• Who We Are

  • By: SBS
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Who We Are

By: SBS
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  • Identity is nuanced and complex, and can mean different things to different people. This is illustrated in the changing face of multicultural Australia, home to one of the world's oldest continuous cultures, and over seven million people born overseas. But numbers only go so far. In this SBS News podcast, Hannah Kwon seeks to understand what identity means in Australia today through the lens of relationships, media representation, language and code switching. Hear from writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law on Asian-Australian media representation, the Scanlon Foundation's Trish Prentice on interracial relationships and Geoff Anderson on how learning his Indigenous heritage language helped saved his life, among others.
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Episodes
  • Ghil'ad Zuckermann on Indigenous language revival

    Ghil'ad Zuckermann on Indigenous language revival
    May 6 2024
    SBS speaks to linguistic and revivalist expert Ghil'ad Zuckermann on Indigenous language revival.
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    27 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Benjamin Law on media representation, Michelle Yeoh and Australian Survivor

    INTERVIEW: Benjamin Law on media representation, Michelle Yeoh and Australian Survivor
    Apr 29 2024
    SBS speaks to writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law, known for co-creating the TV show Wellmania, and authoring books like The Family Law and Gaysia. Law was featured in Episode Two of Who We Are on the topic of media representation. Here is the extended version of that conversation from 2023.
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    14 mins
  • Who we are: Code switching - What is it and why do we do it?

    Who we are: Code switching - What is it and why do we do it?
    Apr 22 2024
    Code switching is something many people do and experience, often without realising it. While code switching is extremely nuanced and contextual, it’s often experienced to a heightened degree for people from racially marginalised backgrounds, especially in situations where they feel culturally unsafe. In this episode Hannah Kwon speaks to mental health and intersectionality expert Budi Sudarto and youth advocate Catherine Madziva on both their positive and negative experiences with code switching.
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    20 mins

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