Associate Professor Fiona Allon
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Associate Professor Fiona Allon

Associate Professor
Gender and Cultural Studies
Associate Professor Fiona Allon
  • Cultures of 'home' and everyday life
  • Space, place and identity
  • Suburban and urban cultures
  • Popular culture; mobility, travel and the cultural dimensions of globalisation
  • Gender and Labour
  • Environmental Humanities
  • Finance Cultures, Financialisation and Cultural Economy
  • Gender, Communities and Belonging
  • Intimacy, Love and Friendship
  • Consumer Cultures, Environmental Futures
Project titleResearch student
Mapping the burnerverse: exploring world-building related labour within the Australian regional Burning Man communityMila HENECK
Inequity city: Experiences of food in Sydney during the COVID-19 pandemicLiz NORSA
Through Space and Time: Digitally Mediated Public IntimacyOlivia SUTHERLAND
Be Loathed Chinese “Stepford Wife” in the Internet Era: An Exploration of How Power Shapes Intimate Relationships and the Evolution of Female Consciousness Behind ItZishu ZHOU
Money Talks: household finances, intimacy and cultural negotiation in Chinese-Australian couples/familiesGiselle ZOU

Selected publications

Publications

Books

  • Allon, F. (2008). Renovation Nation: Our Obsession with Home. Sydney. Australia: University of New South Wales (UNSW) Press.

Edited Books

  • Allon, F., Barcan, R., Eddison-Cogan, K. (2021). The Temporalities of Waste: Out of Sight, Out of Time. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]

Book Chapters

  • Allon, F., Barcan, R., Eddison-Cogan, K. (2021). Introduction: Out of joint - the time of waste. In Fiona Allon, Ruth Barcan and Karma Eddison-Cogan (Eds.), The Temporalities of Waste: Out of Sight, Out of Time, (pp. 1-17). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Allon, F., Parker, J. (2016). Building on sand? Liquid housing wealth in an era of financialisation. In Nicole Cook, Aidan Davison and Louise Crabtree (Eds.), Housing and Home Unbound: Intersections in economics, environment and politics in Australia, (pp. 56-71). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2016). The Household as Infrastructure: The Politics and Porosity of Dwelling in a Time of Enviromnmental Emergency. In John M. Meyer, Jens M. Kersten (Eds.), The Greening of Everyday Life: Challenging Practices, Imagining Possibilities, (pp. 47-64). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]

Journals

  • Webster, S., Allon, F. (2023). Domus, Dream, Domicide: Home as Limit Point in the Pyrocene Lessons from the 'Black Summer' Australian Bushfires. Australian Feminist Studies. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2020). In the Name of the System. Australian Humanities Review, 66, 175-180.
  • Eddison-Cogan, K., Allon, F. (2019). Devil's Dust on Nauru: Disposal and its Futures. Infrastructural Inequalities, (1, November 2019), 1-10.

Edited Journals

  • Allon, F. (2013). Open Cities: urban citizenship and the rights to the city in Sydney and Berlin. Space and Culture, 16(3).
  • Frow, J., Schlunke, K., Allon, F., Morris, M. (2006). Engagements. Cultural Studies Review, 12(2).
  • Allon, F., Morris, M. (2006). Introduction: Cultural Research. Cultural Studies Review, 12(2).

Conferences

  • Anderson, K., Dobson, R., Allon, F., Neilson, B. (2006). After Sprawl: Post-Suburban Sydney. Post-Suburban Sydney: The City in Transformation Conference, Sydney, Australia: University of Western Sydney.
  • Allon, F. (2006). Suburbs for Sale: Buying and Selling the Great Australian Dream. Post-Suburban Sydney: The City in Transformation Conference, Sydney, Australia: University of Western Sydney.
  • Allon, F., Anderson, K. (2004). Sentient Sydney. The Passionate City Symposium, Melbourne: RMIT, School of Applied Communication.

Textual Creative Works

  • Allon, F. (2004). Sailor Style: from Jack Tar to Sailor Moon. Sailor Style: art, fashion, film, Sydney, Australia: National Maritime Museum.

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

  • Allon, F. (2010). The Land of the Big House. Canberra Times.
  • Allon, F. (2008). End of the Dream? The Sydney Morning Herald.
  • Allon, F. (2003). National Fabric woven into shirt. Daily Telegraph.

Report

  • Allon, F., Sofoulis, Z. (2005). Everyday Water: Values, Practices, Interactions.
  • Chalmers, S., Allon, F. (2002). 'We All Come from Somewhere' Cultural Diversity at Sydney Children's Hospital.

Reference Works

  • Allon, F. (2019). Water Resources. In A. Kobayashi (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2nd edition. (pp. 233-240). Netherlands: Elsevier.
  • Allon, F. (2012). Home as Investment. In Susan J. Smith (Eds.), International Encyclopaedia of Home and Housing. (pp. 404-409). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.
  • Allon, F. (2009). Water. In Rob Kitchin, Nigel Thrift (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. (pp. 201-206). United Kingdom: Elsevier.

Research Reports

  • O'Neill, P., Camacho Duarte, O., Casiro, J., Gwyther, G., Phibbs, P., Bryan, R., Rafferty, M., Allon, F. (2010). The Experience of Mortgage Distress In Western Sydney, (pp. 6 - 57). Sydney, Australia: Urban Research Centre, University of Western Sydney.
  • Allon, F., Bushell, R., Anderson, K., Apouchtine, N. (2008). Backpackers in Global Sydney, (pp. I - 122). Sydney, Australia: Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney.

2023

  • Webster, S., Allon, F. (2023). Domus, Dream, Domicide: Home as Limit Point in the Pyrocene Lessons from the 'Black Summer' Australian Bushfires. Australian Feminist Studies. [More Information]

2021

  • Allon, F., Barcan, R., Eddison-Cogan, K. (2021). Introduction: Out of joint - the time of waste. In Fiona Allon, Ruth Barcan and Karma Eddison-Cogan (Eds.), The Temporalities of Waste: Out of Sight, Out of Time, (pp. 1-17). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Allon, F., Barcan, R., Eddison-Cogan, K. (2021). The Temporalities of Waste: Out of Sight, Out of Time. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]

2020

  • Allon, F. (2020). In the Name of the System. Australian Humanities Review, 66, 175-180.

2019

  • Eddison-Cogan, K., Allon, F. (2019). Devil's Dust on Nauru: Disposal and its Futures. Infrastructural Inequalities, (1, November 2019), 1-10.
  • Allon, F. (2019). Water Resources. In A. Kobayashi (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2nd edition. (pp. 233-240). Netherlands: Elsevier.

2018

  • Allon, F. (2018). Money after Blockchain: Gold, Decentralised Politics and the New Libertarianism. Australian Feminist Studies, 33(96), 223-243. [More Information]
  • Allon, F., Barrett, L. (2018). The multiplication of the margin: price, housing wealth and inequality*. Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory, 19(2), 117-134. [More Information]

2016

  • Allon, F., Parker, J. (2016). Building on sand? Liquid housing wealth in an era of financialisation. In Nicole Cook, Aidan Davison and Louise Crabtree (Eds.), Housing and Home Unbound: Intersections in economics, environment and politics in Australia, (pp. 56-71). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2016). The Household as Infrastructure: The Politics and Porosity of Dwelling in a Time of Enviromnmental Emergency. In John M. Meyer, Jens M. Kersten (Eds.), The Greening of Everyday Life: Challenging Practices, Imagining Possibilities, (pp. 47-64). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2016). The Wealth Affect: Financial Speculation As Everyday Habitus. In Anne Schmidt, Christoph Conrad (Eds.), Bodies and Affects in Market Societies, (pp. 109-125). Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck.

2015

  • Allon, F. (2015). Everyday Leverage, or Leveraging the Everyday. Cultural Studies, 29(5 and 6), 687-706. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2015). Money, Debt, and the Business of "Free Stuff". S A Q: The South Atlantic Quarterly, 114(2), 283-305. [More Information]
  • Allon, F., Barrett, L. (2015). That dog was a Marine! Human-Dog Assemblages in the Pacific War. Animal Studies Journal, 4(1), 125-146.

2014

  • Allon, F. (2014). At Home in the Suburbs: Domesticity and Nation in Postwar Australia. History Australia, 11(1), 13-36. [More Information]
  • Allon, F., Koleth, M. (2014). Doing Good: Transforming the Self by Transforming the World. In Garth Lean, Russell Staiff, Emma Waterton (Eds.), Travel and Transformation, (pp. 57-72). Aldershot: Ashgate. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2014). The Feminisation of Finance. Australian Feminist Studies, 29(79), 12-30. [More Information]

2013

  • Black, P., Allon, F., Driscoll, C., Probyn, E., Race, K., Redden, G. (2013). Editorial Introduction. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 14(3), 427-431. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2013). Ghosts of the Open City. Space and Culture, 16(3), 288-305. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2013). Litter and Monuments: Rights to the City in Berlin & Sydney. Space and Culture, 16(3), 252-260. [More Information]

2012

  • Allon, F. (2012). Home as Investment. In Susan J. Smith (Eds.), International Encyclopaedia of Home and Housing. (pp. 404-409). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.
  • Allon, F. (2012). Space, Place and Identity. In B. Cohen (Eds.), Being Cultural, (pp. 381-396). New Zealand: Pearson New Zealand.
  • Allon, F., Redden, G. (2012). The Global Financial Crisis and the Culture of Continual Growth. Journal of Cultural Economy, 5(4), 375-390. [More Information]

2011

  • Allon, F. (2011). 'Home Economics':The Management of the Household as an Enterprise. Journal of Australian Political Economy, (68), 128-148. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2011). Ethical Consumption Begins at Home: Green Renovations, Eco-Homes and Sustainable Home Improvement. In Not known (Eds.), Ethical Consumption: A Critical Introduction, (pp. 202-215). TBC. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2011). The 80s are back. reCollections, 6(1), 1-4.

2010

  • Allon, F. (2010). Speculating on Everyday Life: The Cultural Economy of the Quotidian. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 34(4), 366-381. [More Information]
  • O'Neill, P., Camacho Duarte, O., Casiro, J., Gwyther, G., Phibbs, P., Bryan, R., Rafferty, M., Allon, F. (2010). The Experience of Mortgage Distress In Western Sydney, (pp. 6 - 57). Sydney, Australia: Urban Research Centre, University of Western Sydney.
  • Allon, F. (2010). The Land of the Big House. Canberra Times.

2009

  • Allon, F. (2009). Home Wrecker Renovations. Insight, (1).
  • Allon, F., Anderson, K. (2009). Intimate Encounters: the embodied transnationalism of backpackers and independent travellers. Population, Space and Place, 16(1), 11-22. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2009). Renovation Nation - Redefining Prosperity. The Sydney Papers, 13 May.

2008

  • Allon, F., Bushell, R., Anderson, K., Apouchtine, N. (2008). Backpackers in Global Sydney, (pp. I - 122). Sydney, Australia: Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney.
  • Allon, F. (2008). End of the Dream? The Sydney Morning Herald.
  • Allon, F., Anderson, K., Bushell, R. (2008). Mutant mobilities: Backpacker tourism in 'global' Sydney. Mobilities, 3(1), 73-94. [More Information]

2007

  • Allon, F. (2007). We will decide who comes to this country: Inclusion, Exclusion and the National Imaginary. In SCHWARZ, Anja and Russell WEST-PAVLOV (Eds.), Polyculturalism and Discourse, (pp. 177-202). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rodopi.

2006

  • Anderson, K., Dobson, R., Allon, F., Neilson, B. (2006). After Sprawl: Post-Suburban Sydney. Post-Suburban Sydney: The City in Transformation Conference, Sydney, Australia: University of Western Sydney.
  • Allon, F. (2006). Between Sydney and Hong Kong: doing cultural research without guarantees. Cultural Studies Review, 12(2), 33-49.
  • Allon, F. (2006). Dams, Plants, Pipes and Flows: From Big Water to Everyday Water. Reconstruction: studies in contemporary culture, 6(3), 1-24.

2005

  • Allon, F., Sofoulis, Z. (2005). Everyday Water: Values, Practices, Interactions.
  • Allon, F. (2005). The Tyranny of Proximity: Australia in the era of globalisation. In Russell West-Pavlov (Eds.), Who's Australia? - Whose Australia?: Contemporary Politics, Society and Culture in Australia, (pp. 65-82). Trier, Germany: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier.

2004

  • Allon, F. (2004). Backpacker Heaven: The Consumption and Construction of Tourist Spaces and Landscapes in Sydney. Space and Culture, 7(1), 49-63. [More Information]
  • Allon, F. (2004). Bali as Icon: Tourism, Death, and the Pleasure Periphery. Humanities Research, 11(1), 24-41.
  • Allon, F. (2004). From visiting cultures to travelling cultures: local communities, backpacker tourism, and the consumption of authenticity in Sydney. Tourism : an international interdisciplinary journal, 52(1), 65-73.

2003

  • Allon, F. (2003). An Ontology of Everyday Control: Space, Media Flows and 'Smart' Living in the Absolute Present. In Nick Couldry, Anna McCarthy (Eds.), MediaSpace: Place, Scale and Culture in a Media Age, (pp. 253-274). London and New York: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis.
  • Allon, F. (2003). National Fabric woven into shirt. Daily Telegraph.
  • Allon, F. (2003). Thong sung true blue. The Sydney Morning Herald.

2002

  • Chalmers, S., Allon, F. (2002). 'We All Come from Somewhere' Cultural Diversity at Sydney Children's Hospital.
  • Allon, F. (2002). Altitude Anxiety: Acclimatising in Manang, a traveller’s tale. Cultural Studies Review, 8(2), 85-103.
  • Allon, F. (2002). Boundary Anxieties: Between Borders and Belongings. Borderlands e-Journal, 1(2).

Selected Grants

2017

  • Home Economics: Speculating on Everyday Life, Allon F, DVC Research/Thompson Fellowships

2013

  • Waste Matters: cultural studies of waste and the city , Allon F, Group of Eight/Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme