Making Legible These Lives — with Angela Aujla

On this episode of Below the Radar, Angela Aujla, visual artist and Professor of Sociology at Georgian College, sits down with Am Johal. Angela shares her career transition into the visual arts, while continuing to draw upon her academic background in Sociology and Anthropology to influence her mixed-media works. Angela also discusses the influences and inspiration of her art exhibition, My Grandmother’s Dress. The episode ends on a meaningful conversation about the complexities of diaspora identities and how different generations dealt with them. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/211-angela-aujla.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/211-angela-aujla.html Resources: Angela Aujla’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angela_aujla_art/?hl=en Angela Aujla - Exhibition: My Grandmother’s Dress: https://maclarenart.com/exhibition/my-grandmothers-dress/ Bio: Angela Aujla is a South Asian Canadian visual artist, influenced by her academic study of visual culture, anthropology, and feminist postcolonial theory. Her mixed-media, narrative artwork explores the complexity and interplay of history, memory, and identity with a focus on diasporic and material culture. Angela is also a Professor of Sociology in Georgian College’s Liberal Arts department. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Making Legible These Lives — with Angela Aujla.” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, October 3, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/221-angela-aujla.html.