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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: Fellow in Focus: Dr Tania Cañas
Description: Recorded 28 May 2024.
Trinity Long Room Hub Visiting Research Fellow Dr Tania Cañas (University of Melbourne) in conversation with Dr Erika Piazzoli (School of Education).
Bio
Dr. Tania Cañas is an artist-based researcher based in Narrm (Melbourne) Australia on unceded Kulin Territory. Her work looks at the intersection of forced displacement, performance, borders and socially engaged practice.Â
She is the former Artistic Director at RISE Refugee, the first organisation to be run, governed and controlled by the Refugee, Asylum Seeker and Ex-Detainee community. She was also the Artistic Lead at cohealth Arts Gen, a community arts and health organisation. Most r...