MTalks—Casting off the cultural straight-jacket • 2 Dec 2015

08/02/2016 1h 29min
MTalks—Casting off the cultural straight-jacket • 2 Dec 2015

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Episode Synopsis

Is the spirit of multiculturalism still alive in Australia today? Is it relevant? And who decides what it means, anyway? Listen back to a lively Wednesday night panel discussion featuring voices from the arts, the social sector and academia: Nikos Papastergiadis, director of the Research Unit in Public Cultures; Moya McFadzean, senior curator of migration and cultural diversity in the humanities department at Museum Victoria; Nur Shkembi, Muslim artist and curator; Nicholas Tsoutas, independent curator and writer; Frank Panucci is executive director of grants at the Australia Council for the Arts; and Ghassan Hage, Lebanese-Australian academic.

Discussing the role of the arts in challenging subscribed conversations about multiculturalism, the panel attempts to unpack exactly who shapes our cultural diversity discourse. Hold on to your headphones once the dust settles: the hour-long conversation will wind down (or up) with the psychedelic garage-pop sounds of Empat Lima. A dreamy occasion for further healthy rumination.