital city in the Australian Capital Terri…
View article: Vernacular Cosmopolitanisms in Suburban Peripheries: A Case Study in Multicultural Sydney
Vernacular Cosmopolitanisms in Suburban Peripheries: A Case Study in Multicultural Sydney Open
This article examines different forms of cosmopolitanism that shape everyday spaces in a multicultural suburb at the periphery of urban and political dynamics of Sydney. I investigate two forms of cosmopolitanism: top-down cosmopolitanism …