The Witness Podcast: Questioning white spaces

On The Witness Podcast this month, Carissa Lee and Alison Croggon discuss the recent controversy around the VCA dance work Where We Stand, which caught the attention of right wing commentators and faced calls for it to be banned. What is the problem with questioning whiteness? What does it mean to be white? What does it mean to be black? How do we negotiate these constructions in our cultural spaces? Further reading: Safe White Spaces, by Andy Butler Diversity is a white word: Tania Canas on ArtsHub You can subscribe to Witness podcasts through iTunes or an RSS feed. Click here for instructions on how to subscribe.