In our first episode, Emily Sisson speaks to Joanne Butcher about her research on cinematic portrayals of human trafficking and modern slavery. Joanne discusses how the topic has been utilised by filmmakers as an allegorical tool to spread ideological narratives.

In this conversation, Joanne touches on the following subjects: 

• The complex terminology that surrounds human trafficking and exploitation. 
• What interested her about this niche area of research and what she hopes to bring to the conversation with her analysis. 
• Where she situates her work academically and her hopes for the research's social impact. 
• Her rationale for focussing on popular cinema and why she believes it is important to give this form of mediated discourse serious academic consideration. 

Find the show notes at https://medium.com/@cultcaptpod

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