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Living in grey areas
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Alisa Tanaka-King is Japanese/Australian and lives in Creswick on Dja Dja Wurrung country.
We chat about:
- Stereotypes about mixed asian families
- When people say you're lucky to be bilingual
- Looking more Japanese as a child
- Parents crushing your dreams of being an actor
- Being biracial in media
- The grey areas of tokenism
- The most “diverse” person in the room
- The influence of mixed identity on Alisa’s many art practices
- Who can claim traditions? Who can create fusions?
- Japanese week on the Great British Bake-off
- Cultural appropriation v cultural appreciation
- “Stop Asian Hate”
- Playing games with people when they ask “where are you from?”
- Japan as an insular nation
- Naomi Osaka
You can find out more about Alisa’s art here: https://www.alisatanakaking.com/
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Alisa Tanaka-King
Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga
Music by: The Green Twins
Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts Centre
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation.
If you have any questions or feedback you can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
39 епізодів
Manage episode 315566075 series 3281901
Alisa Tanaka-King is Japanese/Australian and lives in Creswick on Dja Dja Wurrung country.
We chat about:
- Stereotypes about mixed asian families
- When people say you're lucky to be bilingual
- Looking more Japanese as a child
- Parents crushing your dreams of being an actor
- Being biracial in media
- The grey areas of tokenism
- The most “diverse” person in the room
- The influence of mixed identity on Alisa’s many art practices
- Who can claim traditions? Who can create fusions?
- Japanese week on the Great British Bake-off
- Cultural appropriation v cultural appreciation
- “Stop Asian Hate”
- Playing games with people when they ask “where are you from?”
- Japan as an insular nation
- Naomi Osaka
You can find out more about Alisa’s art here: https://www.alisatanakaking.com/
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Alisa Tanaka-King
Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga
Music by: The Green Twins
Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts Centre
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation.
If you have any questions or feedback you can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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