SLAM CITY

In this series we explore a foundational theme of interest across the world and to diverse communities: Culture and the City. Although cities are crucial in providing the material basis and audiences for institutions such as museums, galleries and theatres – and the series interviews architects and curators who design and run key ones – cities are also where peoples from different cultures meet, mix and co-create culture, from the bottom up. In this podcast Tim Williams interviews&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAsaMzYBK6MNlOBU-2FykOCbNbjQkYR6Xg4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sara M Hamka</a>, one of the founders of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bankstown-poetry-slam/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bankstown Poetry Slam</a>&nbsp;in Sydney, Australia -&nbsp;a cultural and civic initiative of international interest which has drawn a large number of young people from the migrant communities in Sydney’s West together to express themselves as artists and performers but also as shapers of their city.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>