Australian-Latin American Relations: New Links in a Changing Global Landscape

248 Pages·2016·3.17 MB·English

by  Elizabeth Kath (eds.)

Australian–Latin American
Relations
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Australian–Latin American
Relations
New Links in a Changing Global Landscape
EditedbyElizabethKath
AUSTRALIAN–LATINAMERICANRELATIONS
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Contents
ListofTablesandFigures vii
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
1 AustraliaandLatinAmericainaGlobalEra 1
ElizabethKath
2 ATaleofTwoWaves:LatinAmericanMigrationto
Australia 15
RaulSanchezUrribarri,VicentePerezdeLeon,Mara
Favoretto,ElizabethKath,JohnSinclair,andAnnieFergusson
3 From“LatinAmericans”toCountry-BasedDistinctions:
ACaseStudyoftheMigratoryMotivationsand
AdaptationExperiencesofMexicansinAustralia 35
M.LauraVazquezMaggio
4 The“TequilaEffect”or“HowtheTacoWonAustralia”:
TheAppropriationofMexicanandLatinAmerican
CultureinAustralia 67
BarryCarrandJohnSinclair
5 TowardaHybridLatinAmerican–AustralianMusicScene 85
MaraFavoretto
6 RediscoveringElDorado:Australia’sPastandFutureTrade
RelationswithLatinAmerica 105
AlexisS.EspostoandJohnFien
7 AustraliaandBrazil:CommonExperiencesoftheChina
Challenge 131
AdrianH.Hearn
8 Australian–LatinAmericanTradeRelationsinEducational
Services 149
AngelCalderon
vi CONTENTS
9 TheMagicofBigScienceinForgingCollaborative
Relationships:Australia,LatinAmerica,andtheAustralian
SynchrotronInitiative 183
VictordelRio
Biographies 227
Index 231
Tables and Figures
Tables
2.1 LatinAmerican–Australianpopulation—bycountryof
origin(2011census) 17
3.1 PushandpullfactorsmotivatingMexicanemigrationto
Australiainorderofimportance 45
6.1 DirectionsofAustraliantrade,1938/9–1975/6 110
6.2 DirectionsofAustraliantrade,toptentradingpartners,
1993–2013 111
6.3 Growthintrade:AustralianexportsandimportstoLatin
America,China,andtherestoftheworld,selectedyears,
1993–2013 113
6.4 Tradegrowthforecast:IMFexportandimportvolume
indicesandaveragegrowthindex,2012–2017(millions,A$) 117
6.5 Componentsofaleadershipandengagementmatrixin
internationaltrade 120
8.1 Goodsandservicesexportsandimportsbetween
AustraliaandLatinAmericancountries,2000–2013 153
8.2 Australiatradeearnings(exports)withLatinAmerican
countries,1996–2013 155
8.3 Australiatradeearnings(exports)withLatinAmerican
countries:Educationalservicesandtravelservices 158
8.4 StudentsfromLatinAmericancountriesinAustralia,by
sector,1999–2013 160
8.5 Distributionofenrollmentsbysectorandbylevelof
study:LatinAmericaninternationalstudents,2003–2013 164
viii LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
8.6 Proportionofinternationalstudents’enrollmentsby
broadfieldofeducation:LatinAmericaandallstudents,
2003–2013:Highereducation 165
8.7 Proportionofinternationalstudents’enrollmentsby
broadfieldofeducation:LatinAmericaandallstudents,
2003–2013:Vocationaleducationandtraining 167
8.8 Top12hostcountriesforLatinAmericanoutbound
students,2001,2009,and2012 169
8.9 Internationalstudentexperiences:Destinationof
Australianstudents,2009–2013 171
8.10 NumberandtypeofagreementsbetweenAustralianand
LatinAmericanuniversities,2014 172
9.1 Megascientificprojects 188
9.2 NuclearreactorsoperatinginLatinAmerica 190
9.3 ResearchersR&D 191
9.4 NobelPrizes/synchrotron 192
9.5 ScientificUSandECreports 192
9.6 Theworld’ssynchrotrons 194
9.7 Archaeology.X-raytechniquereadsburntVesuvius
scroll,January20,2015 195
9.8 Energy/chemistry.Thepathtoartificialphotosynthesis,
January22,2014 195
9.9 Examplesofprojectsbydisciplineusingthesynchrotron 208
Figures
3.1 Influentialfactorsprecipitatingmigration 43
9.1 Synchrotronsinoperationevery20years 193
Acknowledgments
Inpreparingthiseditedcollection,IwouldliketogivethanksfirsttoRaul
Sanchez Urribarri, for his thoughtful contributions to conversations at
The(wonderful)MoatCafénearRMITUniversity,andforhisfriendship
andjovialspiritduringtheyearswhenthisprojectwasbeingprepared.
I would also like to express my gratitude to Manfred Steger, whose
insightfulconversationsinearly2012helpedtosparktheinitialideafor
thisproject.
For years of wisdom, supportive encouragement, and intellectual
inspiration,IameternallygratefultoPaulJamesandPaulKomesaroff.
ThankstoeveryoneofmycolleaguesintheSchoolofGlobal,Urban
and Social Studies and the Centre for Global Research at RMIT Uni-
versity for providing a supportive and collegialenvironment in whichto
work. Your ideas, writings, and even your passing conversations in the
corridors add so much richness to the academic experience. I am also
especially grateful to RMIT University for the Vice Chancellor’s Fellow-
ship that allowed me the time to work on research and writing projects,
includingthisbook.
IwouldliketothankNitinKaushik,fortakingcareofmeduringthe
phaseswhentherewastimeforworkandonlywork.
Thanks to my family, and to dear friends, including Natalie Grzic,
Fiona Wright, Nicole Muñoz, Leah Raymond, Rosemary Parlour,
Fernanda Ferreira, Jenna Davey-Burns, Sunjae Choi, Aldeida Aleti and
GuillermoPineda-Villavicencio.
ThankstotheextraordinaryBreeAlexander,whohelpedasaResearch
Assistant in the final stages of this project, and whose professionalism,
reliability,andkeeneyefordetailareworthmorethangold.
Thanks also to Sarah Doskow, Chris Robinson, Jon Reitzel, Indu-
mathy Gunasekaran, Marie Felina and all of the team at Palgrave
Macmillan for their wonderful support and professionalism throughout
theprocessofthebook’sproduction.
Last,butmostimportantlyofall,Iwouldliketothanktheoutstanding
colleagues who contributed to this volume, for their tireless efforts and