Breaks & Joins Podcast
These chats about repair (our stuff, ourselves and our communities) range from mending textiles to the repair of broken bones, from up-cycling in the pandemic to community conflict in Bangladesh, from home made Punk Clothes to celebrating scars. Growing out of a Community project in Lewisham, South East London the podcasts give more space for longer conversations, and you'll be able to hear Rose Sinclair, textile specialist, Raj Bhari, Peacebuilder, talking with Clare MacDonald, artist and Unitarian Minister, Dr Sylvan Baker, founder of The Verbatim Formula,textile dyer Liz Honeybone from the National Theatre costume department, Theatre Designer Amanda Mascarenhas chatting with Mo Sumah, host of the Mend it with Mo repair cafe, Suzi Warren, founder of Stitch it Dont ditch it, theatre academics Sudip Chakroborthy and Ali Campbell on national identities, and Rachel Ho, ceramicist and creator of the scarred pots.They're interviewed by Sue Mayo, edited by Chuck Blue Lowry, music by Bob Karperhttp://www.suemayo.co.uk/
Breaks & Joins Podcast
Series 7, Episode 2: Ayesha Chouglay
Ayesha is a writer, artist and facilitator, and recently judged the Deaf and Disabled Writers Commissions for Spread the Word, alongside Joseph Rizzo Naudi, for the second year running. She was one of the commissioned writers for Nature Calling, a £2m National Landscapes art programme, creating poetry inspired by the Lincolnshire Wolds, whilst facilitating a series of workshops, exploring creative ways of accessing rural landscapes. As a deaf and disabled person herself, she uses personal experience to open up safe spaces for conversation. She has an MA in The Contemporary, for which she was awarded two scholarships.
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