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COP27: Loss and Damage Funds to Combat Climate Change (Interview with Prof. Usha Natarajan) by Inter Gentes

10 years on, Reflecting on the action against ACTA by Inter Gentes

Our team meets with Professor René Provost to discuss his recent book on the administration of justice by armed insurgents.

Senior Editor Irfan Tahiri sits down with Professor Maria Bhatti from the University of Western Sydney about the content of her recent book titled "Sharia Law and International Commercial Arbitration."

In this podcast, Inter Gentes Team Members interviewed three journalists on their experiences working in international journalism from different regions and the fear of reprisal: Stephanie Nolen, Haroon Siddiqui, and Zelalem Kibret. Below are some of their key messages:

"The power of the word is so strong that journalists are disproportionately jailed and tortured and sometimes killed. That's the power of the word for you, and the power of telling the truth." - Haroon Siddiqui

"The job [of foreign correspondent] just doesn't exist in the same way that it used to. News organizations are not going to send you. The only way to start out in overseas-based foreign reporting now is to pick a place that has a pretty strong domestic story and to go and move there and set yourself up." - Stephanie Nolen

"There are stories of Ethiopian journalists and other dissidents who were kidnapped from Nairobi while they were in exile...Reprisal is just an every-day experience for any journalists who are living in Ethiopia or who are exiled." - Zelalem Kibret

Production Team: Eleanor Dennis, Alyssa McLeod, Shaké Sarkhanian, Irfan Tahiri

Editorial Support: Abigail Murta

Music: Tobin Lippold

Photo: Notebook by Engin Akyurt

Helga Turku: When Cultural Property Becomes a Tool of Warfare by Inter Gentes

An overview of intangible cultural protection regimes and throat singing. With a discussion with katajjaq throat singer practitioner Evie Mark and Avataq Cultural Institute’s Louis Gagnon and Marie-Pierre Gadoud.

Production by Tobin Lippold

Photo by Doc Searls

Interview with Professor Jean d'Aspremont by Inter Gentes

Lecture by Professor Jean d'Aspremont by Inter Gentes

Photo: Meanwhile… by Thales

In the first podcast produced by Inter Gentes, we look at the phenomenon of hacktivism and its relationship to the legal norms surrounding computer use. We use the actions of Anonymous against Daesh in response to the November 2015 attacks in Paris as a springboard, inviting anthropologist Gabriella Coleman to discuss the history and nature of Anonymous, its relationship to legal frameworks, and what its future as a movement might look like. We then speak with Lex Gill, co-author of “Towards digital constitutionalism? Mapping attempts to craft an Internet Bill of Rights,” a working paper of the Berkman Klein Center, who illuminates for us some of the currents, issues, and potentials in the crafting of norms in relation to internet use.

This podcast was written, researched, and produced by Annette Angell, Amanda Ghahremani, and Tobin Lippold, with music by Tobin Lippold.