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Episode 21: Do we really know what democracy is? — with Astra Taylor
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Democracy is a term that鈥檚 been used, misunderstood, and taken for granted by many 鈥� so what does democracy really mean? Am Johal sits down with activist and filmmaker Astra Taylor to explore how people interpret 鈥榙emocracy鈥� and how we can better understand it.
Astra is the director behind the film , a documentary that tackles this question, alongside celebrated theorists and a diverse cast of folks from different walks of life. Together, they try to understand who gets to participate in democracy and what that means for our society from a place of curiosity and a search for deeper meaning.
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Astra Taylor
Astra Taylor is a filmmaker, writer, and political organizer. She is the director of the philosophical documentaries What Is Democracy?, Examined Life (TIFF 2008), and Zizek! (TIFF 2005); the author of the American Book Award winner The People鈥檚 Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age; and a co-founder of the Debt Collective. She has written for The New York Times, The London Review of Books, The Guardian, The Walrus, The Baffler, n+1, and many other outlets. She is a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow and a former touring member of the band Neutral Milk Hotel. Her new book, , will be out from Metropolitan Books in early 2019.
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Johal, Am. 鈥淒o we really know what democracy is? 鈥� with Astra Taylor.鈥� Below the Radar, SFU鈥檚 Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, July 22, 2019. /vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/21-astra-taylor.html.
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