Oral History Interview with Arif Noorani (2015)

Oral History Interview with Arif Noorani (2015)

oral history, queer politics, Inside Out, activists, Desh Pardesh, Queer Nation, Mike Harris, CKLN, arts festival, South Asian, neoliberalism

Arif Noorani, in this oral history, active in Desh Pardesh in the 90’s, discusses his involvement with other activist groups, notably Queer Nation and CKLN. He talks about the influence Mike Harris had on the numerous arts collectives who lost funding and the importance of community-building via arts and culture production. He examines the political basis for Desh and advises future generations against fostering identity politics. He also addresses the concerns Desh had with corporate sponsors.

South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC)

2015-07-25

Anna Malla
LGBTQ Oral History DIgital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

PDF, AIF

English

Sound, Text

Toronto, 1990s