Archive: Arena Magazine Essay

Encounters with Nuclear Space and Time, by N. A. J. Taylor

Arena Magazine no. 162

NAJ Taylor

Oct 2019

Experiencing the uncanny nuclear
"Complicity with our own destruction: can we break out of our cultural dependencies?

Alan Roberts Prize Essay: The Cars That Ate Paris, by Stephen Pascoe

Arena Magazine no. 162

Stephen Pascoe

Oct 2019

Complicity with our own destruction: can we break out of our cultural dependencies?
"As a lagoon re-emerges and country heals, an Aboriginal past is revealed

Remembering at Woolgangi, by Skye Krichauff

Arena Magazine no. 154

Skye Krichauff

Jun 2018

As a lagoon re-emerges and country heals, an Aboriginal past is revealed
"Our resistance demonstrated our rejection of violence, affirming our dignity as human beings by imbuing…

Incarceration, Autonomy and Resistance on Manus Island, by Behrouz Boochani

Arena Magazine no. 152

Behrouz Boochani

Feb 2018

Our resistance demonstrated our rejection of violence, affirming our dignity as human beings by imbuing our struggle with peace.
"The American election will not take place

Trump as Singularity, by Roland Kapferer

Arena Magazine no. 143

Roland Kapferer

Aug 2016

The American election will not take place
"How we might understand the motivations and self-sacrifice of ‘foreign fighters’

Something Worth Dying For? by Andy Blunden

Andy Blunden

13 Jun 2015

How we might understand the motivations and self-sacrifice of ‘foreign fighters’
"The justice process is tied to telling stories and to telling the truth. All around…

Story-telling: Justice and recognition in the narratives of those who have suffered, by Kirsty Sangster

Arena Magazine no. 133

Kirsty Sangster

Dec 2014

The justice process is tied to telling stories and to telling the truth. All around the world, victims of human-rights abuse are judged on their stories.
"The neoliberals’ Jane Austen

‘So How Do You Like It Here in Hampshire, Miss Rand?’, by Robert DiNapoli

Arena Magazine 129

Robert DiNapoli

Apr 2014

The neoliberals’ Jane Austen
"A specifically settler society relation to our borders

Why Settler Australia Needs Refugees by Lorenzo Veracini

Arena Magazine 125

Lorenzo Veracini

Aug 2013

A specifically settler society relation to our borders
"The impacts of mining waste will be felt for years to come.

Australia’s Mining Legacies by Gavin M. Mudd

Arena Magazine 124

Gavin M Mudd

Jun 2013

The impacts of mining waste will be felt for years to come.
"A war is being waged in and on Syria. Protecting the people from the dictator…

Tearing Syria Apart by Jeremy Salt

Arena Magazine 123

Jeremy Salt

Apr 2013

A war is being waged in and on Syria. Protecting the people from the dictator is no more than the usual pretext for attacks on Middle Eastern countries.
"November 2012 was yet another decisive month for digital revelations. The new CIA Director David…

Microserfs, by Justin Clemens

Arena Magazine 122

Justin Clemens

Feb 2013

November 2012 was yet another decisive month for digital revelations. The new CIA Director David Petraeus, a self-professed ‘scholar-monk’ and Obama’s Iraq hero, was caught out in an adultery scandal with—surprise!—his ‘embedded’ biographer Paula Broadwell. Alex Hern was right onto it in The New Statesman with the raunchy header ‘Two Generals, Agent Shirtless and 30,000 […]