Do you identify as a settler, or as an Indigenous person? If you identify as neither, can you orient yourself toward one or another of these terms? (Hint: No nation on earth has been untouched by the voracious practices of imperialism.) Use your space—where you work, live, or study—as a guide; perhaps try to find evidence online of the traditional owners or caretakers of that space. Can you trace the history of the land you inhabit every day?
Think back to an experience at the theatre (or the cinema, if required) where you have been invited to “consume” another culture’s art or artefacts. Think about the ways that the work you were observing hailed you as a consumer—or did it? Reflect on your spectating practice: Do you remember how you felt while watching and listening, or afterward? Would you characterize your spectatorship as “hungry listening,” or as something else? (Or, maybe, as more than one kind of listening?) Write a thick description of your reaction to the work; try to recall your experience of spectating in as much material and affective detail as possible. (Don’t worry about being embarrassed if you were a bit “hungry” in your practice; we all are, from time to time.)
