Peter Gale

APrf Peter Gale

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Adjunct Associate Professor Peter Gale is in Justice and Society at the University of South Australia. Adjunct Associate Professor Peter Gale has been teaching and researching since 1992. Areas of research include Sociology of Racism; Australian Studies; and Aboriginal Studies across a wide range of topics, including reconciliation, immigration, multiculturalism, asylum seeker policy, racism, Australian politics, and the media racism. Adjunct Associate Professor Peter Gale has over 60 publications in a range of journals and edited books, including his first book on The Politics of Fear, published in 2005 and his second book The Story of Mithra, published in 2014. Adjunct Associate Professor Peter Gale is also involved in international development projects through Australind Childrens Fund, as President of Australind since 1998.

Racism, Representation and the Media,Indigenous Rights, the Northern Territory Intervention, and Recognition of Indigenous Peoples in the Consitution,Sociology of Health,the Indian Diaspora, and Relations between India and Australia,Sociology of Immigration, Multiculturalism, Refugee and Asylum Seeker Policy

Year Citation
2021 Nor, M. W. M., & Gale, P. (2021). Growing fear of Islamisation: representation of online media in Malaysia. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 41(1), 17-33.
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2016 Gale, P. (2016). Rights, responsibilities, and resistance: legal discourse and intervention legislation in the Northern Territory in Australia. Semiotica, 2016(209), 167-185.
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2008 Doley, A., Silby, C., Wigg, C., Crawford, P., Cowper, L., Barker, C., & Gale, P. M. (2008). Doctor on campus : a general practice initiative for detection and early intervention of mental health problems in a rural Australian secondary school. Health Sociology Review, 17(1), 53-63.
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2006 Gale, P. M. (2006). Decades of neglect : remote Indigenous communities and the myths about money. newmatilda.com.
2006 Gale, P. M. (2006). Playing to the crowd: politics and fears. New Matilda.
2006 Gale, P. M. (2006). Fear, race and national identity. Dialogue (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia).
2004 Gale, P. M. (2004). The refugee crisis and fear : populist politics and media discourse. Journal of sociology, 40(4), 321-340.
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1999 Gale, P. (1999). Race and Racism in Australia. Journal of sociology, 35(1), 104-105.
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2019 Baak, M., Summers, R., Masocha, S., Tedmanson, D., Gale, P., Pieters, J., & Kuac, A. (2019). Surveillance, belonging and community spaces for young people from refugee backgrounds in Australia. In S. Habib, & M. R. M. Ward (Eds.), Source details - Title: Youth, place and theories of belonging (pp. 25-38). UK: Routledge.
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2018 Gale, P. (2018). The many faces of multiculturalism: from Whitlam and Fraser to a post-multicultural Australia. In M. P. Srinivasan (Ed.), Source details - Title: Multiculturalism and the social fabric in Australia, America & India (Unpublished ed.). UK.
2017 Gale, P. (2017). Rights and recognition: Indigenous land and languages in Australia. In S. Petrilli (Ed.), Source details - Title: Challenges to living together: transculturalism, migration, exploitation for a semioethics of human relations (pp. 283-300). Italy: Mimesis International.
2016 Gale, P. (2016). Postcolonial siblings and connections across borders: transnational spaces and identity formations. In S. Sareen (Ed.), Source details - Title: Indo-Australian connections: retrospect and prospects (pp. 32-47). New Delhi: Pinnacle Learning.
2014 Gale, P. (2014). Beyond fear and towards hope: transnationalism and the recognition of rights across borders. In G. Tsolidis (Ed.), Source details - Title: Migration, diaspora and identity : cross-national experiences (pp. 123-137). Netherlands: Springer.
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2014 Gale, P. (2014). Rights, equity, and politics: Indigenous governance in Australia and India. In D. Gopal, & A. Mayne (Eds.), Source details - Title: Re-imagining Australia and India: culture and identity (pp. 233-247). Delhi: Pentagon Press.
2011 Gale, P. (2011). Transnationalism and the politics of fear: rights beyond citizenship. In M. German, & P. Banerjee (Eds.), Source details - Title: Migration, technology and transculturation: a global perspective (pp. 199-213). USA: Lindenwood University Press.
2009 Gale, P. M. (2009). Fear and outrage: the 'problem', the politics and the national emergency in Australia. In P. Singh (Ed.), Source details - Title: Indigenous Identity and Activism (pp. 138-153). New Delhi, India: Shipra Publications.
2007 Gale, P. M. (2007). Moral panic and white Australia : the politics of division. In Source details - Title: White matters (pp. 332-345). Rome: Meltemi.
2001 Gale, P. M. (2001). Representations of reconciliation : bridges, symbols and substance. In M. Kalantzis, & B. Cope (Eds.), Source details - Title: Reconciliation, Multiculturalism, Identities: Difficult Dialogues, Sensible Solutions (pp. 123-134). Australia: Common Ground Publishing.
2000 Gale, P. M. (2000). Indigenous Rights and Higher Education: 'Not Just Black and White'. In Source details - Title: Local Knowledge and Wisdom in Higher Education. Oxford: IAU Press and Pergamon.
2000 Gale, P. M. (2000). Constructions of whiteness in the Australian media. In Source details - Title: Race, colour and identity in Australia and New Zealand (pp. 256-269). Sydney: UNSW Press.

Year Citation
2002 Gale, P. M. (2002). Asylum seekers and the politics of fear. In Fear of strangers: Wogs, Refros and Illegals in the popular Imagination Conference. Adelaide, SA.
2002 Gale, P. M. (2002). Howard and the politics of fear. In The British Sociological Association Annual Conference.
2002 Gale, P. M. (2002). Hansonism, Howard and the politics of fear. In International Sociological Association XV World Congress of Sociology.
2002 Gale, P. M. (2002). A Political of fear in Australia: Representations of refugees in the media. In The British Sociological Association Annual Conference.
2001 Gale, P. M. (2001). A Politics of deterrence or a poll driven policy: Representations of refugees in the media. In A Politics of deterrence or a poll driven policy: Representations of refugees in the media.
2001 Gale, P. M. (2001). Asylum Seekers and the Politics of Fear. In Asia Pacific Mediation Forum: Reconciliation: Conversations Beyond Cultural Boundaries. Adelaide, SA.
2000 Gale, P. M. (2000). White Australia and Reconciliation: Justice or Just Another Bridge?. In Sociological Sites/Sights: Multiple Locations, Multiple Knowledges, Multiple Visions. Adelaide: Flinders University.
2000 Gale, P. M. (2000). Representations of Reconciliation: Bridges, Symbols and Substance. In The Diversity Conference 2000: National Conference on REconciliation, Multiculturalism, Immigration and Human Rights. Sydney: UTS.
1999 Gale, P. M. (1999). Regret and reconciliation: white nationalism and indigenous rights. In TASA'99 Sociology for a new millenium: programme and abstracts. Monash University: Monash University.
1998 Gale, P. M., & Schech, S. (1998). Globalisation, whiteness, and the construction of national identity in Australia. In Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference.
1998 Gale, P. M. (1998). Indigenous Rights & Tertiary Education in Australia. In Australian Association for Research in Education Conrerence (AARE). Adelaide: AARE.
1998 Gale, P. M. (1998). Racism, Reconciliation and the Media. In The 2nd World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality.
1998 Gale, P. M. (1998). Constructions of 'Whiteness' and the 'Race Debate': Representations of Australian in the Media (1996-1997). In Adventures of identity: Constructing the Multicultural Subject; An International Symposium.
1998 Gale, P. M. (1998). Representations of Australia in Malaysia & Thailand 1996-97. In 12th Australian International Education Conference. Canberra: IDP Education Australia.
1997 Gale, P. M. (1997). Equity, Indigenous Rights and Tertiary Education in Australia. In Australasian Association for Institutional Research 8th International Conference.
1997 Gale, P. M. (1997). Representations of Australia in East and South-East Asian Media 1996-97. In IDP Education Australia 11th Australian International Education Conference: International Education in Two Hemispheres: New Images and New Realities.
1997 Gale, P. M. (1997). Constructions of 'Whiteness' and the 'racism debate': Representations of Australia in national and regional newspapers, 1996-1997. In The Australian Sociological Association Conference.

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