Assoc Prof Anita Harris - Researcher Profile

Anita Harris

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School of Political & Social Inquiry
Faculty of Arts, Clayton

Biography

Associate Professor Anita Harris is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University.

Anita Harris is an ARC Future Fellow undertaking a project entitled ‘Young People and Social Inclusion in the Multicultural City’ and an ARC Discovery Project (2011-2013) on ‘The Civic Life of Young Australian Muslims: Active Citizenship, Community Belonging and Social Inclusion’. Anita was previously a Mid-Career Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, where she was also Deputy Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies.  Her research interests include youth identities and cultures; citizenship, participation and new politics, and globalisation and multiculturalism, and she is best known as a leader in the interdisciplinary field of girls’ studies. She has recently completed an ARC Discovery project on young people’s emergent practices of political engagement and civic connection (2005-2009; with Johanna Wyn, University of Melbourne).

 

 Anita regularly gives invited keynotes and presentations and is an international assessor for the UK Economic and Social Research Council. She is a member of international advisory boards for the European Commission FP7 project ‘Processes influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation’, the International Journal of Girlhood Studies, the Journal of Youth Studies and Youth Studies Australia. She is interested in the impact of globalisation and de-industrialisation on contemporary constructions and experiences of youth and welcomes inquiries from higher degree by research students.

 

Keywords

youth citizenship social connection civic participation individualisation comparative yout, youth identities and cultures, citizenship, girls

Qualifications

Unknown
Institution: Unknown
Year awarded: 2005
DOCTOR OF PHILOSPHY
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 1997

Publications

Books

Harris, A., 2013, Young People and Everyday Multiculturalism, Routledge, New York, United States.

Harris, A. (ed), 2008, Next Wave Cultures: Feminism, Subcultures, Activism, Routledge, New York, NY, U.S.A..

Aapola, S., Gonick, M., Harris, A., 2005, Young Femininity: Girlhood, Power and Social Change, Palgrave MacMillan, Hampshire UK.

Harris, A.L. (ed), 2004, All About the Girl: Culture, Power, and Identity, Routledge, New York USA.

Harris, A.L., 2004, Future Girl, Routledge, New York NY USA.

Book Chapters

Harris, A., 2012, Citizenship stories, in Keywords in Youth Studies, eds Nancy Lesko and Susan Talburt, Routledge, Third Avenue, New York, United States, pp. 143-153.

Harris, A., 2012, Online cultures and future girl citizens, in Feminist Media: Participatory Spaces, Networks and Cultural Citizenship, eds Elke Zobl and Ricarda Drueke, Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, Germany, pp. 213-225.

Bulbeck, C., Harris, A., 2010, Gender, youth and contemporary political engagements, in Jahrbuch jugendforschung, eds Angela Ittel, Hans Merkens and Ludwig Stecher, Springer, Wiesbaden, Germany, pp. 25-53.

Sheehan, M., Harris, A., 2010, Taking the hiccups out of alcohol education, in Doing Youth Work in Australia: Youth Work and Youth Issues, eds Rob White, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, Hobart, Tas., Australia, pp. 453-461.

Harris, A., 2009, Young people, politics and citizenship, in Youth and Young Adulthood: New Perspectives and Agendas, eds Andy Furlong, Routledge, Abingdon Oxford, pp. 301-306.

Bulbeck, C., Harris, A., 2008, Feminism, youth politics, and generational change, in Next Wave Cultures: Feminism, Subcultures, Activism, eds Anita Harris, Routledge, New York, NY, U.S.A., pp. 221-241.

Ruck, M., Harris, A., Fine, M., Freudenberg, N., 2008, Youth experiences of surveillance: A cross-national analysis, in Globalizing the Streets: Cross Cultural Studies of Youth Resistance and Marginalization, eds Michael Flyn and David C. Brotherton, Columbia University Press, New York N.Y. U.S.A., pp. 15-30.

Harris, A., 2005, In a girlie world: tweenies in Australia, in Seven Going on Seventeen: Tween Studies in the Culture of Girlhood, eds Claudia Mitchell, and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Peter Lang, New York USA, pp. 209-223.

Harris, A.L., 2004, Contemporary Australian Youth Research: Focus on Gender, in Jahrbuch Jugend-forschung (Yearbook - Adolescence Research), eds Hans Merkens and Jurgen Zinnecker, Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden GERMANY, pp. 306-319.

Harris, A.L., 2004, Jamming girl culture: young women and consumer citizenship, in All About the Girl: Culture, Power, and Identity, eds Anita Harris, Routledge, New York NY USA, pp. 163-172.

Journal Articles

Wyn, J., Lanty, S., Harris, A., 2011, Beyond the 'transitions' metaphor: family relations and young people in late modernity, Journal of Sociology [P], vol 48, issue 1, SAGE, UK, pp. 3-22.

Harris, A., Wyn, J., Younes, S., 2010, Beyond apathetic or activist youth: 'Ordinary' young people and contemporary forms of participation, Young [P], vol 18, issue 1, Sage Publications, Inc., India, pp. 9-32.

Harris, A., 2010, Mind the gap: Attitudes and emergent feminist politics since the third wave, Australian Feminist Studies [P], vol 25, issue 66, Routledge, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, pp. 475-484.

Butcher, M., Harris, A., 2010, Pedestrian crossings: Young people and everyday multiculturalism, Journal of Intercultural Studies [P], vol 31, issue 5, Taylor and Francis, Oxford, U.K., pp. 449-453.

Harris, A., Wyn, J., 2010, Special issue of YOUNG on 'Emerging forms of youth participation: Everyday and local perspectives', Young [P], vol 18, issue 1, Sage Publications, Inc., India, pp. 3-7.

Harris, A., 2010, Young people, everyday civic life and the limits of social cohesion, Journal of Intercultural Studies [P], vol 31, issue 5, Taylor and Francis, Oxford, U.K., pp. 573-589.

Harris, A., 2009, Shifting the boundaries of cultural spaces: Young people and everyday multiculturalism, Social Identities [P], vol 15, issue 2, Routledge, London U.K., pp. 187-205.

Harris, A., Wyn, J., 2009, Young people's politics and the micro-territories of the local, Australian Journal of Political Science [P], vol 44, issue 2, Routledge, London U.K., pp. 327-344.

Harris, A., Wyn, J., Younes, S., 2008, Young people and citizenship: an everyday perspective, Youth Studies Australia [P], vol 26, issue 3, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, Hobart, Australia, pp. 19-27.

Harris, A., 2008, Young women, late modern politics, and the participatory possibilities of online cultures, Journal of Youth Studies [P], vol 11, issue 5, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 481-495.

Harris, A., 2006, Critical perspectives on child and youth participation in Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa, Children, Youth and Environments [E], vol 16, issue 2, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, pp. 220-230.

Harris, A., 2006, Introduction: critical perspectives on child and youth participation in Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa, Children, Youth and Environments, vol 16, issue 2, University of Colorado, Colorado USA, pp. 220-230.

Harris, A., 2005, VII. Discourses of desire as governmentality: Young women, sexuality and the significance of safe spaces, Feminism & Psychology, vol 15, Sage Publications, London UK, pp. 39-43.

Spark, C.H., Harris, A., 2005, Vocation, vocation: A study of prisoner education for women, Journal of Sociology, vol 41, issue 2, Sage Publications, London UK, pp. 143-161.

Wyn, J., Harris, A.L., 2004, Youth research in Australia and New Zealand, Young, vol 12, issue 3, Sage Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 271-289.

Harris, A., 2003, gURL scenes and grrrl zines: The regulation and resistance of girls in late modernity, Feminist Review, vol 75, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK, pp. 38-56.

Harris, A., 2001, Dodging and weaving: young women countering the stories of youth citizenship, Critical Psychology, vol 4, Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, London UK, pp. 183-199.

Harris, A., 2001, Revisiting bedroom culture: new spaces for young women's politics, Hecate, vol 27, issue 1, Hecate Press, St Lucia Qld Australia, pp. 128-138.

Harris, A., 2001, Riding my own tidal wave: young women's feminist work, Canadian Woman Studies, vol 20/21, issue 4/1, Inanna Publications and Education Inc, Canada, pp. 27-31.

Harris, A., Aapola, S., Gonick, M., 2000, Doing it Differently: Young Women Managing Heterosexuality in Australia, Finland and Canada, Journal of Youth Studies, vol 3 issue 4, Carfax Publishing, Abingdon UK, pp. 373-388.

Other

Harris, A., Wyn, J., Younes, S., 2008, Rethinking youth citizenship: Identity and connection, Australian Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
'Why don't you go back to where you came from?' National and Cultural Identity in Australia and the.
Supervisors:
Arunachalam, D (Joint), Harris, A (Joint-co).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Democracy, Detraditionalisation and the Religious Divide.
Supervisors:
Harris, A (Main), Bouma, G (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Ethnic identity of Sri Lankan second generation immigrants in Australia.
Supervisors:
Lindsay, J (Main), Harris, A (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Fantasies of belonging: fashioning a tweenie self.
Supervisors:
Maher, J (Main), Harris, A (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
From periphery to centre: The role and influence of feminist leadership within and outside the UN sy.
Supervisors:
True, J (Main), Harris, A (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
New media and social networks - A new and vital public space for the political fringe?.
Supervisors:
Harris, A (Joint), Lentini, P (Joint-co).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Power in the Australian halal food consumption chain.
Supervisors:
Millie, J (Main), Harris, A (Associate).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Where the Other meets the Other: The Political Paradox of Feminism and Tibetan Buddhism.
Supervisors:
Harris, A (Joint), Millie, J (Joint-co).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Earnshaw, C.
Program of Study:
Representing the community: a case study of political representation and citizen participation in Victoria. (PHD) 2009.
Supervisors:
Cuthbert, D (Joint-Co), Harris, A (Joint).
Student:
Smith, B.
Program of Study:
KEJAWEN ISLAM AS GENDERED PRAXIS: IDENTITY, FEMALE AGENCY, AND SPIRITUAL CAPITAL IN CENTRAL JAVANESE VILLAGE RELIGIOSITY. (PHD) 2005.
Supervisors:
Harris, A (Joint), Miller, D (Joint-Co).
Student:
Syamsiyatun, S.
Program of Study:
Serving young Islamic Indonesian women: the development of gender discourse in Nasyiatul Aisyiyah 1965-2005. (PHD) 2006.
Supervisors:
Blackburn, S (Main), Harris, A (Associate).