The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest Hosts: Karis Campion - Karis is a Legacy in Action Research Fellow at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre...
Jun 15, 2021•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Zavier joined us to discuss his ongoing research on how changing Ottoman elite conceptions of race, slavery, and blackness in the Ottoman Empire contributed to new forms of racialization of enslaved and manumitted Africans between the 1840s and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Useful links: https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/departments/meis/people/students/zavier-wingham.html https://twitter.com/zwingham/status/1303346717715247109 https://twitter.com/AjamMC/status/1267806300618006...
Jun 08, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael joined us to discuss themes and arguments about the Labour Party, anti-racism & antisemitism from two of his articles: On "Black Antisemitism" and Antiracist Solidarity - https://newsocialist.org.uk/black-antisemitism-and-antiracist- solidarity Anti-Racism as Procedure - https://prtcls.com/article/richmond_labour-antisemitism/
Jun 01, 2021•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Emmanuel joined us to talk about the strategic and grassroots community responses to Covid-19 in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Emmanuel later shares more about his work in community organisations in Africa focused on disaster risk reduction, poverty reduction, and climate change adaption. Useful links: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/openhe-2020-0005/html https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/development/people/emmanuel-osuteye https://www.urban-know.com https://www.urb...
May 25, 2021•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Surviving Society Alternative to Woman’s Hour, we explore some themes from the interviews Brenna and Rafeef conducted in their edited collection Revolutionary Feminisms: Conversations on Collective Action and Radical Thought. Useful links: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3182-revolutionary-feminisms https://www.dukeupress.edu/colonial-lives-of-property https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/organised-state-abandonment-the-meaning-of-grenfell/ http://www.rafeefziadah.net/ h...
May 18, 2021•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Surviving Society Alternative to Woman’s Hour we explore some of the key themes from Francesca’s latest book - The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (2020). Useful links: https://www.francescasobande.com/newbook https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030466787
May 11, 2021•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast John joined us to discuss his role as an expert witness for the defence in the professional misconduct cases brought against Birmingham teachers following (false) accusations that they were part of a 'plot to Islamicise schools'. Useful links: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/countering-extremism-in-british-schools https://johnholmwood.net/birmingham-trojan-horse-affair-resources/
May 04, 2021•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pat joined us to outline some themes, debates and evidence from her latest book, School Scandals: Blowing the Whistle on the Corruption of Our Education System. Useful links: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/school-scandals https://patthomson.net/
Apr 27, 2021•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast ...Reggae Sound Systems, Jungle Pirate Radio and Grime YouTube Music Videos: Malcolm joined us to discuss Black diasporic music, culture, politics, and raving from the 1980s and 1990s. Useful links: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sonic-intimacy-9781501320736
Apr 20, 2021•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast ...Black women, education & neurodiversity: In this episode, Chantelle and Vivienne (ADHD Babes) discuss their personal experiences of navigating both life and education with multiple neurodiverse traits. ADHD Babes: ADHD Babes is a community group for Black Women and Black Non-Binary people with ADHD. We create safe spaces for us to flourish and live our lives to their greatest potential. We aim to empower people with community, tools, learning and healing spaces to redefine ADHD, tackle its di...
Apr 13, 2021•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vanessa joins us to discuss black feminist abolitionist analysis, intersectional disability justice and its contexts for policing in Europe. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete & follows with four episodes about the latest special issue: Race Mental Health, State Violence with editors Eddie Bruce-Jones & Monish Bha...
Apr 06, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Monish joined us to outline the history and contemporary use of electron monitoring (tagging) for criminal sentencing and punishment which was extended under the Asylum and Immigration Act s36 to ‘immigration controls’ of ‘high risk’ individuals. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete & follows with four episodes abou...
Mar 30, 2021•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast TW: institutional racism & islamophobia Tarek provides listeners with a brief history of PREVENT and explores how public bodies are ‘trained’ to identify ‘at risk’ individuals in the war on terror. We discuss the racialisation of Muslims, ‘colourblindness’ and how Britain has ‘managed’ dissent. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Dire...
Mar 23, 2021•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast TW: personal & public histories of deaths in custody Eddie joined us to discuss the groundings of the special issue and provides us with an overview of the recommendations of the - Angiolini Review – the first official review of practices and processes related to and following police related deaths in the UK. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history o...
Mar 16, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Liz outlines some of the key moments in the IRR’s history. We discuss both the historical and contemporary role of the institute as specified by the late A. Sivanandan, and Liz provides some important reflections and hopeful possibilities about our present-day political culture. This is a special five part series in collaboration with the official journal of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), Race & Class. The series begins with an introduction to the history of IRR with Director Liz Fekete ...
Mar 09, 2021•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast TW: homophobia in Hip Hop music and culture Battle rap champion, poisonous poet and educator Tony D joined us to talk about rap, hip hop, cultural production and its historical and contemporary contribution to Black liberation movements and discourses. Useful links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MVfs6dC4UY
Mar 02, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Levi returns to the show to continue our discussions about key arguments from his book - Land, God, and Guns: Settler Colonialism and Masculinity in the American Heartland (2020) - in the context of the violence at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Useful: https://soundcloud.com/user-622675754/e004-the-usa-election-reflection-with-levi-gahman-settler-colonialism-masculinity-class www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/land-god-and-guns/
Feb 23, 2021•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest Hosts: Nneka Dennie Nneka D. Dennie is assistant professor of history at Washington & Lee University, spec...
Feb 16, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leighan joined us to break down the concept of matrifocality and provides some analysis from her PhD research on the representation of Caribbean families in contemporary Caribbean fiction. Useful links: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/leighan-m-renaud https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/beyond-the-nuclear-the-caribbean-family/ https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.770978
Feb 09, 2021•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gavan joined us to discuss some of the themes from his latest book - Is Free Speech racist? Discount code: POL20 is valid until 31/03/2021 via https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509536153 Useful links: (1) The most recent 'free speech crisis', an analysis from myself and Privyamvada Gopal: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/18/free-speech-row-cambridge-restrict-expression-minorities-freedom-thought (2) Freedom of speech 'crises' as exercises in public-making and boundar...
Feb 02, 2021•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest hosts: Carmen Geha is an Associate Professor of Public Administration, Leadership, and Organizational Deve...
Jan 26, 2021•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gurpreet is the founder of blminthestix and joined us to discuss the realities of tackling racism amongst rural and mainly white communities in the UK. Useful links: https://linktr.ee/blmstix
Jan 19, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast ...: Women of colour resist: In the first edition of the Surviving Society Alternative to Woman's Hour for 2021, Akwugo provides some important analysis on women of colour's activism and resistance in UK, Europe & beyond. *The first direct action of Sisters Uncut was not during the Suffragettes UK red carpet premiere in 2015 - at this point Sisters had already engaged in at least four national actions. Surviving Society unreservedly apologises for this error during the episode. We continue to be...
Jan 12, 2021•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lowkey joined us for our first episode of 2021 to consider the realities of the Biden administration and the ever-expanding geopolitical influence of China.
Jan 05, 2021•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lisa explores the history of racist discourses and interventions on 'population control', anti-poor Malthusianism and eugenics. Lisa helps us to connect all this to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Useful links: https://discoversociety.org/2020/04/06/saying-the-quiet-part-out-loud-eugenics-and-the-aging-population-in-conservative-pandemic-governance/ https://discoversociety.org/2018/12/04/populist-academics-colonial-demography-and-far-right-discursive-ecologies/
Dec 29, 2020•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast We decided to release the patreon episode for this week to all listeners! We enjoyed taking to Leila so much and thought we would give you all an xmas treat of a super excited Chantelle and Tissot.
Dec 24, 2020•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leila Hassan Howe joined us to talk about her life story beginning in the East End of London and Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania). We talk about her activism, organising and radical action via the Black Unity and Freedom party, National Black People’s Day of Action and the Race Today Collective. Useful links: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745339757/here-to-stay-here-to-fight https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/08/leila-hassan-howe-black-power-london-revolution-black-lives-matter
Dec 22, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest hosts: Vron Ware has worked as a journalist, photographer and academic in the field of cultural geography ...
Dec 15, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bolaji (Bob) joined us to talk through histories of Poland's colonial extraction and the impact of whiteness, religion and (polish) centrism on racialisation and racism. *We want to be clear that we understand and do not make light of Jewish persecution in Poland. We are always looking to improve our racial literacy especially in relation to Jewish populations across the world* Useful papers/links: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography/people/academic-staff/bolaji-balogun Balogun, B. (2018) ‘Pol...
Dec 08, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Steve joined us to discuss the fluidity of masculinity and the social consequences of its violence and perversions. We also chat about our collective homogenizing of groups into distinctive generations. Useful links: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/steven-roberts
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