Hear from a panel of First Nations critics, reviewers and essayists as they discuss the importance of Blak critique and peer review in a predominantly white review culture that continues to sideline or superficially engage with Indigenous stories. The event’s programmer, Jingili Mudburra writer and editor Bridget Caldwell-Bright, chats with critic, essayist and descendant of the Yorta Yorta Declan Fry; critic, researcher and a descendant of Numbulwar Tristen Harwood; and Gomeroi poet and legal researcher Alison Whittaker.

Recorded for MWF in 2021.

Supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund

Hear from a panel of First Nations critics, reviewers and essayists as they discuss the importance of Blak critique and peer review in a predominantly white review culture that continues to sideline or superficially engage with Indigenous stories. The event&rsquo;s programmer, Jingili Mudburra writer and editor Bridget Caldwell-Bright, chats with critic, essayist and descendant of the Yorta Yorta Declan Fry; critic, researcher and a descendant of Numbulwar Tristen Harwood; and Gomeroi poet and legal researcher Alison Whittaker.
Recorded for MWF in 2021.
Supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund

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