Doctor Sukhmani Khorana
Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow - Citizenship, Youth and Diversity,
Institute for Culture and Society
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD University of Adelaide
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Institute for Culture and Society
Contact
| Email: | S.Khorana@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 9685 9685 9852 |
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| Location: | EQ.1.06 Parramatta |
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Publications
Books
- Patulny, R., Bellocchi, A., Olson, R., Khorana, S., McKenzie, J. and Peterie, M. (2019), 'Emotions in Late Modernity', : Routledge 9780815354321.
- Khorana, S. (2018), 'The Tastes and Politics of Intercultural Food in Australia', : Rowman & Littlefield 9781786602183.
- Khorana, S. (2013), 'Crossover Cinema: Cross-Cultural Film from Production to Reception', : Routledge 9780415630924.
Chapters in Books
- Khorana, S. (2022), 'Online refugee advocacy campaigns in Australia : approaches to care and an affective human rights pedagogy', Activating Cultural and Social Change: The Pedagogies of Human Rights, Routledge 9780367487270.
- Khorana, S. (2020), 'Australians in Hanoi : when street food tours are safely exotic', Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism and Global Culture, Brill 9789004375017.
- Khorana, S. (2019), 'Screening the refugee : Freedom Stories and the performance of empathy in an 'emotional community'', Emotions in Late Modernity, Routledge 9780815354321.
- Patulny, R., Olson, R., Khorana, S., McKenzie, J., Bellocchi, A. and Peterie, M. (2019), 'Introduction', Emotions in Late Modernity, Routledge 9780815354321.
- Khorana, S. (2019), 'Politicizing the past : memory in Australian refugee documentaries', Remembering Migration: Oral Histories and Heritage in Australia, Palgrave Macmillan 9783030177508.
- Khorana, S. (2018), 'Watching to witness : responses beyond empathy to refugee documentaries', Ethical Responsiveness and the Politics of Difference, Palgrave Macmillan 9783319939575.
- Khorana, S. (2018), 'Balancing the quotidian and the political : beyond empathy in Australian multi-platform refugee narratives', The Social Work of Narrative: Human Rights and the Cultural Imaginary, ibidem-Verlag 9783838209586.
- Khorana, S. (2017), 'MasterChef and the 'Everyday Australia' : reception amongst first- and second- generation migrants', Minorities and Media: Producers, Industries, Audiences, Palgrave Macmillan 9781137596307.
- Khorana, S. (2013), 'Crossover cinema : a genealogical and conceptual overview', Crossover Cinema: Cross-Cultural Film from Production to Reception, Routledge 9780415630924.
- Khorana, S. (2013), 'Maps and movies : talking with Deepa Mehta', Crossover Cinema: Cross-Cultural Film from Production to Reception, Routledge 9780415630924.
- Khorana, S. (2011), 'Locations : the situated influences of Deepa Mehta's film trilogy', Imagining Home: Migrants and the Search for a New Belonging, Wakefield Press 9781743050064.
Journal Articles
- Thapliyal, N., Khorana, S., Pal, F. and Ghosh, D. (2023), 'Resisting Hindutva in the digital Indian diaspora : notes from Australia', Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol 46, no 7 , pp 1527 - 1550.
- Khorana, S. and Swan, E. (2023), 'Interview on 'Mediated Emotions of Migration' : Elaine Swan and Sukhmani Khorana : social movements, emotions, and migrant agency as anti-racist : Elaine Swan and Sukhmani Khorana on "Mediated Emotions of Migration" (BUP, 2023)', Journal of Intercultural Studies, .
- Khorana, S. (2022), 'How to make arts-based interventions appropriate for young refugees? : towards a decolonial framework', Journal of Youth Studies, vol 25, no 7 , pp 963 - 976.
- Khorana, S. (2021), '[In Press] Can producers and consumers of color decolonize foodie culture? : an exploration through food media in settler colonies', Gender, Work and Organization, .
- Khorana, S. (2021), 'COVID-19 and the affective politics of congestion : an exploration of population density debates in Australia', Cultural Studies, vol 35, no 2-3 , pp 306 - 318.
- Khorana, S. (2020), 'Diverse Australians on television : from nostalgic whiteness to aspirational multiculturalism', Media International Australia, vol 174, no 1 , pp 29 - 38.
- Khorana, S. (2020), 'Home and Away vs Netflix : inter-generational and intersectional Asian Australian viewing patterns', Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol 41, no 6 , pp 694 - 707.
- Khorana, S. (2018), 'Roots and routes : vegan food goes ethnic', Sydney Review of Books, vol June 29, 2018 .
- Khorana, S. (2017), '"Now I fight for belonging" : a cosmopolitan refugee meets regional Australia in Constance on the Edge', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, vol 14 , pp 61 - 73.
- Khorana, S. (2016), 'Anti-rape media campaigns : a transnational perspective', Communication and the Public, vol 1, no 2 , pp 257 - 262.
- Khorana, S. (2015), 'Transnational Teaching and Research in Australia in the 'Asian Century' : a narrative-based case study', Social Alternatives, vol 34, no 2 , pp 47 - 51.
- Khorana, S. (2015), 'Self-distribution and Mary Meets Mohammad : towards ethical witnessing', Studies in Australasian Cinema, vol 9, no 1 , pp 66 - 76.
- Khorana, S. (2014), 'From 'De-wogged' migrants to 'Rabble Rousers' : mapping the Indian diaspora in Australia', Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol 35, no 3 , pp 250 - 264.
- Khorana, S. (2014), 'The political is populist : talk shows, political debates, and the middle-class public sphere in India', Media International Australia, vol 152 , pp 98 - 107.
- Harindranath, R. and Khorana, S. (2014), 'Civil society movements and the 'Twittering Classes' in the postcolony : an Indian case study', South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, vol 37, no 1 , pp 60 - 71.
- Khorana, S. (2013), 'Creative praxis and cross-cultural research', New Scholar: An International Journal of the Humanities, Creative Arts and Social Sciences, vol 2, no 1 , pp 181 - 188.
- Khorana, S. (2013), 'Gender mores on Indian TV : the 'respectable' middle class and NDTV's The Big Fight', Media International Australia, vol 147, no 1 , pp 111 - 121.
- Khorana, S. (2012), 'Orientalising the emerging media capitals : The Age on Indian TV's 'hysteria'', Media International Australia, vol 145, no 1 , pp 39 - 49.
- Khorana, S. (2012), 'Film festivals and beyond : activist discourses in the reception of Samson and Delilah and The Tall Man', Studies in Australasian Cinema, vol 6, no 2 , pp 217 - 227.
Exhibitions
- 2023, 'Migrants' Flight Towards Dreams in the Horizon'
Other Publications
- 2023, 'The Future of Work and Childcare: Towards Equity and Justice for Western Sydney Communities', Report
Current Projects
| Title: | Place-based employment and enterprise of newly arrived young migrant women |
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| Western Researchers: | Sukhmani Khorana, Teddy Nagaddya, Ee Ling Quah and Nida Denson |
| Years: | 2023-01-30 - 2026-01-30 |
| ID: | P00028150 |
Previous Projects
| Title: | Cultural Diversity Case Studies Project - Creative Equity Toolkit |
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| Western Researchers: | Sukhmani Khorana and Zelmarie Cantillon |
| Years: | 2021-11-15 - 2022-03-31 |
| ID: | P00027683 |
| Title: | Community Cohesive Collective Trust Project |
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| Western Researchers: | Heather Horst, Sukhmani Khorana, Jasbeer Musthafa Mamalipurath, Karen Soldatic and Liam Magee |
| Years: | 2022-03-28 - 2022-06-30 |
| ID: | P00027843 |
| Title: | Foundations for Belonging 3: Newly Arrived Refugees, Belonging and Border Closures |
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| Western Researchers: | Liam Magee and Sukhmani Khorana |
| Years: | 2021-09-30 - 2022-05-31 |
| ID: | P00027550 |