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Recording of talk by dance scholar Ahalya Satkunaratnam.Ahalya Satkunaratnam is a Chicagoan at heart and on the dance floor and a Malaysian-born dance scholar and dancer who found herself in Vancouver after joining the faculty of Quest University Canada in 2014. There, she teaches courses in cultural studies, performing arts, and women’s and gender studies. Her upcoming book to be published by Wesleyan University Press, Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict: Practicing Bharata Natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka, explores how dance practices make and undo local and state nationalisms, the intersections of gender and ethnicity with cultural practices, and the personal experiences of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war.
Author: Satkunaratnam, Ahalya
Date created: 2017-11-15
This personal narrative explores my journey throughout graduate school, and how lived experience alongside performance in radio and musical soundtracks pave the way for me to find the answers to key life questions - answers that bring a deeper understanding to music and words as portals into memory, identity and self advocacy. One of a series of Radio Tale audio essays recorded at SFU's CJSF Radio Station.
Author: Harder, Elaine
Date created: 2020-05-18
Alberto Toscano is Reader in Critical Theory at the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, where he co-directs the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought. He is Visiting Faculty at the Digital Democracy Institute, School of Communication, SFU.Alberto's current research is divided into three main strands: a theoretical inquiry into contemporary authoritarian trends and their dis/analogies with their historical predecessors, culminating in the forthcoming book Late Fascism (Verso, 2021); the study of tragedy as a framework through which to understand political action and its discontents, from decolonisation to environmentalism; and the development of 'real abstraction' as a heuristic for the analysis contemporary capitalism, notably in its nexus with processes of racialisation. As the series editor of The Italian List for Calcutta-based publisher Seagull books, Alberto's research is also concerned with the translation and reception of Italian literature, literary criticism and critical theory.Resources:— Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought: cpct.uk/about/— Seagull Books: www.seagullbooks.org/our-translator…berto-toscano/— Digital Democracies Institute: digitaldemocracies.org/— The Theatre of Production: Philosophy and Individuation Between Kant and Deleuze: www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781403997807— Fanaticism: www.versobooks.com/books/2475-fanaticism— Cartographies of the Absolute: www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/…he-absolute— Wolfen movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L46RneepoxQ— Pli journal: plijournal.com/
Author: Alberto Toscano, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-07-15
Author: Dawson, Diane (DeDe), Author: Morales, Esteban, Author: McKiernan, Erin C., Author: Schimanski, Lesley A., Author: Niles, Meredith T., Author: Alperin, Juan Pablo
Date created: 2022-04-06
Charmaine Lyn joins Below the Radar to share learnings from her career in making social change from within post-secondary institutions. Charmaine is the Director of Changemaker Education for Ashoka Canada and works with different changemaker campuses across the country to advance social justice in our institutions and communities through community engagement.Host Am Johal speaks with Charmaine about the journey that brought her to this work and her background in law which sparked a passion for accessibility in education, championing community engagement, and redistributing power and burdens within the often rigid structures of universities. They also discuss equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives in higher education, working at the intersection of community and university, and what the university might look like in a post-pandemic world.— Ashoka Canada: https://ashokacanada.org/— Office of Community Engagement at Concordia University: https://www.concordia.ca/about/community/office.html
Author: Charmaine Lyn, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Fiorella Pinillos, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2021-02-09
This personal narrative explores the teen years when a teacher planted a seed that I was a writer and subsequent experiences throughout my education, incorporating music that reflects these moments. One of a series of Radio Tale audio essays recorded at SFU's CJSF Radio Station.
Author: Harder, Elaine
Date created: 2020-05-18