Media reporting Alice Springs, M/Other conversations, experiences of queer international students during Covid lockdowns, "Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance" by Eda Gunaydin

Wednesday, 22 February 2023 - 7:00am to 8:30am

3CR Wednesday Breakfast 22/2/23

With Claudia (and Grace remotely)

 

7:05AM Claudia speaks with former 3CR presenter Evan Wallace about the recent spate of media reporting about Mpartwnee/ Alice Springs. Evan is a journalist and radio presenter working for the ABC on the ground in Mpartwnee/ Alice Springs. 

 

Further reading: https://theconversation.com/heres-some-context-missing-from-the-mparntwe-alice-springs-crime-wave-reporting-199481

 

Media guidelines: https://genderinstitute.anu.edu.au/news/media-changing-story-media-guidelines-reporting-domestic-family-and-sexual-violence-northern

 

7:35AM Claudia speaks with Jamila Khodja and Bec Kavanagh from the Wheeler Centre about the upcoming M/Other event. M/Other is a weekend-long programme of conversations about the way in which 'motherhood' is experienced, portrayed and labelled. 

On at Wheeler Centre and online March 3-5. For tickets and information head to https://www.wheelercentre.com/event-series/m-other/

 

7:53AM Grace gives us further insight into the experience of international students in Naarm/Melbourne, revisitng a conversation between Jacob from Queering the Air and PhD student Hao Zheng. Hao speaks about her latest paper on the experiences of queer international students during COVID lockdown & finding community in Naarm. This conversation first aired on 3CR's Queering the Air on 5th February.
 

8.10AM Claudia speaks with Eda Gunaydin, a Turkish-Australian essayist and researcher, whose writing explores class, capital, intergenerational trauma and diaspora. Her work has appeared in the Sydney Review of Books, Meanjin, The Lifted Brow, and others.. Her debut essay collection Root and Branch: Essays on Inheritance is the winner of the 2023 Victorian Premier's Literature Prize for Non-Fiction.

 

You can follow Eda on Twitter @ eda__gunaydin 

 

To show support for those impacted by the Turkiye Syrian earthquakes, Eda recommends connecting with the following organisations:

 

AHBAP: https://ahbap.org/bagisciol / KRC: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ST5BWWFB7FPGS / Fundraiser for affected uni students: https://www.gofundme.com/f/surviveduniversitystudents?member=25029215&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined