PAUL:	Joining me now in the studio, Bert Redpath, Dupree Chair of Anthropology 
	at the University of Nfld at St. John's, and curator of an exhibition of photos 
	at Gallery Boron which documents Newfoundland's imperial intervention in Africa 
	in the 1930s.  Welcome to The Great Eastern.

RED:	Thank you.

PAUL:	The exhibit has a name, I take it?

RED:	Yes, it's called "The Colony's Imperial Eye."

PAUL:	Ah.  Great title.

RED:	Thank you.

PAUL:	Apparent paradox.  What does it mean?  Intrigue.

RED:	Yes, as you know, at the behest of the British in 1933, the Dominion of 
	Newfoundland sent troops to intervene in a civil war in Oougubomba that threatened 
	Britain's African interests.  My exhibit comprises some 400 photos taken by 
	members of that ill-fated expedition.

PAUL:	Photos hitherto dispersed or forgotten that reveal something of the utmost 
	importance, no doubt.

RED:	Indeed.  Essentially the shocking way that Newfoundlanders -- so recently 
	victims of colonization themselves --could assume the perspective of the 
	imperial master over others.

PAUL:	Surprise, surprise.

RED:	Well, I...

PAUL:	No, please tell us more -- I mean, after all, there's nothing more rivetting 
	than photographs on the radio.  Picture, thousand words.  Go ahead.

RED:	It is a bit difficult to describe, I admit.  Ah, have you seen the show?

PAUL:	Of course I have.  (side-splitter) One of the most moving experiences of my life.  
	Absolutely tragic.

RED:	I'm afraid you've lost me.

PAUL:	Hilarity, sincerity, compassionarity.  Name of the game.  So they tell me, 
	so they tell me.  Ah, (shrugs it off)  Excuse me, ah, Dr. Redpath, the exhibit 
	was the subject of some controversy, wasn't it ?

RED:	Yes, some of the Oogoobomban community here in town felt that even though 
	the exhibit itself is critical of the imperial gaze, it reproduces that gaze, 
	and so perpetuates oppression.

PAUL:	(feverish; nauseous)  Oh, ya, right, that must have been so hard to deal 
	with.  Oh man.  (snapping out of it)  So, how's the book project coming?

RED:	Ah, well, yes, I'm hoping to collect the photos in book form, with a 
	historical and critical introduction, of course.

PAUL:	Of course, of course.  Are we out of time yet ?  Oh, god, Dr. Redpath, 
	I'm sorry ... what have I done.  (suddenly upbeat and back to normal)  
	Thank you so much for coming in, 

RED:	Well ... thank you.

PAUL:	And very best of luck with the exhibit -- "The Colony's Imperial Eye" 
	at the Gallery Boron until the end of next week.  Don't miss it.