Alan Crawford

Alan and Shelda explain how the Liverpool African and Caribbean Grassroots initiative formed to retore and bring back to life the Merseyside Caribbean Centre in 2020. Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Britain and the Caribbean. You are listening to season one, Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool. In these episodes we locate Black Liverpool as a site of pride, history and resistance.Links - https://www.africancaribbeancentre.co.uk We feature researcher's and community organisers who discuss themes related to grassroot organising, health, art, and the Toxeth uprisings. We hope you find these episodes informing, invigorating and inspiring. Executively produced by Shelda-Jane Smith, Levi Gahman, Chantelle Lewis &amp; George Ofori-Addo. Branding by Munotida Chinyanga -  www.munotida.com

Alan and Shelda explain how the Liverpool African and Caribbean Grassroots initiative formed to retore and bring back to life the Merseyside Caribbean Centre in 2020. Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Britain and the Caribbean. You are listening to season one, Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool. In these episodes we locate Black Liverpool as a site of pride, history and resistance. Links - <a href="https://www.africancaribbeancentre.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.africancaribbeancentre.co.uk</a> We feature researcher's and community organisers who discuss themes related to grassroot organising, health, art, and the Toxeth uprisings. We hope you find these episodes informing, invigorating and inspiring. Executively produced by Shelda-Jane Smith, Levi Gahman, Chantelle Lewis &amp; George Ofori-Addo. Branding by Munotida Chinyanga - <a href="http://www.munotida.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.munotida.com</a>

S1/E3 Alan Crawford: Restoring Merseyside Caribbean Centre

Shelda-Jane Smith

Stephen Small

Shelda and Stephen locate Liverpool as a city in Europe with one of the oldest Black populations. Expect a conversation which centres Black residents of Liverpool long history of living, resisting and settling in the city. Links: https://www.serendipity-uk.com/product/1981-black-liverpool-past-and-present-2/Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Britain and the Caribbean. You are listening to season one, Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool. In these episodes we locate Black Liverpool as a site of pride, history and resistance. We feature researcher's and community organisers who discuss themes related to grassroot organising, health, art, and the Toxeth uprisings. We hope you find these episodes informing, invigorating and inspiring. Executively produced by Shelda-Jane Smith, Levi Gahman, Chantelle Lewis &amp; George Ofori-Addo. Branding by Munotida Chinyanga - www.munotida.comLinks:https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/stephen-small

Shelda and Stephen locate Liverpool as a city in Europe with one of the oldest Black populations. Expect a conversation which centres Black residents of Liverpool long history of living, resisting and settling in the city. Links: <a href="https://www.serendipity-uk.com/product/1981-black-liverpool-past-and-present-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.serendipity-uk.com/product/1981-black-liverpool-past-and-present-2/</a> Welcome to surviving society presents Hidden Histories. This is a collaborative project focused on histories and contemporary formations of empire, imperialism and slavery in Britain and the Caribbean. You are listening to season one, Resistance and Restoration in Black Liverpool. In these episodes we locate Black Liverpool as a site of pride, history and resistance. We feature researcher's and community organisers who discuss themes related to grassroot organising, health, art, and the Toxeth uprisings. We hope you find these episodes informing, invigorating and inspiring. Executively produced by Shelda-Jane Smith, Levi Gahman, Chantelle Lewis &amp; George Ofori-Addo. Branding by Munotida Chinyanga - <a href="http://www.munotida.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.munotida.com</a> Links: <a href="https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/stephen-small" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/stephen-small</a>

S1/E2 Shelda-Jane Smith & Stephen Small: Liverpool is an African City

Chantelle Lewis

Shelda and Chantelle introduce the Hidden Histories project as a long term collaboration which highlights the various ways in which British colonialism still impacts the lives of Black people in Liverpool and the Caribbean. Hidden Histories has been executively produced by Shelda-Jane Smith, Levi Gahman, Chantelle Lewis &amp; George Ofori-Addo. Branding by Munotida Chinyanga - www.munotida.com

Shelda and Chantelle introduce the Hidden Histories project as a long term collaboration which highlights the various ways in which British colonialism still impacts the lives of Black people in Liverpool and the Caribbean. Hidden Histories has been executively produced by Shelda-Jane Smith, Levi Gahman, Chantelle Lewis &amp; George Ofori-Addo. Branding by Munotida Chinyanga - <a href="http://www.munotida.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.munotida.com</a>

S1/E1 Shelda-Jane Smith & Chantelle Lewis: Hidden Histories, Liverpool & the Caribbean

James O'Brien

This week Chantelle and Ez are in conversation with James O'Brien. The focus is on how we build solidarity through conversations and practices which are intentionally open, vulnerable and loving.Links:https://www.waterstones.com/author/james-obrien/250836

This week Chantelle and Ez are in conversation with James O'Brien. The focus is on how we build solidarity through conversations and practices which are intentionally open, vulnerable and loving. Links: <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/author/james-obrien/250836" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.waterstones.com/author/james-obrien/250836</a>

E184 James O'Brien: The Art of Changing Your Mind

Jessica Lewis

Ez Chigbo

Ez and Chantelle reflect on the conversations and (love) lessons from the series. The discussion centres bell hooks’ scholarship on love in community, in family and in romance. In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice

Ez and Chantelle reflect on the conversations and (love) lessons from the series. The discussion centres bell hooks’ scholarship on love in community, in family and in romance. In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice

S1/E6 Ez Chigbo & Chantelle Jessica Lewis: Learning & loving together

Lisa Palmer

This conversation focuses on how we can better connect theory and practice when we talk about love. Ez, Lisa and Yusef discuss the possibilities and limitations of academic work on love, Useful links:https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/stephen-lawrence-research-centre/index.aspx In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work.

This conversation focuses on how we can better connect theory and practice when we talk about love. Ez, Lisa and Yusef discuss the possibilities and limitations of academic work on love, Useful links: <a href="https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/stephen-lawrence-research-centre/index.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/stephen-lawrence-research-centre/index.aspx</a> In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work.

S1/E5 Lisa Palmer & Yusef Bakkali: Love in theory & practice

Alex Augustin

Alex and Ez talk about race and racialisation in the context of Blackness and masculinity in social justice work. This is a conversation about love, vulnerability and healing together. Useful links:https://healingjusticeldn.org/ In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work.

Alex and Ez talk about race and racialisation in the context of Blackness and masculinity in social justice work. This is a conversation about love, vulnerability and healing together. Useful links: <a href="https://healingjusticeldn.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://healingjusticeldn.org/</a> In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work.

S1/E4 Alex Augustin: Blackness, masculinity & somatics

This conversation focuses on healing and learning together in community. Ifasina talks about how their life and work is grounded in love, understanding and acceptance of our differences. Useful links:https://www.getembodiedsoulmovement.com/In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work

This conversation focuses on healing and learning together in community. Ifasina talks about how their life and work is grounded in love, understanding and acceptance of our differences. Useful links: <a href="https://www.getembodiedsoulmovement.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.getembodiedsoulmovement.com/</a> In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work

S1/E3 TaMeicka Ifasina Clear: Healing, gender & identity

Ez and Molly discuss the challenges of reparative sexual violence work in social justice spaces. The conversation focuses on how we can better resist carceral logics.Useful links:https://actbuildchange.com/ In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work.

Ez and Molly discuss the challenges of reparative sexual violence work in social justice spaces. The conversation focuses on how we can better resist carceral logics. Useful links: <a href="https://actbuildchange.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://actbuildchange.com/</a> In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work.

S1/E2 Molly Ackhurst: Sexual violence & abolition

In the first episode of this series, Ez is joined by Stephanie Wong, the founder and director of Act Build Change. Their conversation centres dignity, anger and love whilst working in service to community. Useful links:https://actbuildchange.comIn these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work.

In the first episode of this series, Ez is joined by Stephanie Wong, the founder and director of Act Build Change. Their conversation centres dignity, anger and love whilst working in service to community. Useful links: <a href="https://actbuildchange.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://actbuildchange.com</a> In these episodes we explore the role of love in social justice spaces. Each guest focuses on how they bring love into their work. With discussion on the possibilities and challenges of centring love in practice; expect nuanced, thoughtful and critical discussions about how we collectively imagine futures of social justice work.

S1/E1 Stephanie Wong: Act Build Change

A political podcast exploring the local &amp; global politics of race &amp; class from a sociological perspective Exec prod: @goaddo Theme music by Joey PenaliggonDesign by Amber Jones Designs

A political podcast exploring the local &amp; global politics of race &amp; class from a sociological perspective Exec prod: @goaddo Theme music by Joey Penaliggon Design by Amber Jones Designs

Surviving Society

Guest Hosts -Dr Debbie Bargallie is a descendent of the Kamilaroi and Wonnarua peoples of the North-West and Upper Hunter Valley regions of New South Wales, Australia. Her doctoral thesis is the 2019 winner of the prestigious Stanner Award, and will be published by Aboriginal Studies Press in 2020 as Unmasking the Racial Contract: Indigenous voices on racism in the Australian Public Service. She is currently a Postdoctoral Senior Research Fellow at the Griffith Institute for Educational Research at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.Dr Alana Lentin is Associate Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She is a European and West Asian Jewish woman who is a settler on Gadigal land. She works on the critical theorization of race, racism and antiracism. Her new book Why Race Still Matters is out in the UK in April 2020 (Polity).She is a graduate of the European University Institute where she earned her PhD in political and social sciences in 2002, and the London School of Economics (1997). Prior to joining the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, she was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sussex University (2006-2012). Before this she held a Marie Curie EC Research Fellowship at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford (2003-2005). In 2017, she was the Hans Speier Visiting Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York and has previously been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin (2010).She is co-editor of the Rowman and Littlefield International book series, Challenging Migration Studies and former President of the Australian Critical Race &amp; Whiteness Studies Association (2017-20). She is on the editorial board of Ethnic and Racial Studies, Identities, Journal of Australian Studies, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, and the Pluto Books series, Vagabonds.Her current research examines the interplay between race and digital technology and social media. Her most recent research project analysed the use of ‘antiracism apps’ for education and intervention.Recent books include The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a neoliberal age (with Gavan Titley 2011) and Racism and Sociology (2014 with Wulf D. Hund). She has written for The Guardian, OpenDemocracy, ABC Religion and Ethics, The Conversation, Sociological Review and Public Seminar. She has been interviewed for The Minefield on ABC Radio National, local ABC radio, Japanese television and Korean radio among others. She teaches a Masters course, Understanding Race which is accompanied by a series of blogs and an open syllabus available at http://www.alanalentin.net/teaching/.Her personal website where she blogs extensively is www.alanalentin.net

Guest Hosts - Dr Debbie Bargallie is a descendent of the Kamilaroi and Wonnarua peoples of the North-West and Upper Hunter Valley regions of New South Wales, Australia. Her doctoral thesis is the 2019 winner of the prestigious Stanner Award, and will be published by Aboriginal Studies Press in 2020 as Unmasking the Racial Contract: Indigenous voices on racism in the Australian Public Service. She is currently a Postdoctoral Senior Research Fellow at the Griffith Institute for Educational Research at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Dr Alana Lentin is Associate Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis at Western Sydney University. She is a European and West Asian Jewish woman who is a settler on Gadigal land. She works on the critical theorization of race, racism and antiracism. Her new book Why Race Still Matters is out in the UK in April 2020 (Polity). She is a graduate of the European University Institute where she earned her PhD in political and social sciences in 2002, and the London School of Economics (1997). Prior to joining the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University, she was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sussex University (2006-2012). Before this she held a Marie Curie EC Research Fellowship at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford (2003-2005). In 2017, she was the Hans Speier Visiting Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York and has previously been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry in Berlin (2010). She is co-editor of the Rowman and Littlefield International book series, Challenging Migration Studies and former President of the Australian Critical Race &amp; Whiteness Studies Association (2017-20). She is on the editorial board of Ethnic and Racial Studies, Identities, Journal of Australian Studies, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, and the Pluto Books series, Vagabonds. Her current research examines the interplay between race and digital technology and social media. Her most recent research project analysed the use of ‘antiracism apps’ for education and intervention. Recent books include The Crises of Multiculturalism: Racism in a neoliberal age (with Gavan Titley 2011) and Racism and Sociology (2014 with Wulf D. Hund). She has written for The Guardian, OpenDemocracy, ABC Religion and Ethics, The Conversation, Sociological Review and Public Seminar. She has been interviewed for The Minefield on ABC Radio National, local ABC radio, Japanese television and Korean radio among others. She teaches a Masters course, Understanding Race which is accompanied by a series of blogs and an open syllabus available at <a href="http://www.alanalentin.net/teaching/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.alanalentin.net/teaching/</a>. Her personal website where she blogs extensively is <a href="http://www.alanalentin.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alanalentin.net</a>

S1/E5 Indigeneity, colonialism and institutional racism (Western Sydney University, Australia)

Angela Saini

...:the return of race science. Award winning science journalist, writer and broadcaster, Angela Saini joined us to discuss her latest book on the history and contemporary re-emergence of scientific (and intellectualized)racism(s). Useful links-https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0008zc7/eugenics-sciences-greatest-scandal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/03/eugenics-francis-galton-science-ideas https://www.angelasaini.co.uk https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/18/race-science-on-the-rise-angela-saini

...:the return of race science. Award winning science journalist, writer and broadcaster, Angela Saini joined us to discuss her latest book on the history and contemporary re-emergence of scientific (and intellectualized)racism(s). Useful links- <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0008zc7/eugenics-sciences-greatest-scandal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0008zc7/eugenics-sciences-greatest-scandal</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/03/eugenics-francis-galton-science-ideas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/03/eugenics-francis-galton-science-ideas</a> <a href="https://www.angelasaini.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.angelasaini.co.uk</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/18/race-science-on-the-rise-angela-saini" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/18/race-science-on-the-rise-angela-saini</a>

E058 Angela Saini: Superior

Guest hosts:Jalia L. Joseph is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&amp;M University, additionally obtaining a graduate certificate in Africana Studies with specializations in race/ethnicity, social movements, feminisms, and critical race theory. Their current research address how social movement literature obscures race in the contextualization of race-based social movements. Through this work, Jalia demonstrates how &amp; why the study of social movements must integrate structural theories of race and racism to advance the “development of methodological and theoretical tools that should be available to students of social movements on the whole” (Bell 2016:2). Their research appears in a co-authored paper in Women’s Studies in Communication, a co-authored chapter in Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis (forthcoming), and a solo-authored debate article in Ethnic and Racial Studies (forthcoming).Robert F. Carley is an Assistant Professor of International Studies at Texas A&amp;M University, College Station. He’s the author of Culture &amp; Tactics: Gramsci, Race, and the Politics of Practice, Autonomy, Refusal, and The Black Blocand Collectivities: Politics at the Intersections of Disciplines. He co-edits Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association.

Guest hosts: Jalia L. Joseph is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&amp;M University, additionally obtaining a graduate certificate in Africana Studies with specializations in race/ethnicity, social movements, feminisms, and critical race theory. Their current research address how social movement literature obscures race in the contextualization of race-based social movements. Through this work, Jalia demonstrates how &amp; why the study of social movements must integrate structural theories of race and racism to advance the “development of methodological and theoretical tools that should be available to students of social movements on the whole” (Bell 2016:2). Their research appears in a co-authored paper in Women’s Studies in Communication, a co-authored chapter in Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis (forthcoming), and a solo-authored debate article in Ethnic and Racial Studies (forthcoming). Robert F. Carley is an Assistant Professor of International Studies at Texas A&amp;M University, College Station. He’s the author of Culture &amp; Tactics: Gramsci, Race, and the Politics of Practice, Autonomy, Refusal, and The Black Blocand Collectivities: Politics at the Intersections of Disciplines. He co-edits Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association.

S1/E3 Gramsci, race & social movements (Texas A&M University, USA)

Alison Phipps

Chantelle visited the University of Sussex to speak with Prof Alison Phipps about her forcoming book (March 2020) - Me, Not You: The trouble with mainstream feminism. Useful links -https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-political-whiteness-of-metoo https://genderate.wordpress.com/

Chantelle visited the University of Sussex to speak with Prof Alison Phipps about her forcoming book (March 2020) - Me, Not You: The trouble with mainstream feminism. Useful links - <a href="https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-political-whiteness-of-metoo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-political-whiteness-of-metoo</a> <a href="https://genderate.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://genderate.wordpress.com/</a>

E059 The Surviving Society Alternative to Woman's Hour: Alison Phipps

Providing you with a mini and weekly sociological reflection (plus our own thoughts and opinions!) during the 2019 general election campaign.In our final episode of this series Dan Renwick joined us to make sense of the General Election Result 2019.Dan Renwick is a visual creative, videographer, youth worker, contributing author to After Grenfell, producer of Failed by the State, and supporter and official videographer of Grenfell United

Providing you with a mini and weekly sociological reflection (plus our own thoughts and opinions!) during the 2019 general election campaign. In our final episode of this series Dan Renwick joined us to make sense of the General Election Result 2019. Dan Renwick is a visual creative, videographer, youth worker, contributing author to After Grenfell, producer of Failed by the State, and supporter and official videographer of Grenfell United

E007 The T&C's: The General Election Reflection

Tina Sikka

In this episode we discuss how popular science is re-inscribing race through ancestry tests, DNA and personalised diets. Useful links -https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/tinasikka.htmlSikka T. Against Twenty-First-Century Race Science. Jacobin, 2019. Available at: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/racism-science-genetic-testing-racecraft.Sikka T. Politics of Categorization: Race and Blood. Sociology Lens, 2019. Available at: https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/race-and-ethnicity/politics-categorization-race-blood/24530.

In this episode we discuss how popular science is re-inscribing race through ancestry tests, DNA and personalised diets. Useful links - <a href="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/tinasikka.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/tinasikka.html</a> Sikka T. Against Twenty-First-Century Race Science. Jacobin, 2019. Available at: <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/racism-science-genetic-testing-racecraft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/06/racism-science-genetic-testing-racecraft</a>. Sikka T. Politics of Categorization: Race and Blood. Sociology Lens, 2019. Available at: <a href="https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/race-and-ethnicity/politics-categorization-race-blood/24530" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/race-and-ethnicity/politics-categorization-race-blood/24530</a>.

E071 Tina Sikka: Race science, ancestry tests & capitalism

Darrel Blake

This week Darrel joined us to discuss his work with young people in London schools and how studying his BA in Black studies at BCU has helped informed his youth work and activism.Useful links -The Young Readers, Future Leaders Project ://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/youngreaders

This week Darrel joined us to discuss his work with young people in London schools and how studying his BA in Black studies at BCU has helped informed his youth work and activism. Useful links - The Young Readers, Future Leaders Project ://<a href="http://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/youngreaders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/youngreaders</a>

E073 Darrel Blake: Youth work, schools &  Black studies

Guest hosts: Rianna Walcott is an LAHP-funded PhD candidate at King’s College London researching black identity formation in digital spaces, and a graduate twiceover from the University of Edinburgh. She co-founded projectmyopia.com, a website that promotes diversity in academia and a decolonised curriculum. She frequently writes and interviews about feminism, race and literature for publications including gal-dem, Dazed, The Skinny, Huffpost, Vice, The BBC, the Metro, the Wellcome collection and The Guardian. Rianna is co-editor of an anthology about BAME mental health, The Colour of Madness, and in the time left over she moonlights as a professional jazz singer. Her work can be found at riannawalcott.com and she tweets at @rianna_walcott.Francesca Sobande is a Lecturer in Digital Media Studies/Director of the BA Media, Journalism and Culture programme at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Culture. Francesca is author of The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (forthcoming, 2020) and co-editor (with Professor Akwugo Emejulu) of To Exist is To Resist: Black Feminism in Europe (2019). She is an affiliate of the Data Justice Lab and communication co-chair(with Dr Naya Jones) of the Race in the Marketplace Network.Yomaira Figueroa works on 20th century U.S. Latinx Caribbean, Afro-Latinx, and Afro-Hispanic literature and culture. Her current book project, Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature, focuses on diasporic and exilic Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and Equatoguinean texts in contact - https://english.msu.edu/faculty/yomaira-figueroa/

Guest hosts: Rianna Walcott is an LAHP-funded PhD candidate at King’s College London researching black identity formation in digital spaces, and a graduate twiceover from the University of Edinburgh. She co-founded <a href="http://projectmyopia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">projectmyopia.com</a>, a website that promotes diversity in academia and a decolonised curriculum. She frequently writes and interviews about feminism, race and literature for publications including gal-dem, Dazed, The Skinny, Huffpost, Vice, The BBC, the Metro, the Wellcome collection and The Guardian. Rianna is co-editor of an anthology about BAME mental health, The Colour of Madness, and in the time left over she moonlights as a professional jazz singer. Her work can be found at <a href="http://riannawalcott.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">riannawalcott.com</a> and she tweets at @rianna_walcott. Francesca Sobande is a Lecturer in Digital Media Studies/Director of the BA Media, Journalism and Culture programme at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Culture. Francesca is author of The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (forthcoming, 2020) and co-editor (with Professor Akwugo Emejulu) of To Exist is To Resist: Black Feminism in Europe (2019). She is an affiliate of the Data Justice Lab and communication co-chair(with Dr Naya Jones) of the Race in the Marketplace Network. Yomaira Figueroa works on 20th century U.S. Latinx Caribbean, Afro-Latinx, and Afro-Hispanic literature and culture. Her current book project, Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature, focuses on diasporic and exilic Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and Equatoguinean texts in contact - <a href="https://english.msu.edu/faculty/yomaira-figueroa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://english.msu.edu/faculty/yomaira-figueroa/</a>

S1/E1 Black diasporas, anglo-centrism & positionality (ASA, Hawaii)

Amelia Morris

The body and austerity: Amelia and Chantelle continue Surviving Society Alternative to Woman’s hour regular discussion on body image and how we feel about our complex relationship with weight and exercise. Amelia talks through the connections between class, fat-shaming and austerity. Useful links-https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030136697)

The body and austerity: Amelia and Chantelle continue Surviving Society Alternative to Woman’s hour regular discussion on body image and how we feel about our complex relationship with weight and exercise. Amelia talks through the connections between class, fat-shaming and austerity. Useful links- <a href="https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030136697" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030136697</a>)

E078 The Surviving Society Alternative to Woman’s Hour: Amelia Morris

Chloe Peacock

Chloe talks through her PhD research where she has been interviewing civil servants; prosecutors, judges, defence lawyers, magistrates and probation services who were directly involved in the criminal justice response to the unlawful killing of Mark Duggan and the subsequent riots that followed in 2011.Useful links-Michael Gove’s rhetoric on prisons -http://research.gold.ac.uk/23722/1/Chloe%20Peacock%202017%20Curative%2C%20regenerating%2C%20redemptive%20and%20liberating_.pdf)OpenDemocracy article on riots and regeneration: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opensecurity/territorial-stigma-and-regeneration-in-tottenham/Sociological Review blog on logic of punishment and links to logic of debt: https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/reflecting-on-the-moral-economies-of-debt-and-punishment/

Chloe talks through her PhD research where she has been interviewing civil servants; prosecutors, judges, defence lawyers, magistrates and probation services who were directly involved in the criminal justice response to the unlawful killing of Mark Duggan and the subsequent riots that followed in 2011. Useful links- Michael Gove’s rhetoric on prisons -<a href="http://research.gold.ac.uk/23722/1/Chloe%20Peacock%202017%20Curative%2C%20regenerating%2C%20redemptive%20and%20liberating_.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://research.gold.ac.uk/23722/1/Chloe%20Peacock%202017%20Curative%2C%20regenerating%2C%20redemptive%20and%20liberating_.pdf</a>) OpenDemocracy article on riots and regeneration: <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opensecurity/territorial-stigma-and-regeneration-in-tottenham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opensecurity/territorial-stigma-and-regeneration-in-tottenham/</a> Sociological Review blog on logic of punishment and links to logic of debt: <a href="https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/reflecting-on-the-moral-economies-of-debt-and-punishment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/reflecting-on-the-moral-economies-of-debt-and-punishment/</a>

E057 Chloe Peacock: Criminal Justice responses to the riots (2011)

Ali Meghji

Ali joined us to discuss how sociology was formally institutionalised in the West during the height of imperialism. We also break down a few of our concerns about the current decolonising moment in British universities.Useful links -Bhambra: post colonialism https://globalsocialtheory.org/topics/postcolonialism/Connell: decolonising sociology: http://www.raewynconnell.net/2018/07/decolonising-sociology.htmlGo: postcolonial thought and social theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4RmaYRt6pM&amp;t=4338s https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/symb.398

Ali joined us to discuss how sociology was formally institutionalised in the West during the height of imperialism. We also break down a few of our concerns about the current decolonising moment in British universities. Useful links - Bhambra: post colonialism <a href="https://globalsocialtheory.org/topics/postcolonialism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://globalsocialtheory.org/topics/postcolonialism/</a> Connell: decolonising sociology: <a href="http://www.raewynconnell.net/2018/07/decolonising-sociology.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.raewynconnell.net/2018/07/decolonising-sociology.html</a> Go: postcolonial thought and social theory: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4RmaYRt6pM&amp;t=4338s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4RmaYRt6pM&amp;t=4338s</a> <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/symb.398" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/symb.398</a>

E052 Ali Meghji: Histories of sociology and decolonising education

Danny Dorling

This week we visited Danny Dorling at University of Oxford to talk about the important histories that help to locate how Leave marginally won the EU referendum in 2016. Expect an extensive discussion on voting demographics/patterns; the Conservative party (and its leaders!), Empire, and racism.

E060 Danny Dorling: Brexit, Austerity & the Conservative Merchants of Chaos

*Apologies for the sound quality*Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic.

*Apologies for the sound quality* Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic.

E001 The Reflection: policing the crisis, lockdown & conspiracies

Caribbeanist anthropologist Adom joined us to discuss fatherhood, kinship, the life-course and hurricanes in the Caribbean (Dominica).Useful links-http://fathermen.blogspot.com Philogene Heron, A. (2018). Surviving Maria from Dominica: Memory, Displacement and Bittersweet Beginnings  Transforming Anthropology, 26(2), 118-135.Adom Philogene Heron. (2019). Coming to Terms with Caribbean Families  Suomen Antropologi, 43(4), 41-47.

Caribbeanist anthropologist Adom joined us to discuss fatherhood, kinship, the life-course and hurricanes in the Caribbean (Dominica). Useful links- <a href="http://fathermen.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://fathermen.blogspot.com</a> Philogene Heron, A. (2018). Surviving Maria from Dominica: Memory, Displacement and Bittersweet Beginnings Transforming Anthropology, 26(2), 118-135. Adom Philogene Heron. (2019). Coming to Terms with Caribbean Families Suomen Antropologi, 43(4), 41-47.

E062 Adom Philogene Heron: Fatherhood, Dominica & hurricanes

Dan Renwick

Beginning with the 72 names we must never forget (recorded at the silent walk in July 2019), Dan Renwick joined us to talk through how the Grenfell tower fire was facilitated by neoliberal policies and purposeful state/local council neglect.Dan Renwick is a visual creative, videographer, youth worker, contributing author to After Grenfell, producer of Failed by the State, and supporter and official videographer of Grenfell UnitedUseful Links -Failed by the State pt 1 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFPCUgjbfAFailed by the State pt 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxggXo-4UEUFailed by the state pt 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnBrvCTlayA https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/14/grenfell-tower-one-year-community-fire-london https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/14/grenfell-tower-fire-two-years-firefighters https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insight/grenfell-two-years-on-61901

Beginning with the 72 names we must never forget (recorded at the silent walk in July 2019), Dan Renwick joined us to talk through how the Grenfell tower fire was facilitated by neoliberal policies and purposeful state/local council neglect. Dan Renwick is a visual creative, videographer, youth worker, contributing author to After Grenfell, producer of Failed by the State, and supporter and official videographer of Grenfell United Useful Links - Failed by the State pt 1 -<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFPCUgjbfA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFPCUgjbfA</a> Failed by the State pt 2 - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxggXo-4UEU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxggXo-4UEU</a> Failed by the state pt 3 - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnBrvCTlayA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnBrvCTlayA</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/14/grenfell-tower-one-year-community-fire-london" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/14/grenfell-tower-one-year-community-fire-london</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/14/grenfell-tower-fire-two-years-firefighters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/14/grenfell-tower-fire-two-years-firefighters</a> <a href="https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insight/grenfell-two-years-on-61901" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insight/grenfell-two-years-on-61901</a>

E053 Dan Renwick: Grenfell, neoliberalism & state containment

Julia Toppin

In this slightly shorter episode (stupid London traffic!), Julia joined us to talk about her long career in media, music and TV and began to talk us through her MA dissertation on women in drum and bassUseful links- https://www.patreon.com/posts/theyre-not-in-it-30057937

In this slightly shorter episode (stupid London traffic!), Julia joined us to talk about her long career in media, music and TV and began to talk us through her MA dissertation on women in drum and bass Useful links- <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/theyre-not-in-it-30057937" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/theyre-not-in-it-30057937</a>

E074 Julia Toppin: Media, rave culture & DnB

Kate joined us to discuss her PhD research on the use of food banks in Middlesbrough. Useful links -https://bsapgforum.com/2019/07/01/what-i-want-you-to-know-about-foodbank-use-and-food-insecurity-in-the-uk-by-kate-haddow/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Kate joined us to discuss her PhD research on the use of food banks in Middlesbrough. Useful links - <a href="https://bsapgforum.com/2019/07/01/what-i-want-you-to-know-about-foodbank-use-and-food-insecurity-in-the-uk-by-kate-haddow/amp/?__twitter_impression=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bsapgforum.com/2019/07/01/what-i-want-you-to-know-about-foodbank-use-and-food-insecurity-in-the-uk-by-kate-haddow/amp/?__twitter_impression=true</a>

E051 Kate Haddow: Austerity, food banks and de-industrialization

Guest hosts:Nobubele Phuza is a Research Assistant in the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET). Over the past three years, she has been immersed in women and gender-focused research and action. Her research brings post structural and postcolonial feminist perspectives on the body, space and time to sport and social justice movements.Dr Jason Arday is assistant professor at Durham University, a Visiting Research Fellow at The Ohio State University in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and a Trustee of the Runnymede Trust. Jason recently completed an edited collection with Professor Heidi Mirza (Goldsmiths, University of London) entitled Dismantling Race in Higher Education: Racism, Whiteness and Decolonising the Academy (Palgrave).

Guest hosts: Nobubele Phuza is a Research Assistant in the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET). Over the past three years, she has been immersed in women and gender-focused research and action. Her research brings post structural and postcolonial feminist perspectives on the body, space and time to sport and social justice movements. Dr Jason Arday is assistant professor at Durham University, a Visiting Research Fellow at The Ohio State University in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and a Trustee of the Runnymede Trust. Jason recently completed an edited collection with Professor Heidi Mirza (Goldsmiths, University of London) entitled Dismantling Race in Higher Education: Racism, Whiteness and Decolonising the Academy (Palgrave).

S1/E2 Universities after apartheid (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa)

Tom Mills

Tom gives us an extensive genealogy of the BBC to help us understand why so many of us are frustrated with its current formation. Tom makes the case for how the BBC can be reformed.Useful links-https://www.versobooks.com/books/2243-the-bbc https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ourbeeb/bbc-is-neither-independent-or-impartial-interview-with-tom-mills/ https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/tom-mills-there-doubt-bbc-biased-corbyn/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0791603517696319?journalCode=irja

Tom gives us an extensive genealogy of the BBC to help us understand why so many of us are frustrated with its current formation. Tom makes the case for how the BBC can be reformed. Useful links- <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2243-the-bbc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.versobooks.com/books/2243-the-bbc</a> <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ourbeeb/bbc-is-neither-independent-or-impartial-interview-with-tom-mills/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ourbeeb/bbc-is-neither-independent-or-impartial-interview-with-tom-mills/</a> <a href="https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/tom-mills-there-doubt-bbc-biased-corbyn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/tom-mills-there-doubt-bbc-biased-corbyn/</a> <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0791603517696319?journalCode=irja" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0791603517696319?journalCode=irja</a>

E056 Tom Mills: Reforming the BBC

Maitrayee talked us through her PhD research on Indian marginalised identities on instagram and we debate the ethics and role of social media in contemporary society. Useful links:1) Internet and children: (Sonia Livingstone's work on Global Kids Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qssk79scds&amp;feature=youtu.be and Parenting: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/)2) Digital Suicide and leaving Facebook: https://bit.ly/2ZyUFSW3) Children and digital politics: https://bit.ly/2ZGnXDC

Maitrayee talked us through her PhD research on Indian marginalised identities on instagram and we debate the ethics and role of social media in contemporary society. Useful links: 1) Internet and children: (Sonia Livingstone's work on Global Kids Online: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qssk79scds&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qssk79scds&amp;feature=youtu.be</a> and Parenting: <a href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/</a>) 2) Digital Suicide and leaving Facebook: <a href="https://bit.ly/2ZyUFSW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2ZyUFSW</a> 3) Children and digital politics: <a href="https://bit.ly/2ZGnXDC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2ZGnXDC</a>

E054 Maitrayee Basu:  Indian marginalised identities on Instagram

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