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Ms Lucy Fiske

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    • Role:
    • Lecturer
    • Department:
    • Centre for Human Rights Education
    • Location:
    • Humanities 203
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 1678

Lucy has been with the Centre for Human Rights Education since 2003. Her background is originally in social work. While she worked in the addictions field for some years, most of her practice experience has been with asylum seekers and refugees where she worked as a community development worker as well as individual casework and advocacy.

Lucy was a founding member of CASE for Refugees, a community legal centre for refugees on temporary visas, and she has been involved with several campaigns and initiatives advocating for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.

Lucy’s main areas of research interest are in community based approaches to understanding human rights, community activism as a mean of bringing about change, the protection of dissenting voices in times fear, and developing a grass roots ‘culture of rights’.

Publications

Book Chapters (Authored, Research Quality)

  • Fiske, L, and Kenny, M. 2009. Social work practice with refugees and asylum seekers. In In The Shadow of the Law. The legal context of social work practice., 3 Edition, eds Phillip Swain and Simon Rice, 303-316. 71 John Street Leitchhardt NSW 2040: The Federation Press.
  • Briskman, L, and Fiske, L. 2009. The Empire Strikes Back: Refugees, race and the reinvention of empire. In People, Place and Power: Australia and the Asia Pacific, 1 Edition, eds Dawn Bennett, Jaya Earnest and Miyume Tanji, 174-189. Curtin University of Technology Kent St Bentley WA 6107: Balck Swan Press.
  • Fiske, L, and Briskman, L. 2009. Working with Refugees. In Social Work: Contexts and practice, 2 Edition, eds Marie Connolly and Louise Harms, 135-148. 253 Normandy Road South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
  • Briskman, L, and Fiske, L. 2008. Teaching Human Rights at University: Critical Pedagogy in Action. In Activating Human Rights in Education Exploration, Innovation and Transformation, 1 Edition, eds Christopher Newell and Baden Offord, 65-74. P.O. Box323 Deakin West ACT 2600: Australian College of Educators.
  • Fiske, L. 2003. Community Development and Campaigning Against Immigration Detention. In Community Practice in the Risk Era: Australian Experiences., eds Dixon, J., Hoatson, L., and Weeks, W., 108-113. Melbourne.: Pearsons Education.
  • Fiske, L, Kenny, M, and Ife, J. 2002. Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Law. In In the Shadow of the Law, Second Edition, eds Phillip A Swain, 244-256. Australia: The Federation Press.
  • Ife, J, Kenny, M, and Fiske, L. 2002. Refugees, asylum seekers and the law.. In In The Shadow of the Law: The Legal Context of Social Work Practice., 2 Edition, eds P Swain, 244-253. Leichardt: The Federation Press.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Soldatic, K, and Fiske, L. 2009. Bodies Locked Up: Intesections of Disability and Race in Australian Immigration. Disability and Society 24: 290-301.
  • Fiske, L, and Briskman, L. 2007. Rights and Responsibilities: Reclaiming human rights in political discourse.. Just Policy - A Journal of Australian Social Policy 43: 50-54.
  • Fiske, L. 2006. Politics of Exclusion, Practice of Inclusion. Australia’s Response to Refugees and the Case for Community Based Human Rights Work. International Journal of Human Rights 10(3): 219-229.
  • Ife, J, and Fiske, L. 2006. Human rights and community work: complementary theories and practice. International Social Work 49(3): 297-308.
  • Fiske, L. 2004. 'Marriage of convenience' or a 'match made in heaven': lawyers and social workers working with asylum seekers. Australian Journal of Human Rights 10: 137-157.