Digital resources tagged with ‘Asia’

An 'Australian Culture Capsule'

A teacher at a call centre college in India takes students through some general knowledge about 'Downunder Australia'.

An 'Operation Babylift' baby grows up

Shane Bolt is at Yallingup beach, Western Australia, and reflects on the good fortune of his life, family and culture.

Call centre ethics

Customer queries are often secretly diverted to Delhi call centres, where Indians are taught to speak and think like their American, British and Australian callers.

Call centres and cultural identity

The training program for employees at a call centre in India and the protocols and procedures they must follow.

Choosing who you want to be

The effects of Australia’s role in the mass adoption of Vietnamese babies during the fall of Saigon, Vietnam, in 1975.

Cuc Lam's Suitcase

It may be just a small red vinyl suitcase but for Vietnamese refugee Cuc Lam it’s a symbol of a new beginning in a new country.

From Saigon to Perth - a Vietnam War orphan

Surfie Shane is at Yallingup beach in Western Australia where he lives. Shane was one of the babies adopted through the ‘Operation Babylift’ airlift from Saigon, Vietnam, in 1975.

In a 21st century call centre, India.

In an Indian call centre, graduates, keen for employment, learn how to communicate globally with diverse clients from the USA, Australia and the UK.

Intercountry adoption and cultural identity

Shane Bolt was one of 281 children airlifted out of Saigon in April 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War and brought to Australia. He was adopted by a Western Australian family. Shane’s Australian mother, Frea, remembers how the family fought anti-Asian sentiment in Perth.

Kahootz Xpression - Japanese Seasons

The Kahootz 3 Xpression is a 3D animation that includes image, Japanese text and Japanese language.

Kahootz Xpression - Quiet Night: Remembering

This Xpression illustrates the meaning of the poem and contains English text/subtitles to follow the spoken Chinese translation.

Kahootz Xpression - The Journey

The Xpression portrays a Vietnamese family migrating to Australia. It illustrates the differences of location, environment and culture.

Kahootz Xpression - The Message

This Xpression explores how children communicate today via the internet. In the past, writing a letter or postcard was the most dominant form of sending messages.

Kids are never yours forever – they're on loan

The effects of Australia’s role in the mass adoption of Vietnamese babies during the fall of Saigon in Vietnam, in 1975.

Life in modern Hanoi

Four generations of Professor Huong’s family share a meal. The professor is concerned that his son, Tuan, will not follow his profession in classical music.

Meet Professor Huong of Hanoi

Professor Huong, a cellist, was a member of the Hanoi Symphony Orchestra in the 1960s during the Vietnam War. He survived the war by hiding in an underground refuge in rural village near Hanoi.

Taslima Nasrin - Bangladeshi doctor, poet and refugee

The Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin recounts her 1960s childhood and her awakening to women's oppression.

Taslima Nasrin - the price of freedom

Bangladeshi poet Taslima Nasrin reflects about her mother’s life and her own responsibility, through her writing, to changing the lives of women globally.

Two birthdays, two names and one child

The effects of Australia’s role in the mass adoption of Vietnamese babies during the fall of Saigon, Vietnam, in 1975.

Two fathers, two mothers - one child

The effects of Australia’s role in the mass adoption of Vietnamese babies during the fall of Saigon, Vietnam, in 1975.

Vietnam Symphony - an underground symphony family

Tuan observes that his father’s reunion with the Xuan Phu villagers is just like a family reunion. His father was a cellist in the Hanoi Symphony Orchestra that took refuge in the village during the Vietnam War.