We’re back! The premiere of the second season of the Routing for Communities podcast is on the air! In our first season, you listened to life stories of those who create innovative, community-led projects that connect the one-third of humankind that is still living offline. Throughout the 12 episodes, we talked to more than 20 people from 15 countries. The topic provided us with a lot of content, so we decided to extend the conversation into one more season for you. 

Now, we continue addressing community networks. In this first episode, the topic is community-centred connectivity as a strategy that communities have developed for bridging the digital divide. Do you know what kind of digital gaps persist in different regions around the world? How do they impact people’s lives? How does this lack of connectivity deepen local inequalities? 

Join us on this audio journey and find out more. 

>>> Read the transcript of the episode: ⁠https://routingforcommunities.apc.org/⁠ 

>>> In this episode of season 2, you will listen to parts of the following stories from the previous season:

Amadiba Community Network | South Africa: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JLx69WmN5jBQLes4Ocx2i?si=80156e64b3414019

Jxa'h Wejxia Casil Community Network | Colombia: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2UJZgKwMAQTgHkjRk5HSvM?si=a79c34a501d04c17

Common Room | Indonesia: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3a25DZMkI66ak5w2g9ZKD7?si=44b68922c91b498e

Wiki Katat | Mexico: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aabv0oEJ3wLqsvUp9nuNC?si=bc66de541d5c43e6

Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN) | England:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5nQcDt7S2m0nNthuauZIQV?si=28a2bb51bf8040d4

TakNet | Thailand: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3f3c7BgMLBYaeJb3BNbTZM?si=36d2b0a903724db4 

>>> Listen to all the 12 episode from the first season of Routing for Communities: https://open.spotify.com/show/3MeB39Vt5LkdaM9XO2t3pY?si=aef0cbd02f1643cc 

>>> We recommend:

Community network - Glossary: https://www.apc.org/index.php/en/glossary/community-network

Community-centered connectivity - Glossary: 

https://www.apc.org/index.php/en/glossary/community-centred-connectivity

Meaningful community-centered connectivity

https://www.apc.org/index.php/en/glossary/meaningful-community-centred-connectivity

Local services and technologies: Meaningful connectivity from a community-centred perspective

Credits

This podcast is an initiative from the ⁠Association for Progressive Communications (APC)⁠ and ⁠Rhizomatica⁠, produced by ⁠Rádio Tertúlia⁠. Presentation: Thiago Moyano. Script, editing and sound: Beatriz Pasqualino. Interviews: Vivian Fernandes. Coordination: Beatriz Pasqualino and Débora Prado. Consulting board: Flavia Fascendini, Florencia Roveri and Kathleen Diga. Illustrations: Gustavo Nascimento. Web design: Avi Nash and Cathy Chen. 

This production is part of the “Meaningful community-centred connectivity” project being implemented by the Local Networks (LocNet) initiative, with financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and UK International Development from the UK Government through its Digital Access Programme. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the supporters’ views.