Podcasts about everyday politics

Sitting-in for Thom Hartmann is guest-host Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works Alex talks with artist, film producer, activist and musical comedian, Robby Roadsteamer, about defeating the hopelessness surrounding our everyday politics and how absurdist humor can help lift those feelings.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What do Russians really think? The question is old and elusive. It is also somewhat of a tell–to pose it is to suggest there's a coherent answer, and more so, that Russians' collective opinions matter. For the most part, scholars have turned to history, media, opinion polls, and assumptions to untie this knot. Jeremy Morris is no different in this regard, except that he approaches his subjects with ethnography–long, multi-year conversations of residents of provincial Russia to gauge their engagement with politics locally and nationally. A kind of political biography that records the ebbs and flows of Russian provincial life. How have Russians responded to their government's invasion of Ukraine? How do they regard the past, present, and possible future of Russia? What issues concern and motivate them to political action? The Eurasian Knot spoke to Jeremy about his new book, Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance to get an on-the-ground view of Russian political life.Guest:Jeremy Morris is Professor of Global Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark. He's the author of Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance published by Bloomsbury Academic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Industrial workers in Ukraine have a complex political lifeworld because their political action aimed at bringing radical social change coexists with a demobilizing stance that condemns all political participation as corrupt. This contradictory attitude to politics defines the character of populist mass mobilizations that shook Ukraine in 2004 and 2014, as well as the electoral overhaul of 2019 and the popular response to the Russian invasion in 2022. Based on three years of fieldwork in the city of Kryvyi Rih, the book focuses on the moral economy that constitutes the working-class and structures its relations with other social groups. The Making and Unmaking of the Ukrainian Working Class is written by Denys Gorbach, published in 2024 by Berghan Books. Denys Gorbach is a teaching and research adjunct at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Industrial workers in Ukraine have a complex political lifeworld because their political action aimed at bringing radical social change coexists with a demobilizing stance that condemns all political participation as corrupt. This contradictory attitude to politics defines the character of populist mass mobilizations that shook Ukraine in 2004 and 2014, as well as the electoral overhaul of 2019 and the popular response to the Russian invasion in 2022. Based on three years of fieldwork in the city of Kryvyi Rih, the book focuses on the moral economy that constitutes the working-class and structures its relations with other social groups. The Making and Unmaking of the Ukrainian Working Class is written by Denys Gorbach, published in 2024 by Berghan Books. Denys Gorbach is a teaching and research adjunct at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Industrial workers in Ukraine have a complex political lifeworld because their political action aimed at bringing radical social change coexists with a demobilizing stance that condemns all political participation as corrupt. This contradictory attitude to politics defines the character of populist mass mobilizations that shook Ukraine in 2004 and 2014, as well as the electoral overhaul of 2019 and the popular response to the Russian invasion in 2022. Based on three years of fieldwork in the city of Kryvyi Rih, the book focuses on the moral economy that constitutes the working-class and structures its relations with other social groups. The Making and Unmaking of the Ukrainian Working Class is written by Denys Gorbach, published in 2024 by Berghan Books. Denys Gorbach is a teaching and research adjunct at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

Industrial workers in Ukraine have a complex political lifeworld because their political action aimed at bringing radical social change coexists with a demobilizing stance that condemns all political participation as corrupt. This contradictory attitude to politics defines the character of populist mass mobilizations that shook Ukraine in 2004 and 2014, as well as the electoral overhaul of 2019 and the popular response to the Russian invasion in 2022. Based on three years of fieldwork in the city of Kryvyi Rih, the book focuses on the moral economy that constitutes the working-class and structures its relations with other social groups. The Making and Unmaking of the Ukrainian Working Class is written by Denys Gorbach, published in 2024 by Berghan Books. Denys Gorbach is a teaching and research adjunct at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Industrial workers in Ukraine have a complex political lifeworld because their political action aimed at bringing radical social change coexists with a demobilizing stance that condemns all political participation as corrupt. This contradictory attitude to politics defines the character of populist mass mobilizations that shook Ukraine in 2004 and 2014, as well as the electoral overhaul of 2019 and the popular response to the Russian invasion in 2022. Based on three years of fieldwork in the city of Kryvyi Rih, the book focuses on the moral economy that constitutes the working-class and structures its relations with other social groups. The Making and Unmaking of the Ukrainian Working Class is written by Denys Gorbach, published in 2024 by Berghan Books. Denys Gorbach is a teaching and research adjunct at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Industrial workers in Ukraine have a complex political lifeworld because their political action aimed at bringing radical social change coexists with a demobilizing stance that condemns all political participation as corrupt. This contradictory attitude to politics defines the character of populist mass mobilizations that shook Ukraine in 2004 and 2014, as well as the electoral overhaul of 2019 and the popular response to the Russian invasion in 2022. Based on three years of fieldwork in the city of Kryvyi Rih, the book focuses on the moral economy that constitutes the working-class and structures its relations with other social groups. The Making and Unmaking of the Ukrainian Working Class is written by Denys Gorbach, published in 2024 by Berghan Books. Denys Gorbach is a teaching and research adjunct at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By John Mulhall @authormulhall | john@authormulhall.com is a writer with Irish Tech News for over 8 years and also a Cloud Engineer, Writer, and Novelist. You can learn more about John, and his debut novel "From Terror to Valor: Echoes and Shadows" on his author site at https://authormulhall.com Everyday Politics In Russia Reviewed After reviewing 'Everyday Politics in Russia' by Jeremy Morris, I feel more informed about the human condition, which lies beneath authoritarian Russia. For those who are in, or who have an interest in political science, sociology or geopolitics, this is a must-read about what lies beneath Putin's Russia. A point of note about the writing style. The author has a complex writing style and is not afraid to use industry terms in his explanations and arguments. A glossary of terms would expand the attraction to more general-interest readers aware of Russia as an authoritarian threat. Three short stories at the introduction's start greeted my entry into the book's introduction. The author's real-life extracts are composite examples of many conversations he had while there. They are also reference points throughout the book as they represent the human stories of ordinary Russians. Given the author's extended presence in Russia, finding extensive explanation and context for the book's content was unsurprising. He concisely sets out the context of the read, setting expectations as he moves through the introduction. This book is a political anthology. In short, it's a social behavior story about ordinary Russians. As interpretation is part of the author's premise in the book, he offers many opinions based on known facts and consistently held observations. He wishes to show the great conflict between Russia's welfare message to its people and the harsh environment the state delivers in contradiction. Micro politics, cottage industries and informal work arrangements are part of the author's exploration. I found the reasons offered for pro-war and anti-war activism to be a stark reminder of what happens when the ordinary person gets left behind, only to become a commodity in a nation's elitist agenda. The cross section of ordinary Russians drawn from in the author's research, leans into this point as he moves into Part one. Chapter one starts with Russia's defensive consolidation in the face of humiliating defeats in Ukraine. Chapters two and three explore the roots of Russian resentment in the author's view, along with the weaponization of the humiliation felt when the Soviet Union ended in 1991. The humiliation aspect has little to do with facts about the West. Yet, it was instrumental as a weaponized false narrative in convincing Russians of the threat posed by the West. Chapter four begins part two in the exploration of hopelessness, along with the ideological clash between coercive state control and state welfare. It also looks at the consequences of this disparity, such as thriving underground industries and hushed political views. Chapter five finished out part two with an exploration of the ordinary Russian's interaction with a militarized state, the coercive effect of state policing and how it clashes with welfare pledges. Chapter six begins part three, where the author discusses micro-political climates of all kinds. It follows ordinary Russian interaction, growing the mutual aid concept, and reciprocity among ordinary Russians. This underground movement comes at the cost of state control and modernization. Chapter seven explores adaptation by ordinary Russian households, turning to self-production, and salvaging what they can in harsh conditions to get by. Chapter eight switches gears to political activism, and the stark differences in the methodologies of pro-war and anti-war activism in Russia. Chapter nine is the book's conclusion, where the heavily researched content throughout is recast in summary. It draws supporting arguments from the content to make concluding points. Areas covered include...

What do Russians really want? Do they want authoritarianism and are they prepared to go along with a war of conquest and destruction? Or do they want something else? A landmark contribution to the field, Morris is the only social researcher to have carried out fieldwork in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, engaging with communities in Moscow, regional cities, as well as rural areas to bring perspectives on Russian everyday lives that are now entirely inaccessible to the West. Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025) uses the lens of micropolitics, defined not as politics in miniature but instead as taking seriously the political content of people's normal lives revealed in their practices, interactions and discussions. Based on decades-long interactions with people from a diverse cross-section of society in Russia – from security service officers to factory workers, from unemployed young men to citizen journalists and activists, this is the most comprehensive insight to date into the complexity of Russian attitudes toward war, their government and the post-1991 political trajectory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

What do Russians really want? Do they want authoritarianism and are they prepared to go along with a war of conquest and destruction? Or do they want something else? A landmark contribution to the field, Morris is the only social researcher to have carried out fieldwork in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, engaging with communities in Moscow, regional cities, as well as rural areas to bring perspectives on Russian everyday lives that are now entirely inaccessible to the West. Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025) uses the lens of micropolitics, defined not as politics in miniature but instead as taking seriously the political content of people's normal lives revealed in their practices, interactions and discussions. Based on decades-long interactions with people from a diverse cross-section of society in Russia – from security service officers to factory workers, from unemployed young men to citizen journalists and activists, this is the most comprehensive insight to date into the complexity of Russian attitudes toward war, their government and the post-1991 political trajectory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

What do Russians really want? Do they want authoritarianism and are they prepared to go along with a war of conquest and destruction? Or do they want something else? A landmark contribution to the field, Morris is the only social researcher to have carried out fieldwork in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, engaging with communities in Moscow, regional cities, as well as rural areas to bring perspectives on Russian everyday lives that are now entirely inaccessible to the West. Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025) uses the lens of micropolitics, defined not as politics in miniature but instead as taking seriously the political content of people's normal lives revealed in their practices, interactions and discussions. Based on decades-long interactions with people from a diverse cross-section of society in Russia – from security service officers to factory workers, from unemployed young men to citizen journalists and activists, this is the most comprehensive insight to date into the complexity of Russian attitudes toward war, their government and the post-1991 political trajectory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

What do Russians really want? Do they want authoritarianism and are they prepared to go along with a war of conquest and destruction? Or do they want something else? A landmark contribution to the field, Morris is the only social researcher to have carried out fieldwork in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, engaging with communities in Moscow, regional cities, as well as rural areas to bring perspectives on Russian everyday lives that are now entirely inaccessible to the West. Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025) uses the lens of micropolitics, defined not as politics in miniature but instead as taking seriously the political content of people's normal lives revealed in their practices, interactions and discussions. Based on decades-long interactions with people from a diverse cross-section of society in Russia – from security service officers to factory workers, from unemployed young men to citizen journalists and activists, this is the most comprehensive insight to date into the complexity of Russian attitudes toward war, their government and the post-1991 political trajectory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Anthropologist Jeremy Morris joins The Naked Pravda to discuss his latest book, Everyday Politics in Russia: From Resentment to Resistance (Bloomsbury, March 2025). The conversation explores Morris's extensive fieldwork across urban, regional, and rural Russia to understand how society has responded to the collapse of the USSR, capitalist social Darwinism, and the ongoing war in Ukraine. He shares insights into his ethnographic methods, emphasizing the importance of embedded, long-term relationships and the distinction between social suffering and geopolitical resentment. Morris also critiques the limitations and biases of polling data in news coverage and underscores the need for more diverse voices in understanding contemporary Russian society.Как поддержать нашу редакцию — даже если вы в России и вам очень страшно

Reflecting the chaotic and fast-moving nature of the times, another podcast of two parts. In the first, looking at various issues of the week, from Trump's apparent threat to increase sanctions on Russia to a spy case in the UK.In the second half, I look at two recent books, Political Legitimacy and Traditional Values in Putin's Russia, edited by Helge Blakkisrud & Pål Kolstø (Edinburgh UP) and Jeremy Morris's Everyday Politics in Russia. From Resentment to Resistance, (Bloomsbury) and use them to spin off a discussion about legitimacy in modern Russia.The piece ‘Recycling to resist,' I mentioned by Alexandrina Vanke, is in the Sociological Review here.The podcast's corporate partner and sponsor is Conducttr, which provides software for innovative and immersive crisis exercises in hybrid warfare, counter-terrorism, civil affairs and similar situations.You can also follow my blog, In Moscow's Shadows, and become one of the podcast's supporting Patrons and gain question-asking rights and access to exclusive extra materials including the (almost-) weekly Govorit Moskva news briefing right here.  Support the show

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In this terrific episode of Guerrilla History, we bring on our comrade and friend Matteo Capasso to discuss his fantastic book Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, a work based on oral histories and "provides a unique and vivid look into the political dynamics that characterized the everyday lives of Libyans, offering a compelling counterargument to those who insist on framing the history of the country as a stateless, authoritarian, and rogue state".  Really great conversation and a really important book, we already have plans for Matteo to come back on in a coming miniseries set to drop this summer! Matteo Capasso is the editor of the invaluable journal Middle East Critique (on twitter @MidEastCritique), and his work pertains to political economy and international relations.  He is a Marie Curie Fellow between the University of Venice and Columbia University.  In addition to picking up his book, you can follow him on twitter @capassomat. Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

Rudy joins Matteo Capasso, author of Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya for a discussion on Libya with a focus on the period from 1969 to 2011. We delves into Matteo's  research on Libya, exploring the myths and stories surrounding Libya's history, aiming to dispel the notion of Qaddafi's authoritarianism and the concept of statelessness among the Libyan people. The conversation takes a historical journey, discussing the antecedents of the Libyan revolution, the formation of the "Jamahiriya," and Qaddafi's rise to power. They analyze the authoritarian nature of Qaddafi's rule, Libya's anti-imperialist role in the world, and key events that marked the decline of the revolution. The podcast also examines the role of Saif al-Islam, the framing of opposition in Islamic terms, the economic benefits of the revolution, and the surprising insights gained from conversations with refugees. Finally, the discussion delves into the complexities of the 2011 Libyan revolution and its enduring impact on Libyan politics, especially present with the recent floods.

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!* Matteo Capasso (@capassomat) recently joined me for a two-part episode ("Lessons from the end of the Libyan Arab Jamāhīriyyah"), and I wanted to have him back to elaborate on some of the threads we didn't pick up on in our initial talk.  This is roughly 50% of our conversation.  Sign up on Patreon for to access the full episode   Check out his book, Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2023)

*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation and help keep the show going!*   The second half of my conversation with Matteo Capasso (@capassomat), author of the new book,  Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2023).      

**This episode contains roughly 60% of our conversation.  To listen to the second half, subscribe to the show on Patreon and help keep the show going** Matteo Capasso (@capassomat) is the author of Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2023) Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

In this episode, we take on the "Everyday Politics of Neo-Conservatism: Cooking Shows, Islamic Fashion, and Consumption in Turkey" with Dr. Lisel Hintz, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Dr. Feyda Sayan Cengiz, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Manisa Celal Bayar University.

Compared to their Uyghur and Kazakh co-religionists in Xinjiang, China's largest single Muslim group – the Hui – has received less media and scholarly attention lately, perhaps understandably so since the former groups have borne the brunt of the campaigns of ethnic enclosure and erasure launched in recent years by the Chinese Communist Party. But as a near-ubiquitous presence across China and thus a community deeply involved in the waves of migration and urbanisation affecting many PRC citizens in recent decades, the Hui offer a compelling case through which to examine how religious, ethnic, class and other identities intersect with these processes. Focusing on communities in four diverse Chinese cities, David Stroup's Pure and True: The Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims (U Washington Press, 2022) provides a careful dissection of the complex negotiations of intersecting identities that face today's Hui. Based on dozens of interviews and ethnographic observation, this clearly written and persuasive book has much to say about how people's day-to-day understandings of ‘Huiness' intersect with the categories put forward by the state, and how local debates unfolding internally within Hui communities may be reframed as they themselves fall under the gaze of the ‘people's war on terror.' Ed Pulford is an Anthropologist and Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on friendships and histories between the Chinese, Korean and Russian worlds, and indigeneity in northeast Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Compared to their Uyghur and Kazakh co-religionists in Xinjiang, China's largest single Muslim group – the Hui – has received less media and scholarly attention lately, perhaps understandably so since the former groups have borne the brunt of the campaigns of ethnic enclosure and erasure launched in recent years by the Chinese Communist Party. But as a near-ubiquitous presence across China and thus a community deeply involved in the waves of migration and urbanisation affecting many PRC citizens in recent decades, the Hui offer a compelling case through which to examine how religious, ethnic, class and other identities intersect with these processes. Focusing on communities in four diverse Chinese cities, David Stroup's Pure and True: The Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims (U Washington Press, 2022) provides a careful dissection of the complex negotiations of intersecting identities that face today's Hui. Based on dozens of interviews and ethnographic observation, this clearly written and persuasive book has much to say about how people's day-to-day understandings of ‘Huiness' intersect with the categories put forward by the state, and how local debates unfolding internally within Hui communities may be reframed as they themselves fall under the gaze of the ‘people's war on terror.' Ed Pulford is an Anthropologist and Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on friendships and histories between the Chinese, Korean and Russian worlds, and indigeneity in northeast Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Compared to their Uyghur and Kazakh co-religionists in Xinjiang, China's largest single Muslim group – the Hui – has received less media and scholarly attention lately, perhaps understandably so since the former groups have borne the brunt of the campaigns of ethnic enclosure and erasure launched in recent years by the Chinese Communist Party. But as a near-ubiquitous presence across China and thus a community deeply involved in the waves of migration and urbanisation affecting many PRC citizens in recent decades, the Hui offer a compelling case through which to examine how religious, ethnic, class and other identities intersect with these processes. Focusing on communities in four diverse Chinese cities, David Stroup's Pure and True: The Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims (U Washington Press, 2022) provides a careful dissection of the complex negotiations of intersecting identities that face today's Hui. Based on dozens of interviews and ethnographic observation, this clearly written and persuasive book has much to say about how people's day-to-day understandings of ‘Huiness' intersect with the categories put forward by the state, and how local debates unfolding internally within Hui communities may be reframed as they themselves fall under the gaze of the ‘people's war on terror.' Ed Pulford is an Anthropologist and Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on friendships and histories between the Chinese, Korean and Russian worlds, and indigeneity in northeast Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies

Compared to their Uyghur and Kazakh co-religionists in Xinjiang, China's largest single Muslim group – the Hui – has received less media and scholarly attention lately, perhaps understandably so since the former groups have borne the brunt of the campaigns of ethnic enclosure and erasure launched in recent years by the Chinese Communist Party. But as a near-ubiquitous presence across China and thus a community deeply involved in the waves of migration and urbanisation affecting many PRC citizens in recent decades, the Hui offer a compelling case through which to examine how religious, ethnic, class and other identities intersect with these processes. Focusing on communities in four diverse Chinese cities, David Stroup's Pure and True: The Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims (U Washington Press, 2022) provides a careful dissection of the complex negotiations of intersecting identities that face today's Hui. Based on dozens of interviews and ethnographic observation, this clearly written and persuasive book has much to say about how people's day-to-day understandings of ‘Huiness' intersect with the categories put forward by the state, and how local debates unfolding internally within Hui communities may be reframed as they themselves fall under the gaze of the ‘people's war on terror.' Ed Pulford is an Anthropologist and Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on friendships and histories between the Chinese, Korean and Russian worlds, and indigeneity in northeast Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Compared to their Uyghur and Kazakh co-religionists in Xinjiang, China's largest single Muslim group – the Hui – has received less media and scholarly attention lately, perhaps understandably so since the former groups have borne the brunt of the campaigns of ethnic enclosure and erasure launched in recent years by the Chinese Communist Party. But as a near-ubiquitous presence across China and thus a community deeply involved in the waves of migration and urbanisation affecting many PRC citizens in recent decades, the Hui offer a compelling case through which to examine how religious, ethnic, class and other identities intersect with these processes. Focusing on communities in four diverse Chinese cities, David Stroup's Pure and True: The Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims (U Washington Press, 2022) provides a careful dissection of the complex negotiations of intersecting identities that face today's Hui. Based on dozens of interviews and ethnographic observation, this clearly written and persuasive book has much to say about how people's day-to-day understandings of ‘Huiness' intersect with the categories put forward by the state, and how local debates unfolding internally within Hui communities may be reframed as they themselves fall under the gaze of the ‘people's war on terror.' Ed Pulford is an Anthropologist and Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on friendships and histories between the Chinese, Korean and Russian worlds, and indigeneity in northeast Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

Compared to their Uyghur and Kazakh co-religionists in Xinjiang, China's largest single Muslim group – the Hui – has received less media and scholarly attention lately, perhaps understandably so since the former groups have borne the brunt of the campaigns of ethnic enclosure and erasure launched in recent years by the Chinese Communist Party. But as a near-ubiquitous presence across China and thus a community deeply involved in the waves of migration and urbanisation affecting many PRC citizens in recent decades, the Hui offer a compelling case through which to examine how religious, ethnic, class and other identities intersect with these processes. Focusing on communities in four diverse Chinese cities, David Stroup's Pure and True: The Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims (U Washington Press, 2022) provides a careful dissection of the complex negotiations of intersecting identities that face today's Hui. Based on dozens of interviews and ethnographic observation, this clearly written and persuasive book has much to say about how people's day-to-day understandings of ‘Huiness' intersect with the categories put forward by the state, and how local debates unfolding internally within Hui communities may be reframed as they themselves fall under the gaze of the ‘people's war on terror.' Ed Pulford is an Anthropologist and Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on friendships and histories between the Chinese, Korean and Russian worlds, and indigeneity in northeast Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Compared to their Uyghur and Kazakh co-religionists in Xinjiang, China's largest single Muslim group – the Hui – has received less media and scholarly attention lately, perhaps understandably so since the former groups have borne the brunt of the campaigns of ethnic enclosure and erasure launched in recent years by the Chinese Communist Party. But as a near-ubiquitous presence across China and thus a community deeply involved in the waves of migration and urbanisation affecting many PRC citizens in recent decades, the Hui offer a compelling case through which to examine how religious, ethnic, class and other identities intersect with these processes. Focusing on communities in four diverse Chinese cities, David Stroup's Pure and True: The Everyday Politics of Ethnicity for China's Hui Muslims (U Washington Press, 2022) provides a careful dissection of the complex negotiations of intersecting identities that face today's Hui. Based on dozens of interviews and ethnographic observation, this clearly written and persuasive book has much to say about how people's day-to-day understandings of ‘Huiness' intersect with the categories put forward by the state, and how local debates unfolding internally within Hui communities may be reframed as they themselves fall under the gaze of the ‘people's war on terror.' Ed Pulford is an Anthropologist and Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on friendships and histories between the Chinese, Korean and Russian worlds, and indigeneity in northeast Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

It's the last episode of season 1 of Being Biracial. Today we're interviewing each other. We chat about: Having difficult conversations with our parents about the podcast A PSA for all the white people listening What being Persian means to Kate Family gossip The racist American visa process Kate maybe isn't a POC and Maria maybe isn't biracial? What being Maori means to Maria A place to put your feet Building a marae on Aboriginal land Finding joy Mixed Media: Coming of Age in the War on Terror by Randa Abdel-Fattah. The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race by Neda Maghbouleh. Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson Guest: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson Music by: Green Twins Edited by: Kate Robinson Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts, Maribyrnong City Council Community Grants Program, and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations. If you have any questions or feedback you can find us on Instagram @beingbiracialpodcast or send us an email at beingbiracialpodcast@gmail.com

Suman Nath's book Democracy and Social Cleavage in India: Ethnography of Riots, Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal (2012-2021) (Routledge, 2022) explores the emergence of identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in West Bengal, India, which until recently boasted of the longest-serving elected communist government in the world, the volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its trajectories. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, online educator, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Suman Nath's book Democracy and Social Cleavage in India: Ethnography of Riots, Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal (2012-2021) (Routledge, 2022) explores the emergence of identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in West Bengal, India, which until recently boasted of the longest-serving elected communist government in the world, the volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its trajectories. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, online educator, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Suman Nath's book Democracy and Social Cleavage in India: Ethnography of Riots, Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal (2012-2021) (Routledge, 2022) explores the emergence of identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in West Bengal, India, which until recently boasted of the longest-serving elected communist government in the world, the volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its trajectories. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, online educator, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Suman Nath's book Democracy and Social Cleavage in India: Ethnography of Riots, Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal (2012-2021) (Routledge, 2022) explores the emergence of identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in West Bengal, India, which until recently boasted of the longest-serving elected communist government in the world, the volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its trajectories. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, online educator, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions

Jeff Paller, Assistant Prof. at the University of San Francisco, joins James and Morgan to discuss the daily interactions and informal governance that characterize and inform politics in African democracies. The conversation includes Jeff's insight regarding the influence of shifts in urbanization and demography on regional development and democratization. Jeff is the author of Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa and co-founder of the popular newsletter This Week in Africa.

How does structural racism intersect with gun violence? Does the Second Amendment apply to all individuals in the same way? And, when it comes to policing, how does the law view gun owners of different ethnic groups? To discuss all this and more, hosts Kelly and JJ are joined by Dr. Jennifer Carlson, an Associate Professor of Sociology and Government & Public Policy at the University of Arizona. Mentioned in this podcast:Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race (Princeton University Press)Citizen-Protectors: the Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline (Oxford University Press)The Hidden Arm of the Law: Examining Administrative Justice in Gun Carry Licensing (Law and Society Review) We're Doing the Gun Debate Wrong (the Stranger)Help support the podcast and Brady's mission by clicking here!For more information on Brady, follow us on social media @Bradybuzz or visit our website at bradyunited.org.Full transcripts and bibliographies of this episode are available at bradyunited.org/podcast.National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255. Music provided by: David “Drumcrazie” CurbySpecial thanks to Hogan Lovells for their long-standing legal support ℗&©2019 Red, Blue, and BradySupport the show (https://www.bradyunited.org/donate)

Neda Maghbouleh, PhD, is a sociologist and the Canada Research Chair in Migration, Race, and Identity. She studies the racialization of Iranian, Syrian and other Middle Eastern & North African newcomers in the U.S. and Canada. She's currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Mississauga and is among the graduate faculty at the University of Toronto St. George. Her book, The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race, was published by Stanford University Press in 2017. In this episode of How Do You Do? Podcast, Ben asks Neda to share how she drew on both empirical evidence (i.e. laws and court rulings) and anecdotal evidence (her interviews with numerous Iranian-Americans) to write a fascinating narrative (9:48); how institutions and individuals can engage in aesthetic racism, as was the case when the City of Beverly Hills banned the construction of columns in order to curb the development of "ugly Persian houses" (16:20); the differences in minorities in America and Canada grapple with their racial identities (23:00), and more. Follow us! Neda: @nedasoc ( //@nedasoc ) How Do You Do? Podcast: @hdydpod ( https://www.instagram.com/hdydpod/ ) Ben: @benhannani ( https://www.instagram.com/benhannani/ ) Website: www.hdydpod.com ( https://www.hdydpod.com/ ) Our guests' jams can be found on the "HDYD Jams" playlist ( https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tBdUz3kXb1T5im2CzSBUV?si=qc_DgVSCR1W65phsuv6vVQ ) on Spotify!

Bovine politics exposes fault lines within contemporary Indian society, where eating beef is simultaneously a violation of sacred taboos, an expression of marginalized identities, and a route to cosmopolitan sophistication. The recent rise of Hindu nationalism has further polarized traditional views: Dalits, Muslims, and Christians protest threats to their beef-eating heritage while Hindu fundamentalists rally against those who eat the sacred cow. Yet close observation of what people do and do not eat, the styles and contexts within which they do so, and the disparities between rhetoric and everyday action overturns this simplistic binary opposition. Understanding how a food can be implicated in riots, vigilante attacks, and even murders demands that we look beyond immediate politics to wider contexts. In Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian: The Everyday Politics of Eating Meat in India (University of Washington Press, 2020), James Staples charts how cattle owners, brokers, butchers, cooks, and occasional beef eaters navigate the contemporary political and cultural climate. Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian offers a fine-grained exploration of the current situation, locating it within the wider anthropology of food and eating in the region and revealing critical aspects of what it is to be Indian in the early twenty-first century. James Staples is reader in social anthropology at Brunel University London and author of Leprosy and a Life in South India: Journeys with a Tamil Brahmin and Peculiar People, Amazing Lives: Leprosy, Social Exclusion and Community Making in South India. Sneha Annavarapu is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bovine politics exposes fault lines within contemporary Indian society, where eating beef is simultaneously a violation of sacred taboos, an expression of marginalized identities, and a route to cosmopolitan sophistication. The recent rise of Hindu nationalism has further polarized traditional views: Dalits, Muslims, and Christians protest threats to their beef-eating heritage while Hindu fundamentalists rally against those who eat the sacred cow. Yet close observation of what people do and do not eat, the styles and contexts within which they do so, and the disparities between rhetoric and everyday action overturns this simplistic binary opposition. Understanding how a food can be implicated in riots, vigilante attacks, and even murders demands that we look beyond immediate politics to wider contexts. In Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian: The Everyday Politics of Eating Meat in India (University of Washington Press, 2020), James Staples charts how cattle owners, brokers, butchers, cooks, and occasional beef eaters navigate the contemporary political and cultural climate. Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian offers a fine-grained exploration of the current situation, locating it within the wider anthropology of food and eating in the region and revealing critical aspects of what it is to be Indian in the early twenty-first century. James Staples is reader in social anthropology at Brunel University London and author of Leprosy and a Life in South India: Journeys with a Tamil Brahmin and Peculiar People, Amazing Lives: Leprosy, Social Exclusion and Community Making in South India. Sneha Annavarapu is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we speak with José Ciro Martínez about his 2018 MELG article, "Site of Resistance or Apparatus of Acquiescence? Tactics at the Bakery" as well as some more recent develops in Jordan around bread politics and COVID-19. Martinez's article (which is open access) is available here: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/10/2/article-p160_160.xml?language=en

Today, we talk about how wearing hijabs affect job prospects among Muslim women. Our guest is Eman Abdelhadi (University of Chicago) recently authored "The Hijab and Muslim Women's Employment in the United States" in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. We have two co-hosts. John O'Brien (NYU Abu Dhabi). John is author of the award-winning Keeping It Halal: The Everyday Lives of Muslim American Teenage Boys with Princeton University Press. Neda Magbouleh (University of Toronto) is author of The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race with Stanford University Press.

Today, we discuss the everyday lives of American Muslim teen boys with John O'Brien (NYU Abu Dhabi). John is author of the award-winning Keeping It Halal: The Everyday Lives of Muslim American Teenage Boys with Princeton University Press. We have two special co-hosts. Neda Magbouleh (University of Toronto) is author of The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race with Stanford University Press. Eman Abdelhadi (University of Chicago) recently authored "The Hijab and Muslim Women's Employment in the United States" in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Photo Credit "DSC09217" by Strelka Institute photo is licensed under CC BY 2.0 

The Assistant Professor Annex Takeover concludes with Jean Beaman (UC Santa Barbara), Neda Magabouleh (University of Toronto) and special guest Patrick Inglis (Grinnell College). In this episode, the gang discusses Patrick's work on social mobility in India. Jean Beaman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She recently published Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France with University of California Press. Neda Magbouleh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She recently published The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian-Americans & the Everyday Politics of Race with Stanford University Press. Patrick Inglis is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College. He recently published Narrow Fairways: Getting By and Falling Behind in the New India with Oxford University Press. Photo Credits By This file is not in the public domain. Therefore you are requested to use the following next to the image if you reuse this file: © Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

The Assistant Professor Annex Takeover continues with Jean Beaman (UC Santa Barbara), Neda Magabouleh (University of Toronto) and special guest Patrick Inglis (Grinnell College). In this episode, the gang discusses the recent "Comradely Professor" in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Jean Beaman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She recently published Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France with University of California Press. Neda Magbouleh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She recently published The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian-Americans & the Everyday Politics of Race with Stanford University Press. Patrick Inglis is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College. He recently published Narrow Fairways: Getting By and Falling Behind in the New India with Oxford University Press.

The Assistant Professor Annex Takeover begins with Jean Beaman (UC Santa Barbara), Neda Magabouleh (University of Toronto) and special guest Patrick Inglis (Grinnell College). In this episode, the gang talks about the challenges of conducting ethnographic research in other societies. Jean Beaman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She recently published Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France with University of California Press. Neda Magbouleh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She recently published The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian-Americans & the Everyday Politics of Race with Stanford University Press. Patrick Inglis is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College. He recently published Narrow Fairways: Getting By and Falling Behind in the New India with Oxford University Press. Photo Credit By Dosseman - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

An interview with James R. Jones about his work on race. Neda Magbouleh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. She wrote The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race (2017, Stanford). Click here to hear other segments featuring Neda. Clayton Childress is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. He wrote Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (2017 Princeton). Click here to hear other segments featuring Clayton. James R. Jones is an Assistant Professor of African American and African Studies from Rutgers University, Newark. He recently published "Racing through the Halls of Congress: The 'Black Nod' as an Adaptive Strategy for Surviving in a Raced Institution." in the DuBois Reivew. Click here to hear other segments featuring James. Aliza Luft is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She recently published “Toward a Dynamic Theory of Action at the Micro-Level of Genocide: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in 1994 Rwanda.” in Sociological Theory. Click here to hear other segments featuring Aliza. Photo Credit By Gryffindor This panoramic image was created with Autostitch (stitched images may differ from reality). - Own work, Public Domain, Link

A discussion about political upheaval and the ouster of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan. Discussants Neda Magbouleh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. She wrote The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race (2017, Stanford). Click here to hear other segments featuring Neda. Clayton Childress is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. He wrote Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (2017 Princeton). Click here to hear other segments featuring Clayton. James R. Jones is an Assistant Professor of African American and African Studies from Rutgers University, Newark. He recently published "Racing through the Halls of Congress: The 'Black Nod' as an Adaptive Strategy for Surviving in a Raced Institution." in the DuBois Reivew. Click here to hear other segments featuring James. Aliza Luft is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She recently published “Toward a Dynamic Theory of Action at the Micro-Level of Genocide: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in 1994 Rwanda.” in Sociological Theory. Click here to hear other segments featuring Aliza. Photo By taken during the official visit of US Rep. Frank Wolf - http://www.house.gov/wolf/issues/hr/sudan/caphotos.html, Public Domain, Link

A discussion about recent findings that gender bias in teaching evaluation. Discussants Neda Magbouleh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. She wrote The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race (2017, Stanford). Click here to hear other segments featuring Neda. Clayton Childress is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. He wrote Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (2017 Princeton). Click here to hear other segments featuring Clayton. James R. Jones is an Assistant Professor of African American and African Studies from Rutgers University, Newark. He recently published "Racing through the Halls of Congress: The 'Black Nod' as an Adaptive Strategy for Surviving in a Raced Institution." in the DuBois Reivew. Aliza Luft is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She recently published “Toward a Dynamic Theory of Action at the Micro-Level of Genocide: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in 1994 Rwanda.” in Sociological Theory. Click here to hear other segments featuring Aliza.

A discussion about Fabio Rojas' contention that sociologists' failure to prioritize public impact hinders their influence over policy. The contention drew widespread reaction on Twitter. Discussants Neda Magbouleh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. She wrote The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race (2017, Stanford). Click here to hear other segments featuring Neda. Clayton Childress is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. He wrote Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (2017 Princeton). Click here to hear other segments featuring Clayton. James R. Jones is an Assistant Professor of African American and African Studies from Rutgers University, Newark. He recently published "Racing through the Halls of Congress: The 'Black Nod' as an Adaptive Strategy for Surviving in a Raced Institution." in the DuBois Reivew. Click here to hear other segments featuring James. Aliza Luft is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She recently published “Toward a Dynamic Theory of Action at the Micro-Level of Genocide: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in 1994 Rwanda.” in Sociological Theory. Click here to hear other segments featuring Aliza. Photo Credits By Unknown or not provided - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, Link

In this episode, I speak with Neda Maghbouleh, the author of the 2017 book 'The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race' and an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She and I talk about her background, race within the Iranian and the Iranian-American contexts, the Aryan myth as it exists among Iranians, the history of racial classification in the US, the importance of racial classification or lack thereof, the definition of whiteness, the research that's currently being done on these subjects and other topics.