Episode 1: Listening to Statelessness

In this episode we hear from a diverse group of people who have had experiences of statelessness, whose voices have been brought together through their participation in this oral history project. We come to understand how they variously define and describe what statelessness is, how it feels, and how it is remembered. We learn how people describe and analyse their relationships to countries and nation-states, and the processes they have gone through in order to migrate and acquire citizenship.

Poignant questions of belonging, in-betweenness, and home get raised to surface. And we learn how people think about their relationships to Australia. Through these critical anecdotes, stories, and reminiscences, we see how each of us is a product of the histories we carry.

_{This episode contains excerpts from the following interviews:}

_{Timea Partos interviewed by Jordana Silverstein for the Statelessness in Australia oral history project, 17 August 2023, TRC 7365/5. National Library of Australia.}

_{Dalya Sabawi interviewed by Jordana Silverstein for the Statelessness in Australia oral history project, 8 December 2022, TRC 7365/4. National Library of Australia.}

_{Irmgard Hanner interviewed by Jordana Silverstein for the Statelessness in Australia oral history project, 22 August 2022, TRC 7365/1. National Library of Australia.}

_{Joseph Szwarcberg interviewed by Jordana Silverstein for the Statelessness in Australia oral history project, 23 August 2022, TRC 7365/2. National Library of Australia.}