By Leticia Caceres.
"One of the key struggles of the globalised twenty-first century is against the disempowerment of the individual imagination.   I believe that the challenge for the political theatre director is to stimulate and disturb the imagination of audiences in order to re-awaken critical thought. In so doing, audiences can picture what has been untold or become unimaginable, and thus, be prompted to action." Download full thesis.

By Jana Perković
"The overarching rhetorical principle in Australian English is the substitution of niceness for truth. The Australian bad play is always nice, but uncommitted to truth. The audience will not attack it later, but be nice about it, even to the point where they will themselves be unsure whether they liked it or not. And what will be lost, in this exchange, will be the possibility of real communication of something – be it emotion, desire or idea – from one to the other. It is often suggested that this inexpressiveness it a good thing, a valuable thing, because it is specific to Australia – but for every person that believes it, another five will profess not to read Australian novels, not to watch Australian films, not to believe in Australian playwrights."  Full article.

1) I can most likely rent or purchase housing in an area I can afford and would want to live in. 2) I can be pretty sure that my neighbours will be neutral or pleasant to me. 3) I can go shopping most of the time, assured that I will not be followed or harassed. 4) I can watch the television or read the paper and see people of my race widely represented. 5) When I am told about national history or heritage or about “civilisation” I am shown that people of my race made it what it is. 6) I can be sure that my children will be given curricular materials that testify to the existence of their race. 7) Whether I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my race not to work against the appearance of financial reliability. 8) I can protect my children most of the time from people who might not like them. 9) I can swear, or dress in shabby clothes without having people attribute these choices to bad morals or primitiveness of my race. 10) I can do well in a challenging situation without being called a credit to my race. 11) I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group. 12) I can remain oblivious of the language and customs of non-white people, who constitute the world’s numerical majority, without having any penalty for such oblivion. 13) I can be pretty sure that if I ask to talk to the “person in charge” s/he will be of my race. 14) If I get questioned by the police I can be sure I haven’t been singled out because of my race. 15) I can easily buy posters, postcards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys, and children’s books featuring people of my race. 16) I can feel accepted at meetings of organisations that I belong to rather than isolated, out of place, outnumbered, unheard, held at a distance, or feared. 17) I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having co-workers suspect that I got it because of my race. 18) I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help my race will not work against me. 19) If my day, week, or year is going badly, I don’t need to wonder if each negative episode or situation is due to racism. 

Adapted from Mcintosh, (1990). "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack." Independent School: 31-36.

"The world you see is just a movie in your mind. Rocks don't see it. Bless and sit down. Forgive and forget. Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realise you're already in heaven now. That's the story. That's the message. Nobody understands it, nobody listens, they're all running around like chickens with heads cut off. I will try to teach it but it will be in vain, s'why I'll end up in a shack praying and being cool and singing by my woodstove making pancakes." - Kerouac, 1957, republished in Brain Pickings

Greening the Arts: Reflections of a Greenie-in-Residence by Matt Wicking.