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Rachael Gunn
Dr Rachael Gunn is a lecturer in media and creative industries at Macquarie University (Sydney). Her work focuses on the cultural politics of breaking and street dance cultures. She is particularly interested in broader questions about the body, identity, community and belonging, and how dance can act as a catalyst for transformation. Her research approach is interdisciplinary, drawing on her own breaking practice, as well as ethnography, cultural theory and the disciplines of dance studies, popular music studies, hip hop studies and media studies. She is an elite breaker representing under the name ‘Raygun’ and was Australia’s top-ranked female breaker in 2020 and 2021.
Contact: Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus, Macquarie Park, NSW 2109, Australia.