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Munk, A.K.A. Munkimuk, is a Jardwadjali Koori hip hop artist, rapper, producer, breakdancer, visual artist and composer (what hasn't he done?!) from Sydney. He co-founded the hip hop group (although he calls it “just his group of mates”) South West Syndicate and has his own program “Making Tracks” on Koori Radio, a First Nations radio station based in Sydney. During our talk, I found out Munk is a well of wisdom when it comes to Indigenous talent who have travelled the word as world class performers. Inspiring others is his biggest passion, and if you'll stick to the end, you'll be treated with the South West Syndicate track “Paradise,” featuring Uncle Wes Marne! Please be advised that this podcast contains references to people who have passed. Show script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FGZi8R6qvnpEiY2az5NSZEo7rcs2Es_Zm2SRvkKNF_k/edit?usp=sharing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/southwestsyndicate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southwestsydnicate YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/munkimuk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5PucMfIdu03qFXHTIBh9xb?si=ak3t9tB4Ta2Vi0TwuKPvug Links for more information: - NAIDOC in the City 2022: https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/naidoc-in-the-city - Uncle Wes Marne's book: https://www.booktopia.com.au/through-old-eyes-wes-marne/book/9780645428209.html - Slim Dusty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqtttbbYfSM - Wilma Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5abFvRet5s4 - The Average White Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ISLeHByD-I - Koori Radio: https://kooriradio.com/ - The Black Rock Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Po9jbh6P98&list=RDEMLa2m4ciouK6o4C3w7Wn5qg&start_radio=1 - Yabun festival: https://www.facebook.com/YabunFestival/ - Ngarra-Burria: https://www.sainsburymusic.com/ngarra-burria/ - Black Panther Woman documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4151104/ - Seed: https://www.seedmob.org.au/

El Beauty is a First Nations drag queen, based in western Sydney's Parramatta (Burramatta). She's also referred to as “the beauty of the West.” She regularly lip-syncs across the city, and today El will talk about her experiences of the art of Indigenous drag. Find out more: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/el_beauty_dragqueen/ • IndigiTube LGBTQI+ channel: https://www.indigitube.com.au/channel/62c6130fb82f59227d85376d • NAIDOC week: https://www.naidoc.org.au/ • Burramatta NAIDOC: https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/events/burramatta-naidoc • Seed: https://www.seedmob.org.au/

Gamilaroi poet and musician Luke Patterson takes us on a walk through Sydney's inner-western suburb Redfern, built on Gadigal land. Redfern, seen as the heart of Indigenous activism in Sydney, is Luke's homebase. After we grabbed a quick coffee, Luke told me all about his experiences of living here – as well as in Kurnell, about his idea of Country, about the blending of city -and urban sounds in his creative work, and last but not least, about his engagement in community projects, such as Ngana Barangarai, publishing poetry by inmates in Junee Correctional Centre. You will hear our conversation, as well as the sounds of the city. At times, the city sounds take over – if you find this unpleasant to listen to, I invite you to either let it wash over you, or skip ahead a few seconds while we turn a corner. Thanks for listening to our experiment of a conversation between humans, city, and Country. Links for more information: • Luke's take on the opening night of the Sydney Writers' Festival 2022: https://www.swf.org.au/stories/luke-patterson-on-opening-night/ • “Illawarra Wandering” – Luke Patterson: https://rundog.art/projects/illawarra-wandering • “Authority of Creeks” – Luke Patterson: https://rundog.art/poetry/authority-of-creeks-luke-patterson/ • Sydney Writers' Festival: https://www.swf.org.au/ • Luke's review of Jazz Money's “How to Make a Basket”: https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/review/money-how-to-make-a-basket/ • About “Dreaming Inside”: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/new-document/13875030 • “Dreaming Inside” Volume 10 (incl. Luke's poem “Somewhere Under a Wiradjuri Sun”): https://southcoastwriters.org/shop/p/dreaming-inside-volume-10-f6t6c • https://www.seedmob.org.au/

Yidinji, who is named after his tribal group near Cairns in Australia, is a visual artist and didgeridoo player. We talked about his style of art, the importance of his – uniquely made – digeridoo, and his important work with kids and wider communities in the Canberra region, through his art gallery: Burrunju Aboriginal Art Gallery. From caring for Country, to busking on the Cairns streets to organising workshops: Yidinji does it all. Do check out the website to see his art! Show full script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L0Cznl8270m8PTj0G5sDDour5Xjax86OrSY1ur-miBs/edit?usp=sharing Links for more information: • http://aboriginal-arts.com.au/contact.htm • https://www.niaf.com.au/ • https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7756582/the-art-of-patience-and-reconciliation/ • https://www.multiculturalfestival.com.au/ • https://www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/sentencing-statistics/indigenous-young-people-in-detention • https://www.seedmob.org.au/

In this episode of Movements & Sounds, Dominic Allen shares his work on a multi-platform project he initiated and directed: Carriberrie. Carriberrie showcases song and dance by various Indigenous cultural groups across Australia, which can be watched in planetariums as a fulldome experience, through VR, and is also accessible through an online website. Dominic sheds light on his experiences working with First Nations artists, as a non-First Nations Australian, and explains why VR can be such a powerful tool to bridge understanding and awareness between peoples in Australia and all over the world. Please be advised that this episode contains the name of a person who has passed. Show full script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k3ugiB4EUsmQYSKQ0ac55ow2m51nNHfmdF2z221jhRc/edit?usp=sharing Links for more information: • Carriberrie website: https://www.carriberrie.com/ • Carriberrie online: https://www.carriberrieonline.com/ • Spinifex Gum: https://www.spinifexgum.com/home • AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia: https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia • Seed: https://www.seedmob.org.au/

This episode features soul and R&B musician Mi-kaisha, a Darumbal Murri and Tongan artist raised in Sydney who shares her experiences of performing for her community, as well as abroad. She made her dream come true studying at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and has many achievements in her pocket: she was NAIDOC Youth of the Year in 2019, the same year she released her first EP titled Mi-kaisha, she won FBi Radio's Next Big Thing Award and has even appeared on Australian X Factor. We've talked about her passion for bringing lightness and joy to the world through music, and about taking space when it feels right and what it's like to navigate white-dominated spaces. Her latest single Brand New was released last year, which you can hear at the end of this episode. Enjoy! Please be advised that this podcast contains references to people who have passed. Show script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HF0bhu35QmTynLc3ZLHr0eHPfTREhbFjR6p2CESgSXs/edit?usp=sharing Website: http://www.mi-kaisha.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammikaisha/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammikaisha YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Mi-kaisha SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/search?q=iammikaisha Twitter: https://twitter.com/iammikaisha Links for more information: - Vivid: https://www.vividsydney.com/event/music/mi-kaisha-tumbalong-nights - Tell Me Why track: https://open.spotify.com/track/4G7rDZaZ8cHahlhUHhoNRu?si=f195e375ca984773 - Just Reinvest: https://www.justreinvest.org.au/ - Kimberwalli: https://kimberwalli.com.au/ - Uluru Statement from the Heart: https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement/ - Brand New track: https://open.spotify.com/track/1vjyekD56hO5NIsJAgjKgc?si=2790521e7afd4046 - Barkaa – Come Back track: https://open.spotify.com/track/7u7LezZrwHy3B9ip0munxc?si=99ccf99a5cc64bda - Deadly Hearts compilation How Deep Is Your Love, Bee Gees cover by Mi-kaisha: https://open.spotify.com/track/2VP7auXd1zuZQy8ccS9bfV?si=03e3ef3ebeaf41b3 - NAIDOC week: https://www.naidoc.org.au/ - Seed Mob: https://www.seedmob.org.au/

Dagmar is Associate Professor in the department of History, Classics, and Religious Studies at the University of Alberta and an indologist specialised in the history and literature of classical Indian medicine and alchemy. We discuss the complexities and opportunities of interdisciplinary research and how both disciplinary expertise and academic humility are important in furthering knowledge and cross-cultural exchange and understanding.

Cianna Walker is a Yuin and Gumbaynggirr musician living in Sydney. She is at the start of her music career as a singer and she studies Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of music. Cianna comes from a long line of Indigenous activists and cultural educators. We talked about her experiences of starting her university endeavour, awkward land acknowledgements, Indigenous languages, and, turns out, Cianna is a lover of movies! Stay tuned until the end to listen to her cover of the song Ngarra Burra Ferra. Please be advised that this podcast contains references to deceased persons. Show script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSgKFwP8M7tSFIDJRNK9tlQABdlyFP8_sgorAKxKtSRUjf98doLwYvzsLXMHeWDdQvpLFuyibLL8e8D/pub Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ciannawalker/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxOluf07qmBDEQq0h3Zwerw Links for more information: – About the movie The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11162490/ – “Bȁpa” by Gurrumul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9N8UXQbO34 – About the movie The Sapphires: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673697/ – The Dhurga Dictionary: https://aiatsis.gov.au/publication/35883 – About The Freedom Rides in Australia: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2015/02/18/explainer-what-was-australias-freedom-ride#:~:text=A%20group%20of%20students%20from,the%20experience%20of%20Aboriginal%20Australians. – About SeedMob: https://www.seedmob.org.au/

Interview with Dr Daniela Bevilacqua, South Asianist and post-doctoral researcher on the Haṭha Yoga Project. We discuss her extensive fieldwork with ascetic communities in India and why the best time to be doing ethnographic research in the field of Yoga Studies is now!

In episode 3 of the Understanding Yoga Studies series we interview Suzanne Newcombe, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the OU. We cover the importance of contemporary history, yoga as a powerful prism for understanding the contemporary world and the joy of archives!

Listen to an interview with Dr Jason Birch, Senior Research Fellow on the 'Light on Hatha Yoga' Project who discusses the discipline of philology, just what it takes to produce a critical edition, worm eaten manuscripts and his latest textual discovery a 14th century compendia entitled the Yogārṇava, 'The Ocean of Yoga'.

This podcast has been brought to life as part of Charlotte Schuitenmaker's PhD Thesis on contemporary Indigenous musics in Australia, investigating the relations between activism, urbanism, and Indigeneity through music. Instead of using interviews for just her thesis, Charlotte wants to share the interviews with you. The stories are important, and this way they are more accessible. Please be advised that this podcast contains references to deceased persons. Gamilaroi and Wakka Wakka song man and didgeridoo player Gumaroy Newman and British-Australian flutist, pianist, and composer Keyna Wilkins talk about all things Yulugi; an ensemble they have set up about 3 years ago. From fuzzy Capricorn behaviour to the Scottish origins of the word “digeridoo,” to the Australian national anthem, we have talked about it all. Most importantly, we talked about how music of the “here and now” can celebrate humans in all our commonalities as well as our differences. Because in the end, we are all (going?) grey. This episode includes one of their songs at the end of our talk as well, make sure to stay tuned! Little spoiler alert: Jalal Mahamede is now a free man! He was released only a couple of weeks after we recorded this episode. Show script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NWZM_5NvOlpCT7XoovqzM9N1oeSoGK7hDK8YBK1NLJk/edit?usp=sharing To find out more: https://www.yulugi.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yulugiensemble/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yulugi Links for more information: - About Ganga Giri: https://gangagiri.com/ - About the online streaming event hosting “Celestial Emu” composed by Keyna Wilkins and performed by Gumaroy Newman on Yidaki (Didgeridoo) and the Metropolitan Orchestra. The event was streamed on November 12 th , 2021, but this page contains a lot of info. Look for “Celestial Emu” under “Program Notes:” https://riversideparramatta.com.au/show/classicaldreamtime-watchparty/ - About Keyna's project together with Jalal: https://www.keynawilkins.com/set-me-free.html - About Jalal Mahamede: https://www.jalalmahamede.com/ - About the Recognition in Anthem Project: https://www.rap.org.au/ - About SeedMob: https://www.seedmob.org.au/

A podcast series aiming to make sense of our complex world; in each episode, SOAS academics interpret global affairs through a multi-disciplinary approach. First Episode: This week's guest is Scott Newton, Head of the School of Law, Gender and Media at SOAS, University of London. Scott, a true polymath, explains legal systems and philosophy, the unfairness of justice systems, Critical Race Theory, and the coming age of Transhumanism.

This podcast is brought to you as part of the Understanding Yoga Studies project, an online content series designed specifically to support early career and independent scholars gain a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the academic field of Yoga Studies. As a recognised field of academic study Yoga Studies is relatively young. Historically the study of traditions of yoga lived within a number of other academic disciplines; for example philology, Indology, history, religion and anthropology. In a contemporary academic context, studies of yoga have branched into further disciplinary contexts; for example sociology, ethnography, economics, modern history. This makes the field highly varied, engaging and exciting but also potentially vast and overwhelming for scholars new to the landscape. Each month we share an introduction to a different discipline within the field of Yoga Studies including an interview with a current academic working within that discipline. This content series is brought to you by the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies | Interview by Vicky Addinall | Sound production by Fred Molin Check out the Understanding Yoga Studies content series here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/yoga-studies/understanding-yoga-studies/ To read more about the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies here: https://www.soas.ac.uk/yoga-studies/ Follow us on socials here: Instagram: @soas.centreofyogastudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/237598023451901/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOAS_CYS SIGN UP ​​​​https://soas.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=749bd5ed1c1e9a79a850fb794&id=664dc112b1 to Centre's mailing list to receive the latest content direct to your inbox.

Hearts on sleeves. Panjab In My Eye Episode 17 features a mix of artists who have come up in the 2020s. Celebrating Panjabi love, heartache and expressiveness, this weeks show features artists Jeona Sandhu, Arsh Heer and Noor Tung amongst others. Panj Dareyavaan Da Bass - Bass of the Five Rivers Badshah - Surinder Shinda (Prod Sukh Rana) 00:00 Kabooter (Dr. Aashmeen Shahi) - Jeona Sandhu & Wazir Patar 02:30 Location (ft. Humble Kid) - Harjot Sidhu 05:02 12 - HRJXT & Intense 07:00 Tu Te Main - Robin Sekhon 08:52 Kali Nu Mil R&B Refix (ft Harbhajan Mann) - Sukh Rana 11:11 Jaandi Ni - Arsh Heer & Taxsaal 12:08 Mercy - Arsh Heer & Taxsaal 14:20 Gaani - Jeona Sandhu 17:00 Lotus (ft. Humble Kid) - Avatar Soundz 18:55 Boycott - Noor Tung & San B 20:37 Drive - Robin Dhillon 22:30 Mere Dil Wich Basdi - Ashok Phralvi & Ryan Singh 24:19 Bahaane - Noor Tung & San B 26:30 Hello - Jeona Sandhu & Wazir Patar 28:25 Narcos - Arsh Heer & Taxsaal 30:24 Tbh. - Arsh Heer 32:46 Dasde - Arsh Heer & Taxsaal 34:30 Naare Ve - Arsh Heer & Taxsaal 37:08 Paigaam (Gall Prelude) - JITT 39:45 @panjabinmyeye #panjabinmyeye

Dive into the beauty of Mumbai with guest host Pooja playing the sounds of her hometown. Expect Bollywood songs, Rap, a Koli song and some fun references to trains.

With/msb Ep.6 1. Serious – Mansur Brown 00:00 2. Point of View – LTJ Bukem 02:40 3. 2Am – Boonshot 04:28 4. Cool Bless Safe – Finn Foxell 06:10 5. Will You Cry – See Dee 07:45 6. First Class – Khruangbin 10:20 7. Papaya – Wun Two 13:25 8. You Can't Turn Me Away – Sylvia Striplin 15:30 9. More than a lover, more than a woman – Cay Caleb 18:00 10. U don't need no frontin' – Austin Marc 19:30 11. Egyptian Luvr (ft Aminé & Dana Williams) – Rejjie Snow 21:35 12. Together Is A Beautiful Place To Be (Nala Sinephro Remix) – Nubia Garcia 23:40 13. Mate In Five – Joe James 25:35 14. Basvegas (Bonus Track) – Joe James 27:50 15. Ericsson – Finn Foxell 30:50 16. Fenchurch St (ft Joe James) – KwolleM 33:18 17. Loss Pollos Hermanos – Knucks 35:00 18. Woolwich Arsenal (DLR) [ft D.C.] - KwolleM 36:04 19. Hunnids – Sainte 37:20

This podcast has been brought to life as part of Charlotte Schuitenmaker's PhD Thesis on contemporary Indigenous musics in Australia, investigating the relations between activism, urbanism, and Indigeneity through music. Instead of using interviews for just her thesis, Charlotte wants to share the interviews with you. The stories are important, and this way they are more accessible. Please be advised that this podcast contains names of deceased persons. This episode's guest is Dobby. Dobby is a Filipino and Muruwari musician in Australia. He plays the drums, he plays piano, and he raps on top of that. Dobby has released several singles, an EP, and he is always involved in various musical and cultural projects. Show script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sGFg0tGX5ZRcPVwwmiPp5i5PdT2XAy1slP8vz4eMXYM/edit?usp=sharing To find out more: https://www.dobby.com.au/ Instagram: @dobbyau Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DOBBYAU Links for more information: - About NAIDOC Week: https://www.naidoc.org.au/ - I Can't Breathe video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB9xhr_wR0M - About David Dungay Jr.: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/11/the-story-of-david-dungay-and-an-indigenous-death-in-custody - About Australia's national school curriculum: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/03/teaching-australias-truth-is-an-opportunity-for-all-young-people - About the 2019/2020 bushfires: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50951043 - About Seed Mob: https://www.seedmob.org.au/

Panjab In My Eye' Episode 16 featuring Karan Aujla, BBS, Rokitbeats and Gagan Mand. Some feel good and some acceleration tracks. Giving exposure to sound aesthetics and artists through flips, recent releases and Panjabi mixes. Panj Dareyaavan Da Bass - Bass of the Five Rivers on SOAS Radio Tere Te Remix ft AP Dhillon & Gurinder Gill - DJ BBS 00:00 80 Degrees ft Amaal - Karan Aujla 01:45 Sade Bare Ki Sochya - DJ HMD 04:18 No Problem ft Sultaan - Gagan Mand 06:20 Tera Yaar ft Jax - Straight Bank 08:32 Itz A Hustle - Karan Aujla 10:10 Fully Loaded Desi Remix - Deejay JSG & Imperial AV 12:22 Click That B Kickin It (Yaar Jatt De) - Karan Aujla 14:00 18 Wheels ft Straight Bank - G Sandhu 16:08 NY Roots ft Prodiigy - Straight Bank 17:40 Vigdea Jatt - Gagan Mand 19:43 Puff Puff Pass ft Gavy Dhaliwal, Bhallwaan, Swapan Sekhon & Gur Chahal - Sultaan 21:55 Old Skool ft Prem Dhillon - ParasiteDARK Nath ft Surjit Bindrakhia - ParasiteDARK 26:20 Here & There - Karan Aujla 28:42 Boli - Karan Aujla 31:20 Mera Rumaal ft Surjit Bindrakhia - ParasiteDARK 34:03 Insane - AP Dhillon, Shinda Kahlon, Gurinder Gill & Gminxr 36:00 Bhabi X2 - Keetview$, Pavvan & Rokitbeats 39:00 @panjabinmyeye #panjabinmyeye Est. Apr 2020 "It was late last summer my blood coloured the sky When I heard you break your swear Panjab in my eye.." - Panjabi MC ft Surinder Shinda - Mirza

Cuban music, the real deal. This episodes aims at giving its listeners an authentic introduction to the richness and complexity of the music made on the island of Cuba. It focuses on the influence Afro-Cuban religions have on the culture of the island which lead to the development of one of the most exciting music scenes in the world. Hopefully you'll find some hidden gems and lesser known treasures when listening. Paolo was lucky to receive suggestions by Prof. Lucy Durán whose anecdotes make for surprising discoveries. Be ready for religious syncretism, transculturation, Afro-Cuban Jazz and some of the most danceable songs ever.

On this episode guest host Maria introduces us to songs reminiscent of the beauty of nature and her appreciation for its calming and meditative effects after over a year in lockdown. It is divided into three parts: The sea, the pier and the forest.

Panjab In My Eye Episode 15. Bringing you 'Panj Dareyaavan Da Bass' (Bass of the 5 Rivers). Essentials, flips, mixes and emotive recent releases

Poet, dramatist and writer TM AHMED KAYSHER of SAUDHA Society of Poetry and Indian Music talks to Isuru about his life, career and influences with live performances and readings plus info on Tagore, Nazrul Islam, Satyajit Ray and Derrida. TICKETS for his latest show - CENTENARY CELEBRATION: T S ELIOT'S ‘THE WASTELAND' AND NAZRUL'S ‘BIDROHI' https://richmix.org.uk/events/the-centenary-celebration-of-t-s-eliots-the-wasteland-and-nazruls-bidrohi/?fbclid=IwAR1qMBl_gRvrrjOYHo0QE0JuWePReTXZZ-yBO1Jb_kRROm1zLTxAJXbWu5I

Kimiya Qadri interviews Júlia about her upcoming SOAS Student Enterprise funded music workshop and some of the current issues surrounding Roma music in the 21st century. Júlia Kozáková is a world-music singer from Slovakia and also a student from the Music Department at SOAS. She performed at the SOAS Concert Series in June 2021 with her new project called Manuša which mainly tracks old traditional Roma (Gypsy) songs and their stories from Slovakia and Central Europe.

In today's episode, our guest Amir Massoumian, a PhD student at SOAS University, joins us for a conversation. He will discuss the concerns surrounding eco-fascists in London, as well as his thoughts on diversity in Western education.

This podcast series explores various potential channels of antibiotic resistance transmission in Sri Lanka with the focus on wildlife, socio-economic drivers and culture based on the findings from the latest research projects funded by Bloomsbury SET UK. Following the previous podcast on antibiotic resistance & wildlife, we will further discuss socio-economic drivers of antibiotic resistance today. We learnt in the last podcast that the antibiotic resistance transmission is caused not only due to its over-use in healthcare facilities, but the underlying causes are much more complex, such as wildlife, contributing to antibiotic resistance spread through waterways through various channels. This means even without over-using antibiotics, there is a potential threat of antibiotic resistance spread via water contamination because of various factors such as poor sanitation, waste management. We will closely look into this indirect pathway in detail today.

This week, we are speaking to Samuel Olaniran, and Dr Stephanie Diepeveen, who have worked on the article, “Demystifying the COVID-19 infodemic: Conspiracies, context and the agency of users,” which has just been published in Social Media & Society. Samuel Olaniran is a PhD Candidate in the department of media studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, and has lectured at Plateau State University in Nigeria. His research focuses on digital dis/misinformation, social media and politics, computational propaganda and digital culture. Dr Stephanie Diepeveen is a Research Fellow at ODI and a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, where she also obtained a PhD in Politics and International Studies. Her work focuses on the social and political implications of the increasingly digital world. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Deirbhile Ni Bhranain Editor: Eliza Bacon Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-31-demystifying-conspiracies Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures YouTube: Global Digital Futures Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack: https://globaldigitalfutures.substack.com/welcome

This week we are joined by Paromita Vohra to talk about her platform, Agents of Ishq. Paromita is a filmmaker and writer whose work focuses on gender, feminism, urban life, love, desire and popular culture. It spans many forms, including documentary, fiction, print, video and sound installation. She is the founder of Agents of Ishq, a multi-media online project about sex education and sexual culture in India which platforms discussions and materials around sex, love and desire. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Eliza Bacon Editor: Deirbhile Ni Bhranain Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures YouTube: Global Digital Futures Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack: globaldigitalfutures.substack.com/welcome

This week we are joined by Darlington Akogo to speak about Global Dynamics of AI in Healthcare. Darlington Akogo is the Founder and Director of Artificial Intelligence at GUDRA, and its subsidiaries; including minoHealth, an AI Healthtech company and minoHealth AI Lab, an AI Healthcare, Biotech and Biomedical Research Lab. Darlington is the also lead for TG-AI4 Radiology under the United Nations ITU and World Health Organization's Focus Group on 'Artificial Intelligence for Health' (AI4H). He is also an Advisory Board Member and Ambassador to West Africa at AI Expo Africa, the largest business focused AI community in Africa. He is a member of MIT Tech Review Global Panel, and he's a Global Shaper under the World Economic Forum's initiative. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Eliza Bacon Editor & Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website here. Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures YouTube: Global Digital Futures Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack: https://globaldigitalfutures.substack.com/welcome

This week we are joined by Hannah Metcalfe to speak about Mobile for Development in Tanzania. Hannah has had an 8 year career in mobile for development and technology for development. Since 2017 she has been working for Viamo, and since 2019 she has been the Country Director in Tanzania. Viamo is a technology for development organisation with a platform capable of reaching anyone in the world, with a mobile phone. Viamo partners with a wide range of NGOs and other organisations. They can tailor excellent behaviour change communication campaigns, hotlines, infolines and subscription services, as well as providing the data analysis and visualisation to go with it. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Eliza Bacon Editor: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website here: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-28-mobile-4-development Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures YouTube: Global Digital Futures Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack: https://globaldigitalfutures.substack.com/welcome

On this episode we are speaking to Tais Koshino and Amelie Maia, co-founders of the DiverseNFTArt initiative which aims to provide a community for Women, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ NFT artists. Tais Koshino is a digital artist from Brazil whose work is featured on Hic et Nunc. Amelie Maia is an artist and senior creative developer currently based in Toronto, Canada. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin Editor: Eliza Bacon Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website here: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-27-nft-digital-art Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures YouTube: Global Digital Futures Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack: https://globaldigitalfutures.substack.com/welcome

A mix of future beats, bass and London sounds.

Panjab In My Eye Episode 14, giving exposure to various Panjabi sound aesthetics. Featuring artists such as Panjabi MC, LL Cool Singh and Ishu Dhillon. Panj Dareyavaan Da Bass - Bass of the 5 rivers @msb._____

There is before August 4th 2020 and after August 4th in the history of Lebanon. But there is also music and sound. What is the music scene like in Beirut? What artists and venues are there? And how has history been scored into the sound of a city exploded due to corruption and negligence? Beirut and Beyond's director Amani Semaan joins DanDana's Christina Hazboun in an intimate, deep and honest conversation about the music scene in Beirut and the latest Beirut 20/21 compilation. With an experience spanning a decade in the music scene in West Asia and North Africa, Amani Semaan recalls the events of the October Revolution, the exceptional, homegrown edition of Beirut and Beyond's showcase festival in February 2020 and takes listeners through the last twelve months on the music scene in Lebanon. From an intersectional socio-political and mainly musical perspective, you will hear about Beirut's indie scene and how a whole community of artists, festivals and cultural operators came together to release a sonic postcard of the time of Beirut 20/21. Take a seat and choose a quite corner to soak in events unfolding within the music of Lebanon. For the full compilation visit: https://beirutandbeyond.bandcamp.com/album/beirut-20-21

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This podcast series will explore various potential channels of AMR spread in Sri Lanka with the focus on wildlife, socio-economic drivers and culture, based on the findings from our latest research projects.

This week, we are speaking to Bhavjit Singh, the founder of the Twitter account @Tractor2twitr. The account was set up to support the Indian Farmers' Protests and counter the narrative being promoted by the mainstream media and the IT cells of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by President Narendra Modi. It currently has over 50,000 followers and is run by several hundred volunteers across the globe. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Eliza Bacon Editor: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website here: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-26-tractor2twitr-online-activism Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack

This week we are joined by Dr. Matti Pohjonen to speak about Extreme Speech & Content Moderation Online. For the past 10 years, Matti has developed critical-comparative research approaches for understanding digital cultures globally. This has included work on international news and blogging in India, mobile technology in East Africa, and exploring new methods in “big data” analysis and artificial intelligence for digital media research. Matti has taught at SOAS in Global Media & Post National Communication; he is now a researcher at the University of Helsinki where he is working on global and comparative dimensions of platform accountability. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Eliza Bacon Editor: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website here: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/extreme-speech-online Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack

In this follow-up to the Standing in the Sun episode, Paolo invites you to listen to a few more songs evoking the feeling of a sunny afternoon. The name of the episode is inspired by the wonderful song Onda (which means wave in Portuguese) of the amazing Brazilian musician Cassiano. Verão means summer in Portuguese, and so the title is "summer wave". In addition to referencing one of Brazil's greats in its title, this episode focuses mostly on the country's funk and soul scene from the 70s onwards with some intermissions from Rwanda, France and New York.

Dr Dafydd Fell is a Reader in Comparative Politics in our Department of Politics and International Studies, as well as Director of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies. A link to his new book, Taiwan's Green Parties, can be found here: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwans-Green-Parties-Alternative-Politics-in-Taiwan/Fell/p/book/9780367650315 He is interviewed by Leon Kunz, a PhD candidate in our Department of Politics and International Studies. Staff profiles: Dafydd Fell: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30933.php Leon Kunz: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff135860.php

Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the SOAS Access, Participation and Student Success team, and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio. In this episode, the young people of Bollo Brook discuss their experience of the lockdowns over the past year. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: anchor.fm/soasapss

This week we are joined by Thaysa Costa do Nascimento to speak about Social Transgressions & the Digital Influencer Trajectory in Brazil. Thaysa is a Doctoral student in Business Administration at COPPEAD Graduate School of Business of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her phD research focuses on influencers and branding within the theme of consumer behavior focused on culture and consumption. She also works as a researcher at COPPEAD Center for Consumer Studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, working on topics related to digital influencers, social media, human brands and consumer communities. Additionally, she holds a Bachelor in Defense and International Strategic Management. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Researcher: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin Editor: Eliza Bacon Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-24-social-media-influencers-brazil. Substack newsletter: globaldigitalfutures.substack.com/welcome Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures

This week we are speaking to Dr. Admire Mare on Social Media & the Changing Election Landscape in Zimbabwe. Dr. Mare is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Humanities. His research interests include analyzing the complex intersection between technology and society, people-centred social policies in the global South, digital journalism, social media and politics, media and democracy, media and conflict and the role of artificial intelligence in changing African newsrooms. He currently leads the international research project Social Media, Misinformation and Elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe (SoMeKeZi) funded by the Social Science Research Council (2019-2021). He is a member of the Africa Media Salon and serves on the editorial boards of Digital Journalism, African Journalism Studies and Communicare. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Editor: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website: www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-23-social-media-zim Substack newsletter: globaldigitalfutures.substack.com/welcome Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures

This week, we are speaking to Craig Ryder, a PhD researcher at SOAS, University of London on Truth, Information & Synthetic Realities in Sri Lanka. Craig is a digital anthropologist concerned with disinformation, social media and the nascent technology of synthetic media. Building on his journalism experience in Sri Lanka, Craig’s PhD research looks to not only understand the impact of fake news on democracy but how communities are mitigating its effect. Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera Editor: Eliza Bacon Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis Discover more about this interview on our website: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-22-deep-fakes Twitter: @global_futures Instagram: @global_futures

In this episode, SOAS' Amina Yaqin, reader in postcolonial literature, and Naomi Foyle, author of the Gaia Chronicles, discuss working together to facilitate decolonised representations of Muslims, particularly women, in Western fiction and culture. They are interviewed by Professor Alison Scott Baumann. Amina: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff32041.php Naomi: https://www.naomifoyle.com/about/ Alison: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff105767.php

Emma Crewe, Richard Axelby and Beth Worku-Dix reflect on their Deepening Democracy Project, which has focused particularly on politically fragile countries through the creation of the Global Research Network on Parliaments and People. Undertaken in collaboration with the Forum for Social Studies (Addis) and Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (Yangon), the research has been supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund through the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The discussion will be moderated by Dr Benjamin Bowles. Emma Crewe: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff44316.php Richard Axelby: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff45954.php Beth Worku-Dix: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff123425.php Benjamin Bowles: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff125345.php

Bollo Speaks is a collaboration between the SOAS Access, Participation and Student Success team, and community partner Bollo Brook Youth Centre. Each episode is created entirely by the young people, with conversations around Identity, perception and more, soundtracked by their own music, recorded at Bollo Brook's in-house studio. In this episode, the young people of Bollo Brook discuss the climate emergency, protest movements and equality in the future. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: https://anchor.fm/soasapss