<p>On a rather lively Saturday morning in July as the heatwave arrived on our shores, Alinah Azadeh took a walk up towards Seaford Head with writer and educator Dulani Kulasinghe, to hear her poetry on the climate emergency through a personal lens – and to learn about how Dulani’s own cultural heritage has influenced her writing on home, belonging and the legacies of empire within the Sussex landscape.</p> <p>Dulani Kulasinghe<strong> </strong>is an American of Sri Lankan heritage living in Brighton. Her writing explores contested histories and belonging. Her education work supports Brighton &amp; Hove's anti-racist school strategy through training and curriculum interventions around Britain's colonial past. She is a recipient of a Developing Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England and a Shifting the Gaze bursary from Writing Our Legacy/South Downs National Park to explore new stories in the Sussex landscape. Dulani was commissioned to write a site-responsive poem about the Chattri Memorial as part of Witness Stand, a Brighton Festival 2022 production. She is part of the inaugural cohort of New Writing South Fellows, a member of Writing Our Legacy and a core writer on the We See You Now project.</p> <p>Dulani’s narrative poem <em>Letters Home,</em> on the Caribbean soldiers stationed at Seaford Head during WW1, will form part of the <em>We See You Now</em> audio anthology across the landscape, as will Alinah’s poem, <em>If You Can Imagine</em>, a creative response to recent huge chalk cliff falls through the Seaford Archeology project.</p> <p><strong>Books recommended:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-worlds-war/david-olusoga/9781789544497">The World’s War by David Olusoga</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/jazz/toni-morrison/9780099750918">Jazz by Toni Morrison</a></p> <p><strong>Further links:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.sevensisters.org.uk/about/alinah-azadeh-seven-sisters-writer-in-residence/">We See You Now project</a>as part of Alinah’s Seven Sisters Writer residency</p> <p>More on the Carribean Soldiers stationed at Seaford during WW1 <a href="http://www.eastsussexww1.org.uk/west-indian-soldiers-seaford-3/index.html">here.</a></p> <p>Dulani’s work on the Chattri Memorial for Brighton Festival’s 2022 Witness Stand <a href="https://www.witnessstand.art/">here.</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_6tInJsgo">If You Can Imagine – performed on film by Alinah Azadeh</a> as part of <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-south-east/seaford-head">Seaford Archeology Clifffall project</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.cnp.org.uk/news/park-protector-awards-2022-shortlist-revealed-ahead-awards-ceremony">Campaign for National Parks – Park Protector Awards</a></p> <p>Anjana Khatwa @jurassicgirl – <a href="https://kentdowns.org.uk/geopark/">Heritage Beneath Our Feet – Transmanche GeoPark project</a></p> <p>---------------------------</p> <p>"The Colour of Chalk" is supported by funding from <a href="https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.artscouncil.org.uk%2F&amp;e=3ca04339&amp;h=3769c4de&amp;f=n&amp;p=y" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arts Council England</a> as well as the <a href="https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.southdowns.gov.uk%2F&amp;e=3ca04339&amp;h=0890a37b&amp;f=n&amp;p=y" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">South Downs National Park Authority</a>.</p> <p>Production is thanks to Sonic Boom Audio and Alinah Azadeh.</p>

The Colour of Chalk

We See You Now

Episode Four: Not So Far Apart with Dulani Kulasinghe

SEP 6, 202244 MIN
The Colour of Chalk

Episode Four: Not So Far Apart with Dulani Kulasinghe

SEP 6, 202244 MIN

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<p>On a rather lively Saturday morning in July as the heatwave arrived on our shores, Alinah Azadeh took a walk up towards Seaford Head with writer and educator Dulani Kulasinghe, to hear her poetry on the climate emergency through a personal lens – and to learn about how Dulani’s own cultural heritage has influenced her writing on home, belonging and the legacies of empire within the Sussex landscape.</p> <p>Dulani Kulasinghe<strong> </strong>is an American of Sri Lankan heritage living in Brighton. Her writing explores contested histories and belonging. Her education work supports Brighton &amp; Hove's anti-racist school strategy through training and curriculum interventions around Britain's colonial past. She is a recipient of a Developing Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England and a Shifting the Gaze bursary from Writing Our Legacy/South Downs National Park to explore new stories in the Sussex landscape. Dulani was commissioned to write a site-responsive poem about the Chattri Memorial as part of Witness Stand, a Brighton Festival 2022 production. She is part of the inaugural cohort of New Writing South Fellows, a member of Writing Our Legacy and a core writer on the We See You Now project.</p> <p>Dulani’s narrative poem <em>Letters Home,</em> on the Caribbean soldiers stationed at Seaford Head during WW1, will form part of the <em>We See You Now</em> audio anthology across the landscape, as will Alinah’s poem, <em>If You Can Imagine</em>, a creative response to recent huge chalk cliff falls through the Seaford Archeology project.</p> <p><strong>Books recommended:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-worlds-war/david-olusoga/9781789544497">The World’s War by David Olusoga</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/jazz/toni-morrison/9780099750918">Jazz by Toni Morrison</a></p> <p><strong>Further links:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.sevensisters.org.uk/about/alinah-azadeh-seven-sisters-writer-in-residence/">We See You Now project</a>as part of Alinah’s Seven Sisters Writer residency</p> <p>More on the Carribean Soldiers stationed at Seaford during WW1 <a href="http://www.eastsussexww1.org.uk/west-indian-soldiers-seaford-3/index.html">here.</a></p> <p>Dulani’s work on the Chattri Memorial for Brighton Festival’s 2022 Witness Stand <a href="https://www.witnessstand.art/">here.</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_6tInJsgo">If You Can Imagine – performed on film by Alinah Azadeh</a> as part of <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-south-east/seaford-head">Seaford Archeology Clifffall project</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.cnp.org.uk/news/park-protector-awards-2022-shortlist-revealed-ahead-awards-ceremony">Campaign for National Parks – Park Protector Awards</a></p> <p>Anjana Khatwa @jurassicgirl – <a href="https://kentdowns.org.uk/geopark/">Heritage Beneath Our Feet – Transmanche GeoPark project</a></p> <p>---------------------------</p> <p>"The Colour of Chalk" is supported by funding from <a href="https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.artscouncil.org.uk%2F&amp;e=3ca04339&amp;h=3769c4de&amp;f=n&amp;p=y" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arts Council England</a> as well as the <a href="https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.southdowns.gov.uk%2F&amp;e=3ca04339&amp;h=0890a37b&amp;f=n&amp;p=y" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">South Downs National Park Authority</a>.</p> <p>Production is thanks to Sonic Boom Audio and Alinah Azadeh.</p>