Sumithri Venketasubramanian

Sumithri Venketasubramanian (International Relations/Environmental Studies) is a first-year with a lot to say. Her involvement in on-campus advocacy and activism is largely inspired by her time working at The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE, a feminist organisation) back in Singapore before coming to uni. She is hoping to continue changing the world both during her time at the ANU and beyond.

Suppressed in Solidarity

Suppressed in Solidarity

By: Sumithri Venketasubramanian

Sumithri Rekha Venketasubramanian. Soo-mi-three (roll the r, short vowel sounds for the first two syllables) Ray-khaa (aspirate the k a slight bit) Veng-cut-uh-soob-ruh-mun-yun (pretty straightforward). Or Sumi (Soo-mi) for short. Not Sue-mee, keep the vowel sounds...

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Reconciling Culture and Feminism

Reconciling Culture and Feminism

By: Sumithri Venketasubramanian

[13/03/2016 10:56] Mum: “Tomorrow is nonbu” [10:59] Me: “Nonbu is nombadai right” Mum: “Yep” Me: “The one with the yellow string where we praise men to the stars” Mum: “We praise everyone” Me: “I clarify only. It’s supposed to be right” Mum: “Ya” Me: “Ok. Send...

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Past Issues

PRECARITY

Precarity’s paradoxical force unites us in a condition of fragmentation and isolation.

CRISIS

The change and ruptures in our personal and collective lives, still lingers.

THE UNIVERSITY

Excessive managerialism, neoliberalisation and casualisation are some of the main challenges that are threatening the viability and the values of the university today. Lina, Amber and Scott kick off ‘The University’ issue, introducing the core themes and questions.

BODIES

This issue of Demos explores the ways in which the body moves through the world – how it labors and loves, how it treads the duplicitous thresholds of legality, how it is radicalised, and eternalised, how it is corralled and transgressed.

STUDENT ACTIVISM

Today’s student activists ask themselves: “how did we get here?”, “where are we going?” and “how are we going to get there?”. Issue 7 of Demos Journal concerns itself with these questions representing the history, practice and form of student activism.

FUTURES POSSIBLE

Introducing Demos issue 6: the editors take a look into what it means to imagine the future.

RESISTANCE

Introducing Demos issue 5: the editors take a look into what it means to resist and affect change.

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

Introducing Demos issue 4: the editors take a look into what boundaries mean to Australian identity today.

VOICES FROM THE GRASSROOTS

As a sneak peak into our latest edition, the Demos Editors bring together voices on grassroots organising and activism at ANU, in the Canberra community, and from beyond.

ARTICULATING SILENCE

The Demos editorial team bring you a preview of some of the exciting pieces to come with an exploration into the many meanings of silence.

CREATING DEMOS

To introduce the exciting diversity of voices that make up the first edition of Demos Journal, we embark upon a reflection on the relation between democracy and creativity itself.