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Cultural Anthropology Assignment- Migration
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Running head: CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGYCultural AnthropologyName of the Student:Name of the University:Author’s Note:
2CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGYIntroduction This site has been selected because it displays the rich and vast history of Australia.Migration indeed is a very complex and deep subject. Migration is at the very core of the society,politics and the economy of every part of the world. Australia is no exception. Refugees havebeen very much a part of the Australian society as well for over a period of about 200 years. It isneedless to say that there can be no other place better than the Immigration Museum ofMelbourne for the proper understanding of the immigration history as it has a huge collection ofthe evidence and pieces of history. The Immigration Museum has opened a permanent exhibitionin the year 2003 called getting in which mainly explores the journey of all the refugees and theasylum seekers in Australia over the long span of 200 long years (Immigration Museum 2018).This museum is perhaps the best place for the seeking the answers to questions like why peopleleave their birthplaces and move here and what are their experiences.
3CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGYFigure1Background:The Immigration Museum at Melbourne is one of the most important and oldest buildingsof the 19th century. It was basically the old customs house building that used to record all thegoods that entered and left Victoria. One of the most important parts of this building is the longroom. One of the important features that are seen from this museum I the gold rush, a new designfor the custom house was planned and was built by Peter Kerr (Gosselin and Livingstone 2016).
4CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGYSo, this building was basically a custom house that has been restored and recognized asthe Immigration Museum in the year 1998. This museum is a wing of the Museum Victoria thatdisplays the cultural and the scientific collections of the state of Victoria. This museum displaysthe rich and glorifying the history of the refugees that have arrived in Australia between the years1974 to 1981. Though there was a good advantage for Britain in this context because it was aland of much diversity. The newcomers or the refugees coming in Australia would have all theadvantages of getting a common and shared culture, language, history. So, apparently it seemedthat fitting in or getting adjusted would be a very easy task but it was always not so. Thismuseum tries to display the lives, times and the experiences of all the refugees. This site hasbeen chosen because there one can get hold of a large number of interesting exhibitions thatcomprises of the works and the artifacts of the refugees and also the volunteers who have takenpart in the different campaigns dealing with the refugees (Museumsvictoria.com.au 2018). Thereare both temporary and permanent exhibitions taking place on the floors of the museums. It is thebest place to begin one's research about knowing the rich history of the refugees. Severalcommunity exhibitions and community cultural festivals are held in the Immigration Museum. Itis in these festivals and exhibitions that the museum invites several other organizations for theplanning and development of the future initiatives, development of the historic collections andthe researchers. This connection between the museum and the other interested communities willhelp in community building (Immigration Museum 2018). This is indeed the key factor to thesuccess of understanding the refugee histories. This is also very useful for understanding suchprojects as it gathers feedback from the students who are undertaking such projects. There were several striking features that I saw right after stepping into the museum. Themost important one is the question why did you and your family come to Australia? This
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