Rosabel Tan: We Can Build a New Utopia

This korero is from February 2021 and features Rosabel Tan, author of the article, We Can Build a New Utopia: Reimagining the post-Covid ngā toi arts and culture sector in Aotearoa. 

Rosabel talks about the whakapapa of the piece of writing, which came from reflections on what the future of the arts, culture and creative sector could look like as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. You can read this piece here. 

Rosabel is a writer, strategist, and creative producer of Peranakan Chinese descent. She is the director of Satellites and the founding editor of The Pantograph Punch, an arts and culture journal.

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The music you hear in this episode is a track from Te Aratoi’s Ancient Maori Music album, Piwakawaka. Kia ora for letting us use this beautiful waiata.