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In our next episode of Global Sport Conversations, Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff speaks with David Lasday, the Chief Operating Officer of the Israel Lacrosse Association. Lasday explains how the interest in lacrosse is steadily growing around the world with Israel at the forefront of its expansion. Furthermore, he highlights how Lacrosse in Israel has helped build relations on both the local and global scale

Are you indigenous? What makes a person indigenous? What does being

indigenous really mean?

Join Francesca, Clare and Kúnmi on a big discussion on what it means to be ‘indigenous’, the differences between indigenous and endangered languages, and the rate at which indigenous and endangered languages are disappearing. With flash interviews from linguists and SOASians, and a conversation with SOAS World Languages Institute director Mandana Seyfeddinipur, we disentangle the different meanings and contexts behind the heavily loaded term ‘indigenous’, and see what interesting and important information it can give us regarding the future of endangered languages.'

This podcast was recorded at SOAS Radio.

Episode concept by Francesca Brown and Clare Green

Music:

Yellow Light District (ID 1135)

Lobo Loco - www.musikbrause.de

Creative Commons License (by-nc-nd)

This podcast forms part of a series of four podcasts produced by the SOAS World

Languages Institute celebrating UNESCO’s International Year of Indigenous

Languages 2019.

Jee has recently raised a complaint against the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for homophobic, racist and transphobic abuse. In this episode, they reflect on a journey of resisting a white institution, and how this intersects with their family's living under an authoritarian government back in Singapore.

Laura Siegler

Song :

Faye Wong - You're Happy, so I'm Happy

SOAS Radio's Jean Kostrzewski in conversation with SCRAP's project coordinator Dr. Olamide Samuel about how young people can get involved in an exciting disarmament campaign!

This discussion of youth involvement comes in the context of a recent development on the 21st of October this year, when the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on Youth, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.

We discuss whether this resolution gives young people a meaningful platform to engage in Disarmament and Non-Proliferation discussions.

2019 Bertha Lutz Prize winner Professor Sylvia Bashevkin questions what we know about women's participation in political executive roles with Dr Jennifer Cassidy and Marissa Conway.

Sylvia Bashevkin is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Her primary research focus is gender and politics, notably women’s impact as public leaders.

Jennifer A. Cassidy is a Departmental Lecturer in Global Governance and Diplomacy at the University of Oxford Her gained PhD from the University of Oxford which centred on the evolving topic of Digital Diplomacy.

Marissa Conway is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, a current doctoral candidate earning her PhD in Politics at the University of Bristol, and this year was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Its the new academic year which means a new year for the SOAS Spirit! This year's addition is gonna be extra spooky not only because it comes out on Halloween but also because Valerie Amos's controversial departure is front page.

In collaboration with SOAS Radio the managing team behind the Spirit (Syraat, Hana, and Malhia) sat down to tell us what is in store for this very special edition.

Discussing the use of sports diplomacy to broaden the international engagement of a small country like Wales with Gavin Price, (co-project lead British Council Wales), Rosa Bickerton (British Council Wales), hosted by Dr J Simon Rofe.

Global Sports Conversations - Akira Shimazu by SOAS Radio

In our next episode of Global Sport Conversations, Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff speaks with Kely Nascimento-DeLuca, a storyteller, advocate, and Global Goals World Cup Ambassador to learn about the Women Warriors of Football movement, how she’s experienced the power of sport, how family informed her love of the global game and more.

Learn more about Kely’s work here: https://warriorwomenoffootball.com

Follow Kely on Twitter: https://twitter.com/casakely

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About the Global Sport Conversations Podcast

Sport is a key driver of globalization focusing attention on issues that transcend national boundaries. It’s a story fed by history, culture, race and identity, technology, business, international relations, and more, one that is also being shaped by topical debates and ethical issues of today’s news cycles.

But in a rapidly changing global sports world, how do various stakeholders come to and interact with sports beyond the game? How do they experience the intersection of sports and diplomacy and governance? What are key take-aways from careers across the global sports spectrum that inform our understanding of our world today? These critical questions and more are the themes explored in our Global Sport Conversations Podcast series.

In today’s episode of the Global Sport Conversations podcast, Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff exchanges with General Manager of the Capitol City Go-Go and former Team Great Britain and professional basketball player Pops Mensah-Bonsu about his career and being at the front lines of the intersection of basketball and diplomacy. Key questions they explore include: how was Pops inspired to a career in the game? In what ways did the people-to-people knowledge exchanges involved in basketball diplomacy help him integrate into local communities in different cultures around the world, and how did the elements of race and identity (sometimes multiple identities) play a role? What was it like representing Team Great Britain in the London 2012 Olympics? And why is he excited about the forthcoming NBA-FIBA Basketball Africa League and the future of global basketball?

Learn more about Pops’ career: https://www.okayafrica.com/in-conversation-pops-mensah-bonsu-gm-capital-city-go-go/

Follow Pops on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pops

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About the Global Sport Conversations Podcast

Sport is a key driver of globalization focusing attention on issues that transcend national boundaries. It’s a story fed by history, culture, race and identity, technology, business, international relations, and more, one that is also being shaped by topical debates and ethical issues of today’s news cycles.

But in a rapidly changing global sports world, how do various stakeholders come to and interact with sports beyond the game? How do they experience the intersection of sports and diplomacy and governance? What are key take-aways from careers across the global sports spectrum that inform our understanding of our world today? These critical questions and more are the themes explored in our Global Sport Conversations Podcast series.