The Witness Podcast: Questioning white spaces

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Team Witness - Robert Reid, Alison Croggon and Carissa Lee - discuss this month in Australian performing arts. Issues, shows, debate.

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Team Witness - Robert Reid, Alison Croggon and Carissa Lee - discuss this month in Australian performing arts. Issues, shows, debate.

Performing Arts

Arts

The Witness Podcast: Questioning white spaces

The Witness Podcast

22 minutes 29 seconds

7 years ago

The Witness Podcast: Questioning white spaces

On The Witness Podcast this month, Carissa Lee and Alison Croggon discuss the recent controversy around the VCA dance work Where We Stand, which caught the attention of right wing commentators and faced calls for it to be banned. What is the problem with questioning whiteness? What does it mean to be white? What does it mean to be black? How do we negotiate these constructions in our cultural spaces?
Further reading:
Safe White Spaces, by Andy Butler
Diversity is a white word: Tania Canas on ArtsHub
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