I love This American Life. As the worst – or, depending on your point of view, the best – kind of liberal, left-wing, arts academic, the combination of innovative approaches to culture with a focus on the perspective of the oppressed and silenced throughout history appeals to me. And also, Ira Glass’s voice – Woody […]
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It was seem odd to write a blog post at the end of a day teaching postcolonialism on the theme of…postcolonialism. But, then, I am odd. Less flippantly, I just heard an interview with Kim Scott about his latest novel, That Deadman Dance (2011). Scott is the son of a native Australian father (from the […]
I’ve just got back from the first day of the ‘Postcolonial Traumas’ Conference at Nottingham Trent Uni. (Thanks to Abigail Ward for organising a great day of lively and interesting debate and discussion — and all those involved, though basically it was all Abi’s doing!) Apart from the great ideas thrown up by many other […]