CULTURAL CONSULTANT

A gay, South Asian, Tanzanian, who has lived as a migrant and visible minority in three continents, I am a community based cultural producer and writer. I have over twenty years of experience as an activist on issues of representation around race, gender, sexuality, race, ability, and economic stratification.

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I am a script and manuscript cultural consultancy.

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Nothing is just black or white. I don't believe that there is a 'on-size-fits-all' solution. All work needs to examined on its' individual merits and individual context.

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My reading of the works is to check interpretation of characters for cultural, sexual, and gender stereotyping and to ensure that the text is aware of issues around cultural representation and has nuanced, complex characterisation. I check for authenticity in the use of cultural signifiers that language and dialect and the depiction of the responses to the social, political and religious situations is culturally appropriate, non-exploitative and can be read as realistic. I also check for any perceptions of stereotyping or unwarranted or unsubstantiated negative portrayals of characters assigned a specific ethnic or sexual identity.

ARTICLES BY ME

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• You Can't Be What You Can't See. A Potted History of Race and Representation in Australian Film  by Steve R.E Pereira 

• The Politics of Airing Communal Laundry: Kureishi to Kaling by Steve R.E. Pereira

• Towards an Aesthetic of Performance Praxis in Zones of Occult Instability by Steve R. E. Pereira