Questions on whether an elite exhibition is the right space to build a decolonised and decarbonised world
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Zoe Rasbash is writer, researcher, and programmer working at the intersection of visual arts and the climate emergency. She is co-founder of Lilith Archive, and researcher at Watershed, exploring the role of creative industries in a just transition. With a background in climate justice organising, Zoe has campaigned at the local, national and international level for just responses to the climate crisis, previously as International Coordinator for the UK Youth Climate Coalition and Youth Representative on the UN Taskforce for Climate Displacement.
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