Best Foot Music

The 4th and final part of this series. Intersectionality, the 5 'R's & concluding thoughts.

Kamla & Laila discuss their own experiences with arts-related projects.   Topics include; Unlearning,  decision-making processes,  the 'right' voice, micro and macro biases and thinking from the margin. The 4th and final part of this conversation will be published Friday 31st July 9.00 am UK time.

Trailer for Episode 3 (of 4) of Decolonising The Creative Space, with Kamla Jo Braithwaite & Dr Laila Kadiwal.

Brighton based musician, composer and cultural activist Polina Shepherd on her exciting collaborative project with Lorin Sklamberg and choirs based in the UK and USA.  150 Voices CD/Download Polina Shepherd Website More about the 150 Voices Project YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Part 2: Kamla Jo Braithwaite & Dr Laila Kadiwal from Trinidad and Tobago and India, discussing their own experiences of working in creative spaces. Chapter 2 includes; Problematic terminologies 'the other', who can tell a story? Black Lives Matter and the creative spaces in Trinidad and Tobago.

Part 1: Kamla Jo Braithwaite & Dr Laila Kadiwal from Trinidad and Tobago and India, discussing their own experiences of working in creative spaces. Chapter 1 includes, Setting the context; what do we mean by decolonising the creative space and why do we need it? How did we get here? Links to some of the discussions in this chapter: Jane Austen & Edward Said https://www.jstor.org/stable/1344068 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styles_and_themes_of_Jane_Austen#Role_of_colonialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_and_Imperialism https://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://blacklivesmatter.com/our-co-founders/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation

This episode is about how we started Best Foot Music.  It features the music of Anna Lazareva.  You can find the full recording session with Anna here: https://bestfootmusic.bandcamp.com/album/anna-lazareva Record labels and musicians mentioned in this episode https://www.babazula.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/39zIRxvWFOGGH4hxGqRkLy?si=JA74JRZrT029x-T8sOELeA Double Moon Records https://www.challengerecords.com/catalogue/7/