In this episode Catarina Carvalho and Sara de Sousa talk to Leon Moosavi about decoloniality, international students, and what he terms the ‘decolonial bandwagon’.

EPISODE NOTES: 

• ‘The Decolonial Bandwagon and the Dangers of Intellectual Decolonisation’

• ‘The Myth of Academic Tolerance: The Stigmatisation of East Asian Students in Western Higher Education’
• The Decolonial Critique network

Dr Leon Moosavi is a sociologist of race and religion. He’s a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool. Leon’s research interests fall within three interrelated areas: racism, Orientalism, whiteness, and white privilege; British Muslim converts and Islamophobia; and epistemic decolonisation, decolonising the curriculum, decolonising criminology, the limitations of decolonising projects, and how these initiatives are portrayed in public discourse.

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In this episode Peter D’Sena talks to Kai Fernandes about his walking tours of Porto, Portugal; race and tourism; and the interpersonal dimensions of his work.

EPISODE NOTES:

Born and raised in Porto, Kai Fernandes is the son of white parents and a sister of black women. He has a degree in Social Psychology and studies and thinking about social issues related to racism are his greatest passion. He created @quotidianodeumanegra, an Instagram page where he expresses his concerns. He uses ecotourism as a way to raise anti-racist awareness in society. A fan of Legos, books and friendships, he lives for honesty and knowledge.

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In this episode ⁠Hanh Doan talks to some of her PGCE music students (now qualified teachers) about diversifying and decolonising the music curriculum. The students are Olivia Celoleskaj, Lewis White and David Woods. The dialogue is interspersed with Hanh reading Nathan Holder’s poem ‘If I Were a Racist'.

FURTHER RESOURCES:

• Nathan Holder’s ⁠If I Were a Racist⁠

EPISODE NOTES:

Hanh Doan is  a Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education and has been PGCE Music lead since September 2023, as well as being  a Senior Academic Skills Tutor at the University of Hertfordshire. Before coming to the University of Hertfordshire, Hanh was a secondary school music teacher for 19 years. In this time, decolonising the music curriculum became an emerging interest, but Hanh is clear about being at the start of a personal and professional journey. She sees her role with trainee teachers to expose them to ideas and philosophies within and outside music education.

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In this episode (the second of two parts), ⁠⁠⁠Catarina Carvalho⁠⁠⁠ talks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dan McQuillan⁠ about all things artificial intelligence. Please go back and listen to part 1 if you haven't already, as the conversation picks up from there!

FURTHER RESOURCES:

⁠- Dan's book, Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence⁠.

- ⁠Dan's website⁠.

EPISODE NOTES:

Dr Dan McQuillan is a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing at Goldsmiths University of London, and co-lead for AI in the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. He is  author of  the book Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence.

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In this episode (the first of two parts), ⁠⁠Catarina Carvalho⁠⁠ talks to ⁠⁠Dan McQuillan about all things artificial intelligence. The second part of the interview will drop soon!

FURTHER RESOURCES:

- Dan's book, Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence.

- Dan's website.

EPISODE NOTES:

Dr Dan McQuillan is a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing at Goldsmiths University of London, and co-lead for AI in the ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures. He is  author of  the book Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence.

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In this episode, you'll hear updates from the following University of Hertfordshire staff members about their New Years' teaching resolutions. Below are some of the resources/texts mentioned in the first episode.

If you've not listened to the first part of this, or want a refresher - EP 10 - go back and listen now!

In order: ⁠Karen Clark⁠, ⁠Earle Abrahamson⁠, ⁠Kathleen Tripp⁠, ⁠Kaja Franck⁠, ⁠Derek Ong⁠, ⁠Hạnh Đoan⁠, ⁠Helen Barefoot⁠, ⁠⁠Sarah Flynn⁠.

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In this episode (the second of two parts), ⁠Catarina Carvalho⁠ talks to ⁠Mustafa Ali⁠ about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big tech. This picks up from where the first part left off, so please go back and listen to that one if you haven't already.

We also asked Mustafa, after the episode, to send us a reading list that might appear on his proposed 101 course, 'How the World Was Made'. We've added in suggestions of our own too. You can find it below. Let us know what recommendations you'd add to the list and if you use the list in your teaching.

FURTHER RESOURCES:

HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE:

EPISODE NOTES:

Dr. Mustafa Ali  is a Lecturer in Computing at the Open University. He conducts transdisciplinary research investigating the interactions between race, religion, politics, ethics, and computing/ICT. Specifically, he examines and critically analyzes how colonial power harmfully affects our ways of seeing and thinking.

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In this episode (the first of two parts), Catarina Carvalho talks to Mustafa Ali about the possibilities of decolonising, representation, and racial awarding gaps. Part 2 talks more explicitly about tech and computing - that episode will drop next week.

FURTHER RESOURCES:

EPISODE NOTES:

Dr. Mustafa Ali  is a Lecturer in Computing at the Open University. He conducts transdisciplinary research investigating the interactions between race, religion, politics, ethics, and computing/ICT. Specifically, he examines and critically analyzes how colonial power harmfully affects our ways of seeing and thinking.

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In this episode, Sara de Sousa talks to Oli Belas and Neil Hopkins about the philosophy of education, including curriculum co-creation and student-led assessment design.

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Dr Oli Belas is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at University of Bedfordshire. He teaches across Education and English subject-areas. His monograph, A Philosophical Inquiry into Subject English and Creative Writing, was nominated for the BERA 2023 Research Book of the Year award. With Dr. Neil Hopkins and Dr. Jim Clack, he runs the Radical Education and Humanities Group (REHG), which, for now, exists primarily as a blog (he, Neil, and Jim are always looking for contributors).

Dr Neil Hopkins is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bedfordshire. He has recently co-edited (with Dr Carol Thompson) Reflections on Identity: Narratives from Educators. He was written extensively on education in relation to political philosophy, professional identity and psychoanalysis. 

Also mentioned is their colleague Jim Clack.

Oli, Neil, and Jim are members of University of Bedfordshire's Institute for Research in Education.

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In this episode, Helen Barefoot talks to Daniel Akinbosede about racism in the sciences, the awarding gap between white students and those from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, and the racist barriers within the academic pipeline.

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Daniel Akinbosede is an activist for race equity in Higher Education. Building upon the work he started as a student, Daniel continues to challenge institutional racism through campaigning, educating, and sharing thought leadership.

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