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Anna, Natalie, Marissa & Jonathan

Thursday

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Radio Reversal is a show that subjects aspects of everyday life to historico-political, theoretical, cheeky, irreverent, high brow, low brow, eye brow, warm-hearted analysis. Our aim is to see the world more clearly, think about what we'd like it to become, and how we can make that happen.  We think that discussing these sorts of ideas is one way to lessen the alienation that affects many of us trying to make sense of a world that so often makes no sense of us.  We also play loads of awesome music (sometimes thematic!) with great enthusiasm for requests and an emphasis on supporting local artists. It's fun!

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05.11.26

This week on Radio Reversal, Anna is joined by artist, abolitionist, mother, researcher and writer Boneta-Marie Mabo. Boneta-Marie is a proud Aboriginal Manbarra/Nywaigi and Torres Strait Islander Meriam woman, as well as being of South Sea Islander descent. Walking in the footsteps of her grandfather, the late Eddie Koiki Mabo, she is an activist and passionate prison abolitionist. These perspectives strongly inform her artistic practice, which we are catching up to chat about today!
 
Boneta-Marie's newest exhibition, "In Blak and White" explores the history and present of colonial violence and its ongoing impact on Blak children and families. As Boneta-Marie explains: "beginning with motherhood and childhood, the body of work centres Blak systems of care, kinship, cultural knowledge and belonging before tracing the expanding reach of colonial authority through protection, removal, education, labour, value, classification and incarceration. Rather than treating these as separate histories, In Blak and White considers them as part of a colonial continuum in which the language of care has repeatedly existed alongside practices of control."
 
This week we chat about Boneta-Marie's practice as an artist, her current body of work, and the ongoing struggle for justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, women, and men. 
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