Ian Ramirez (They/Them) is a Filipino bakla/non-binary dramaturg, theatre and performance-maker, educator, and researcher. They has produced works both in the Philippines and Australia. Their most recent works include Chasing Dick (Qtopia Sydney, 2025 & Melbourne Fringe, 2024), and Regine: The Fairy Gay Mother (Virgin Lab Fest, Cultural Centre of the Philippines, 2023). Their online essays have appeared in Liminal Review of Books, and Malthouse Theatre’s Engine Room Blog. At present, Ian serves as Tayo-Tayo Collective’s Creative Associate while they pursue a PhD (Arts) at the University of Melbourne. They lives and works on unceded Wurundjeri land.
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Ian Ramirez
Collective Reading as Radical Care
In an age where critical reading is often sidelined, how can we reclaim reading as a collective praxis and an act of care? This workshop invites a coming together and engage in collective reading of an essay and non-fiction pieces on migration in so-called Australia.
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