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Worldtown Hearsay :: Who Are We Because Yes, it Matters
August 15, 2010 – 11:33 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: Who Are We Because Yes, it Matters

For anyone who likes to think identity politics is dead, irrelevent or both - Gary Younge, the prolific writer/commentator for the Guardian has published a new book on 21st identity politics: Who are We-And Should …

Worldtown via Londontown :: The Empire Strikes Back (Last Chance)
April 17, 2010 – 6:26 pm | One Comment
Worldtown via Londontown :: The Empire Strikes Back (Last Chance)

Charles Saatchi showcases thirty-five Indian and Pakistani artists dissecting the social and political processes around Indian politics and identity. Obscure, provocative and partly amateur though undoubtedly complex, The Empire Strikes Back intertwines medium and message for an unapologetic display of Indian Art today. The show runs at the Saatchi Gallery in London until May 7th.

Worldtown Hearsay :: Finding Voice - Najla Said’s “Palestine”
March 14, 2010 – 1:12 am | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: Finding Voice - Najla Said’s “Palestine”

Najla Said, daughter of the late Edward Said, is on the last stretch of her 13-week off-Broadway, one-woman show “Palestine”. First - the name, second - an unrecognized nation, and third - the “one-woman” performance surely add a lot of baggage to a single story.

Post Your Map :: Joseph Shahadi
March 6, 2010 – 10:14 pm | One Comment
Post Your Map :: Joseph Shahadi

Post Your Map :: We will regularly present a featured artist, writer or performer who is exploring questions of identity and personal narrative through their medium of expression.

The map is your representation. No rigid lines, no defined routes. You direct it on your own account.

Call for submissions: MAMA SAYS GOOD GIRLS MARRY DOCTORS
February 27, 2010 – 6:29 pm | No Comment
Call for submissions: MAMA SAYS GOOD GIRLS MARRY DOCTORS

Contribute your story to a forthcoming volume: “Mama Says Good Girls Marry Doctors.” This book focuses on the pressures on South and East Asian women who have grown up in North America to be “good girls.”

Diaspora Youth Speak :: Drawing the World Together [VIDEO]
December 1, 2009 – 8:01 am | One Comment
Diaspora Youth Speak :: Drawing the World Together [VIDEO]

Diaspora Youth Speak (DYS) is a project based in Toronto for youth who identify as part of a Diasporic community. DYS uses multi-media arts to explore themes of displacement and mobility to reflect on personal stories and the roles that we play in local and global contexts as Diasporic peoples– fostering leadership & participation; strengthening the voice of Diasporic youth.
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Chasing Identity: An Interview with Faisal Abdu’Allah
November 26, 2009 – 1:21 am | No Comment
Chasing Identity: An Interview with Faisal Abdu’Allah

Chasing Mirrors is a multimedia/multi-medium based project focusing on youth identity in London. The exhibit itself is set up with three constantly changing plasma screens showing the amalgamation of the faces of members of the collective. The purpose is to show differences and similarities between them. Additionally, Abdu’Allah asks members of the collective different questions about themselves like their favorite food, who they would raise from the dead, their star sign and what makes them laugh, placing the responses on a large composite board. We interview Faisal Abdu’Allah and reveal some of his inspirations for the project as well as some of the greater social questions his exhibit raises.

Worldtown Via Londontown :: Chan-hyo Bae
November 23, 2009 – 11:39 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Via Londontown :: Chan-hyo Bae

Originally spotted via Racewire, Chang-hyo Bae is a South Korean born, London-based artist playing on Empire and the ambiguity of embracing “Britishness” as the “Other”.

Worldtown Hearsay :: A Sorry State
November 13, 2009 – 6:42 pm | One Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: A Sorry State

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A Sorry State :: “Canada is becoming a world leader in official apologies. Do they benefit anyone but the people offering them up?”

The Walrus - December 2009 :: Read the entire story here

Post Your Maps :: Moving from Single Stories to Multiple Meanings - How Do You Get There?
November 12, 2009 – 9:03 am | One Comment
Post Your Maps :: Moving from Single Stories to Multiple Meanings - How Do You Get There?

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
How do you get there?