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Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 1
Title
Shazia Hafiz Ramji Interview 1: Clip 1
Keyword
Poetic Intervention, Surveillance, Water
Date
2018-01-28
Description
In this clip, Shazia Hafiz Ramji discusses the circumstances of beginning to write Port of Being, her debut poetry collection and winner of the 2017 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. She recounts a story of seeing a child interact with a public transit cop and how she noticed the various forms of surveillance in such a public space. She also describes visiting the Teck Gallery, where she wrote most of the poems in her collection. At the time of this interview, Ramji's collection was not yet released.
Rita Wong Interview 2
Title
Rita Wong Interview 2: Clip 2
Keyword
Water, Poetic Intervention, Culture, Preservation, Embodiment
Date
2018-02-01
Description
Rita Wong explains that she hopes to foster empathy and generate cultural change through her poetry.