Today we air the next episode of Flux. Chundou Her’s research is on Hmong student experiences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It’s significant that UW-Madison is a predominantly white institution in the Midwest of the United States because the Hmong student experiences that Chundou explores is of racism in all its forms – from stereotypical ideas about model minorities, to its links to sexism, and to the many microaggressions common on campus.

In this episode, Chundou imagines multiple, parallel worlds where layers of universes simultaneously fold into each other. This may be interpreted as a form of dissociation, but it could also be understood as a space for collective healing.

https://freshedpodcast.com/flux-her/

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Today’s episode was created, written, and produced by Chundou Her.

Johannah Fahey was the executive producer. Brett Lashua and Will Brehm were the producers.

Special thanks to Ruth Her, Leah Her, and Isabella Her for their support in creating the magical girl world as well as lending their voices to bring the story to life.

This episode is dedicated to all cousins out there, whether you are biological or found. May your imaginations be magical and may your real worlds be joyful.

Voices:

Main narrator, “monster” voices, Magical Girl Blue: Chundou Her

Ruth, Magical Girl Minoa: Ruth Her

Leah, Magical Girl Lucy: Leah Her

Isabella, Magical Girl Sweet Pea: Isabella Her

Music:

“ADVENTURE”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

“Quirky story music”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

“Transformation Sequence”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

“Teamwork”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

“Finale”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

Happy Music (loop1) by AudioCoffee

Spooky strings by Victor_Natas

Corporate Business Presentation (loop ver.2) by AudioCoffee

Sounds:

Phone Ringing #4 by AUDACITIER

Answer machine beep - generated by vestibule-door

crowd in hall medium reverb by theplax

Loose Classic Bike Bell, Triple Ding 1 by manofham

Bamboo, Pluto and Gregorian wind chimes at Sharp Tor, Teign Gorge by Philip_Goddard

Half second kitchen clock ticks by nightcustard

Dialup by lintphishx

Group_laugh_long_exaggerate by thanvannispen

Sci-fi Laboratory Ambience by qudodup

Heartbeats 61 by patobottos

Off-Hook tone by NuclearTape

Thailand jungle morning crickets, birds echo +water drops on plants7 woodpecker cleaned by kyles

Office Ambience Mix by kwahmah_02

Ccc_applause_short by uair01

Crowd Wow Surprise People by dersuperanton

Breath_group_shocked11 by thanvannispen

Harp Glissando Up by Cunningar0807

Light Magic - [RPG] by colorsCrimsonTears

Magic spell heal bright bell brid reverb by ryusa

Thunder by AudioPapkin

23_Miss_hit by Juaner_

Horror Ghost sound by HaraldDeLuca

Shattering Glass (Small) by Czarcazas

FX_Footsteps_Echo01 by PeteBarry

SFX Player Action: Phone Pick Up by trullilulli

Spell explosion by Bertsz

Sound Effect: Twinkle/Sparkle by ShidenBeatsMusic

Cartoon Slide Whistle Down 1 by floraphonic

Bongo Drum Roll 1 by floraphonic

Crash Cymbal Hit by UNIVERSFIELD

Supernatural Explosion by Pixabay

Fairy_sound by Pixabay

Power Charge by Pixabay

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Today Ijaaz Jackaria joins me to talk about his FreshEd Flux episode entitled "In the realm of the in between: An ode to ethnography in Mauritius." I recommend you listen to his Flux episode before you continue with this one. You’ll find it in your podcast feed.

In today’s interview we discuss the combination of science, philosophy, and theology as well as Ijaaz’s process of putting together his Flux episode.

Ijaaz Jackaria is a recent graduate of the University of Edinburgh and a Season 3 FreshEd Flux Fellow.

https://freshedpodcast.com/jackaria/

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Today we start season 3 of Flux, a FreshEd series where graduate students turn their research interests into narrative based podcasts.

To kick things off, Ijaaz Jackaria’s episode is an ethnography of Mauritius and its colonial past, where he creates his own Southern epistemology by bringing together cosmology, philosophy, and Islamic theology.

Let Season 3 of FreshEd Flux begin.

https://freshedpodcast.com/flux-jackaria/

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Full Credits

Voices:

Narrator, Monologue in field recordings, Translator of Quranic verse: Ijaaz Jackaria

Dad: Mohammad Yousouf Jackaria

Reader of Ibn Arabi’s texts: Parween Taleb-Jackaria (mom)

The voice of Carl Sagan is “a gift to this site by Cosmos Studios. Carl

Sagan’s audio from Pale Blue Dot, originally by Brilliance 2017. Copyright © 1994 by Carl Sagan. Copyright © 2006 Democritus Properties, LLC. All rights reserved.”

Boaventura De Sousa Santos

Link: https://youtu.be/UzecpSzXZOY

University of Chicago Professor Yousef Casewit with permission from University of Chicago Divinity School.

Link: https://youtu.be/q0Kcb8A1fd0

Muslim Preacher 1: Shaykh Dr. Haitham al Haddad.

Link: https://youtu.be/3Pb52xeVnpE?feature=shared

Muslim Preacher 2: Nouman Ali Khan

Link: https://youtu.be/aEfOqSC7WB8?feature=shared

Haram Beats Composers: Brett Lashua & Ijaaz Jackaria

Original Voice in Haram Beats:

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al Haddad. Link: https://youtu.be/3Pb52xeVnpE?feature=shared

Quran Reciter 1: Shaykh Sudais

Link: https://archive.org/details/SurahAlImranLast10Verses

Quran Reciter 2: Salim Bahanan

Link: https://youtu.be/uD7tnXhFpss?feature=shared

Poem Reciter: Tina Rahimi

Link: https://youtu.be/ob-lGpx45V0?feature=shared

Tajweed instructor

Link: https://youtu.be/teuC1DUrFAE?feature=shared

Hifz instructor and student

Link: https://youtu.be/fsb-CY1IrXs?feature=shared

Sufi Chants

Link: https://youtu.be/xsTDHk2B8Bg?feature=shared

Music and Sounds from YouTube Creative Commons:

Sounds from Interstellar Space

Link: https://youtu.be/RgAC0cs0oNg?feature=shared

Waves

Link: https://youtu.be/xyVm9XW8VoY?feature=shared

Shrinking SFX

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Av0LSyv-U

Growing SFX

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2hbx00p70

French Baroque Music

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hxYlGrJt3k

British Grenadiers

Link: https://youtu.be/Kh1xPhisJb4?feature=shared

Sufi Flute 1

Link: https://youtu.be/xEuZhvm9YVo?feature=shared

Sufi Flute 2

Link: https://youtu.be/_O3RXAGB-7k?feature=shared

DJ Scratch

Link: https://youtu.be/DoQKO2zaaNc?feature=shared

Rewind

Link: https://youtu.be/Q84kTMsfo68?feature=shared

Whispering Sound

Link: https://youtu.be/s5M9Zhwa0_k?feature=shared

Music and Sounds from Soundstripe:

Catacombs

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/6310

Sci Fi Cosmos Sequence

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/72694

Hypnotic Pad Tone

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/70417

Sundaze

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/16702

Choir Male Descending

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/40584

Tibetan Synth

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/68198

Gravel Walk:

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/7408

Shrub Tiny Leaves

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/14411

Music and Sounds from Bandlab:

Anger Rhodes

Link: https://www.bandlab.com/sounds/search?query=Anger_Rhodes_160_F#m

Oriental Accent

Link: https://www.bandlab.com/sounds/search?query=oriental

Special Thanks:

Special thanks to Dr. Lindsey Horner and Dr. Fatih Aktas from the University of Edinburgh for their academic guidance. A big thank you also to Johannah Fahey, executive producer of FreshEd Flux, for her unrelenting support and supervision throughout the production of my episode.

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Today we explore how univeristies are turning into data-driven institutions. My guest is Janja Komljenovic.

Janja Komljenovic is a senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. Her new co-written article with Sam Sellar and Kean Birch is “Turning universities into data-driven organizations: seven dimensions of change”, which was published in Higher Education.

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Today we explore the digital transformation of and in education. My guest is Ben Williamson who argues that we are witnessing a new digital infrastructure being built beneath our feet.

The last time Ben joined FreshEd was in February 2020, just one month before the UK went into its first Covid-19 lockdown. When it comes to education and technology, a lot has changed in the past 4.5 years. Ben talks through some of those changes. Ben Williamson is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh.

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Today we launch a new project at FreshEd called The Thinking Ear. The Thinking Ear is a collection of episodes produced by you, offering a sonic space to share ideas on education worldwide. Think of it as an audio journal.

If you’re interested in developing your own podcast episode about your research, please get in touch. The Thinking Ear is open for submissions. We will offer support to develop your idea into a podcast before airing it on the FreshEd platform. We think a space for anyone to contribute a podcast episode is important because sonic productions expand our understanding. Research is no longer confined to niche journal articles or shared in half-empty conference rooms. Podcasts encourage us to think both analytically and creatively about research and increase our public impact. We want to democratize podcast creation by offering our listeners opportunities to make their voices heard. So welcome to The Thinking Ear and I hope many of you will consider making your own episodes in the future.

To kick things off Jordan Corson tells a short story about a particular understanding of the idea of universal education, composed in the style of writer Jorge Luis Borges. Jordan Corson is an Assistant Professor of education at Stockton University.

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Today we explore the rise of neuroscience in initial teacher education in Australia. My guests are Andrew Skourdoumbis and Emma Rowe.

Andrew Skourdoumbis is an associate professor in education at Deakin University where Emma Rowe is a Senior Lecturer. Their new co-written article is “A critique of ‘Strong Beginnings’ initial teacher education reforms: mandating neuroscience as core curriculum within the ‘what works’ movement”, which was published in the Australian Educational Researcher.

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Today we remember Debbie Epstein, who recently passed away. Debbie was a major figure in the field of education whose work brought together cultural studies and sociology. Ever an activist, Debbie made important and lasting contributions to how we think about anti-racism and sexuality and education. I’ve asked Debbie’s long-time friend and collaborator, Jane Kenway, to join me to talk Debbie. After Jane’s introduction, I’m going to replay my interview with Debbie from 2017. Please forgive the sound quality. FreshEd was less than two years old at the time and I was clearly still learning the technical ropes.

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This week we look at elite private schools and how they are the engine of privilege. With me are Clive and Myra Hamilton.

Clive Hamilton is a professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University and Myra Hamilton is Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School. Their new book is The Privileged Few.

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Today we continue our mini-series called the FreshEd Questionnaire. I’ve been asking guests a set of standard questions after each interview.

These questions focus on how guests approach writing, reading, research, and supervision. I want to talk about them to highlight the many different approaches to the day-to-day activities we do inside universities.

Today’s episode focuses on books. I asked guests to name their favorite book or author and why. Here’s what they had to say.

Guests include:

Tricia Bromley

Neal Hutchens

Amy Shuffelton

Dave Cormierr

Elena Aydarova

Joshua Ehrlich

Jesica Oddy

Steven Lewis

Rebecca Spratt

Nidal Al Haj Sleiman

Liz Shchepetylnykova

Irv Epstein

Sirojuddin Arif

Leonardo Garnier

Audrey Bryan

Kirsi Yliniva

Gita Steiner-Khamsi

Jamie Martin

You Yun

Seu’ula Johansson-Fua

Kehaulani Vaughn

Michael Rumbelow

Mir Abdullah Miri

Greg Skutches

Prem Kumar Rajaram

Juuso Henrik Nieminen

Nasmi Anuar

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