BIO
Dr Tanja Dreher is an ARC Future Fellow, Scientia Fellow and Associate Professor in Media at the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia. Tanja’s research focuses on the politics of listening in the context of media and multiculturalism, Indigenous sovereignties, feminisms and anti-racism. Her current Fellowship, funded by the Australian Research Council (FT140100515, 2015 – 2018) analyses the political listening practices necessary to support the potential for voice in a changing media environment characterised by the proliferation of community and alternative media in the digital age. During 2008 – 2010 Tanja was a co-convenor of The Listening Project exploring the practices, technologies and politics of listening as political practice. Tanja’s particular interest lies in listening across difference and the politics of recognition in listening for media justice. Her previous research has focused on news and cultural diversity, community media interventions, experiences of racism and the development of community anti-racism strategies after September 11, 2001. Tanja has worked closely with diverse communities in western Sydney through collaborative research with Arab and Muslim communities and with media and community arts organisations. She is currently working on a monograph, Listening across Difference: Media beyond the politics of voice.
ARTEFACT
Website: https://tanjadreher.net/
Publication (open access): http://www.borderlands.net.au/vol8no1_2009/dreher_eavesdropping.htm