LISTENING ARTS PROGRAMMES
TAKE BACK CONTROL TALKAOKE: Patriotism, Identity Politics, Living with Risk
The People Speak contributes to the channel with Take Back Control Talkaoke, a series of three online talk shows featuring international audiences who are not afraid to share their opinions on patriotism, identity politics and living with risk and listen to others share theirs. They want to hear what YOU think!
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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS - take part in the talk show email them on info@thepeoplespeak.org.uk with ‘Take Back Control Talkaoke - Participation’ in the subject line.
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SESSION 1: PATRIOTISM AND THE NATION
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Who will protect your country? Is your political set up under threat from foreign powers and itself through secret internet action, media control, fake news, restrictive trade agreements and financial might? In a global system, how do you help to preserve your country's integrity and identity?
SESSION 2: IDENTITY POLITICS GET REAL!
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Is ‘virtue signalling’ the new pandemic?
How do we navigate this new, super sensitive, politically correct minefield?
Have so many people lost their grip on reality?
SESSION 3: LIVING WITH THE RISK - WHAT ARE THE DANGERS?
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Is your cultural integrity at risk? What is culture? Have we lost respect for our history and heritage? Are we distracted by the new, over what has built up for centuries? Who decides what is worthy and worthless culture? Do we value the statues and public art in our public spaces?
The People Speak are a collective of international arts practitioners based in East London. They use performance art, multi-media and technology to stimulate discussion, generate ideas, and inform decision making in the public and cultural sphere through fun, interactive formats.
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