ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book argues that creating spaces for dialogue and reflexive action through rights-based community development approaches, can support ontological security–a sense of trust, belonging and identity–for refugees in protracted urban exile living without legal rights. It discusses observed changes in gender-prescribed behaviours as recounted in musicians' monthly narratives about their experiences, from the detention centre context through to community settings. The book explores tensions between contemporary thinking and practice in community development and its application in mining caused displacement and resettlement. It examines the lessons learned from Save the Children's ENABLE program to combat the trafficking of children in Indonesia. The book also explores the development and evolution of a culturally and linguistically diverse community family violence project in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.
