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Conference: When I Dare to be Powerful

14 Apr 2023

When I Dare to be Powerful International Conference will bring filmmakers, artists, writers and activists together with conceptual thinkers and cultural theorists to answer pressing questions relating to voice as an agent of change.

The conference period begins on 26 April with a series on online talks and podcasts, and runs through to the one-day conference on 21 June 2023 – book a place here.

Online talks:

In Conversation with Ather Zia on Writing as a Powerful Tool to Amplify Female Voices in the Kashmir Conflict
Wednesday 26 April 2023
7 pm – 8 pm (BST), online

In Conversation with Jasmine Qureshi on Voice in Environmentalism, Queerness, and Trans Rights
Wednesday 10 May 2023
7 pm – 8 pm (BST), online

In Conversation with Jeff VanderMeer on Nonhuman Voices
Wednesday 24 May 2023
7 pm – 8 pm (BST), online

In Conversation with Tracey Lindberg on Indigenous Voice in Literature
Wednesday 7 June 2023
7 pm – 8 pm (BST), online

Podcasts

In Conversation with Ally Zlatar on ‘Voice’ as an Authentic and Vulnerable Artistic Expression and a Therapeutic Power
Wednesday 3 May 2023

In Conversation with Olivia Lopez Calderon on Cultural Identity and Dissonance
Wednesday 17 May 2023

In Conversation with Ja’Tovia Monique Gary on the Importance and Burden of Locating Self within the Filmic Space
Wednesday 31 May 2023

For all the information, please visit the conference website

This conference is made possible by generous funding and support provided by Midlands3/4Cities, New Art Exchange, NTU Postcolonial Studies Centre and Bonington Gallery.