Alisa Tanaka-King is Japanese/Australian and lives in Creswick on Dja Dja Wurrung country.
We chat about:
- Stereotypes about mixed asian families
- When people say you're lucky to be bilingual
- Looking more Japanese as a child
- Parents crushing your dreams of being an actor
- Being biracial in media
- The grey areas of tokenism
- The most “diverse” person in the room
- The influence of mixed identity on Alisa’s many art practices
- Who can claim traditions? Who can create fusions?
- Japanese week on the Great British Bake-off
- Cultural appropriation v cultural appreciation
- “Stop Asian Hate”
- Playing games with people when they ask “where are you from?”
- Japan as an insular nation
- Naomi Osaka
You can find out more about Alisa’s art here: https://www.alisatanakaking.com/
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Alisa Tanaka-King
Edited by: Maria Birch-Morunga
Music by: The Green Twins
Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts Centre
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation.
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