Interventions from the Global South

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Mohan Dutta

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Viktor Chagas - Humor as hate and humor as hegemonic subversion

In this episode, Professor Mohan Dutta speaks with Professor Viktor Chagas on humor in Brazilian politics. Professor Chagas offers a humor lens to Brazilian independence from Portugal, pointing out how Brazilian people made Portuguese people the butt of the jokes as a means to create a national identity. We hear about Professor Chagas’ research into private far right WhatsApp group chats and the ethical and safety considerations that come with covert research methods. Professor Chagas and Profes...

Mar 01, 2024•25 min•Ep. 6

Interventions from the Global South - Usha Raman, Feminist Approaches to Work

In this episode, Professor Mohan Dutta’s guest Professor Usha Raman discusses her early professional career and how it shaped her scholarly interests. She describes her current worker-centered and feminist approach to the design and deployment of digital platforms and tools to align, with a special eye to the Global South, the future of work with human dignity, creativity, and pleasure. Click here for the episode transcript Featuring Mohan Dutta Usha Raman Sponsor: The Institute for Advanced Stu...

May 26, 2023•24 min•Ep. 5

Cheryll Soriano on Confronting Neo-Colonialism in the Platform Work Market

This episode features Professor Cheryll Ruth Soriano in conversation with Professor Mohan Dutta. Professor Soriano discusses her research on Filipino platform workers, expanding on linkages between migrant workers and the rise of entrepreneurial solidarity amongst digital workers. They further discuss the implications of the Philippines' past as a colonial subject and the country’s present as a site of political, particularly anti-neoliberal, activism. Click here for the episode transcript Featu...

May 24, 2023•22 min•Ep. 4

“Disembodied Cognition” – Biopolitics and Lived Experience in Global Trauma Narratives

In this episode, host Mohan Dutta discusses with guest Noor Aswad the legacies of imperialism in Syria. They stress the importance of not portraying imperialism with a broad brush stroke. Aswad points out how the converse of America as a beacon of light, which is America as an unstoppable imperial actor, erases the micropolitics of resistance; in this way, America is not the only actor of oppression in Syria. She also discusses the struggle among oppressed people to organize a narrative that res...

Jan 25, 2023•22 min•Ep. 3

Trailer: The International Communication Association Podcast Network

The International Communication Association presents the ICA Podcast Network, where we’re grappling with questions about how to navigate, transform, and make sense of a changing world. Our podcasts will bring together scholars and practitioners from around the world to showcase the most exciting and important work in our field and amplify researchers, educators, and advocates who are underrepresented in our field. We're so excited to introduce One World, One Network‽, Interventions from the Glob...

May 25, 2022•8 min

“Like A Tinder For Academic Publications” - Open Data Access in Brazil

In this episode of Interventions from the Global South, host Mohan Dutta and guest Rafael Grohmann take a deep dive into what it means to engage with the academic journal landscape as a researcher in the Global South, centered in the context of open data access in Brazil. They discuss what can be lost in translation as journal texts move in and out of English and analyze how the communication research landscapes in Latin American countries have benefited over time by prioritizing multilingual tr...

Apr 22, 2022•24 min•Ep. 2

Colin Chasi - Re-Learning Traditions in Theory from the Global South

In this episode, host Mohan Dutta discusses with guest Colin Chasi his newest book, Ubuntu for Warriors , as an anchor for a wider conversation about the roles of history and tradition in the landscape of African social and moral philosophies. They discuss what traditions look like when they are adapted organically rather than being contrived to prop up geopolitical agendas - and also how various social systems have impacted the practice of traditions over time. Listen in to learn more about how...

Mar 02, 2022•18 min•Ep. 1

Mohan Dutta - A Word On the Global South

In this introductory episode, Mohan Dutta, the host of Interventions from the Global South, introduces listeners to communication theory and practice coming out of the Global South. Listen in to learn about how the physical and intellectual landscape of the Global South has developed over time, interacting with concepts including sovereignty, embeddedness, and dispossession. How can communication studies from the Global South offer an alternative frame for examining - and pushing back on - colon...

Feb 03, 2022•7 min•Ep. 1

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