Show & Tell #6 - Inspiring Mini Talks at QMUL - Ahmed on Books / Salmi on Postcolonial Literature / Oldziejewska on Feminist Library / Vallance on Community Arts / Oshodi + Mendl on Theatre
Description
This episode features: Sufiya Ahmed: Sufiya has worked in advertising and in the House of Commons, but is now a full-time author. In 2010 Sufiya set up the BIBI Foundation, a non-profit organisation, to arrange visits to the Houses of Parliament for diverse and underprivileged school children. Charlotta Salmi: Lecturer in Postcolonial and Global Literature at Queen Mary, she works on contemporary literature from around the world, but specifically comics and graphic narratives and how they're used by different social movements. Magda Oldziejewska: Activist, independent researcher and blogger, as well as fundraising coordinator and management collective member at the Feminist Library. Liza Vallance: Artistic Director/CEO at Studio 3 Arts. Liza is a performer, director and writer by trade, having trained at Queen Mary College, specialising in Forum Theatre and Performance Art. After graduating Liza worked with artists and companies including Split Britches and Augusto Boal creating socially and politically-charged work that toured prisons, mental healthcare settings and community spaces as well as theatres, galleries and museums. Maria Oshodi: Freelance writer and Artistic Director and CEO of Extant, Britain’s leading professional performing arts company of visually impaired artists. Kumiko Mendl: Artistic Director of the UK’s award winning British East Asian Theatre Company, Yellow Earth.
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