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 Professor Dutta also discuss the need to decenter the hegemony of political communications research and the challenges associated from the perspective of the Global South.
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Featuring
Mohan Dutta
Viktor Chagas
Sponsors
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University Qatar
More from our guests:
Dean’s Chair Professor of Communication | Journalism and Marketing
Massey University | University of New Zealand
Director, Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Twitter: @mjdutt; @CAREMasseyNZ
Associate Professor | Department of Cultural Studies and Media | Fluminense Federal University
Director, Laboratory of Research on Communication, Political Cultures, and Collaborative Economy (coLAB)
Twitter: @ombudsmanviktor
Works referenced in episode:
Jokes and Targets by Christie Davies
Chagas, V. A cultura dos memes: aspectos sociológicos e dimensões políticas de um fenômeno do mundo digital. Salvador: EdUFBA, 2020.
Copy and Audio Editors:
Dominic Bonelli
Tom Dixon
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.
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Featuring
Mohan Dutta
Usha Raman
Sponsor:
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University Qatar
More from our guests:
Dean’s Chair Professor of Communication | Journalism and Marketing
Massey University | University of New Zealand
Director, Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Twitter: @mjdutt; @CAREMasseyNZ
Professor in the Department of Communication | University of Hyderabad
Vice President | International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Twitter: @usharaman
Works referenced in episode:
Raman, U., & Arora, P. (n.d.). Femlab. FEMLAB.
Raman, U. (2018). MAYANOTES. Super Vision.
Raman, U. (2021). Pandemic Learning: How do we make it (all) count?. Indian Academy of Sciences.
Copy and Audio Editor:
Dominic Bonelli
Daniel Christain
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
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.
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Featuring
Mohan Dutta
Cheryll Ruth Soriano
Sponsor:
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University Qatar
More from our guests:
Dean’s Chair Professor of Communication | Journalism and Marketing
Massey University | University of New Zealand
Director, Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Twitter: @mjdutt; @CAREMasseyNZ
Professor of Communication | De La Salle University
Principal Investigator, Fairwork Philippines
Twitter: @chesoriano
Works Referenced in Episode:
Soriano, C. R. R., & Cabañes, J. V. A. (2020). Entrepreneurial solidarities: Social media collectives and Filipino digital platform workers. Social Media+ Society, 6(2), 2056305120926484.
Munck, R. (2002). Globalisation and labour: the new'Great Transformation'. Zed Books.
Copy and Audio Editor:
Sharlene Burgos
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
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 resonates with the Western world.
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Featuring
Mohan Dutta
Noor Aswad
Sponsor:
Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University Qatar
More from the host & speakers:
Professor, Dean's Chair | School of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing
Director, Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Massey University, Aotearoa New Zealand
Twitter - @mjdutt @CAREMasseyNZ
Doctoral student in the Department of Communication
University of Memphis
Twitter - @noorghazalaswad
Papers/Journal referred to in the episode:
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 translation and eliminating article processing costs. Take a listen to learn more about how researchers are connecting publication processes to the larger global context of digital sovereignty, and how workers and academics are both working to build their own platforms in order to engage directly with questions on how to best share their own work.
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Featuring
Mohan Dutta
Rafael Grohmann
Sponsor:
Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University Qatar
More from the host & speakers:
Professor, Dean's Chair | School of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing
Director, Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Massey University, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Twitter - @mjdutt @CAREMasseyNZ
Assistant Professor | Communication
Director, DigiLabour Research Lab
Unisinos University, São Leopoldo, Brazil
Twitter - @grohmann_rafael @DigiLabour
Papers/Journal referred to in episode:
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 scholars from the Global South are reclaiming their own traditions within the academic landscape, as well as about the subsequent emotional labor many scholars face.
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Featuring
Mohan Dutta
Colin Chasi
Sponsor:
Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University Qatar
More from the host & speakers:
Professor, Dean's Chair | School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing
Director, Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Massey University, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Twitter - @mjdutt @CAREMasseyNZ
Professor; Director, Unit for Institutional Change and Social Justice | Communication Science
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Twitter - @UFSweb
Papers/Journal referred to in episode:
Chasi, C. 2021. Ubuntu for Warriors. Africa World Press: Johannesburg.
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 - colonialism, capitalism, and resource drain?
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Featuring
Mohan Dutta
Sponsor:
Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University Qatar
More from the host & speakers:
Professor, Dean's Chair | School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing
Director, Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)
Massey University, Aotearoa New Zealand
Twitter - @mjdutt @CAREMasseyNZ