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First-time guests Alina Apostu and Imran Jamal join us again on the final episode of The Impostors to reflect on the last eight months of PhD chat on the show. Tune in for thesis submission and viva tips, some great advice on how to survive the winter blues and writing-up process, a few reflections on the future, and a very geeky discussion on the importance of 'communitas'. 

About the guests:

Imran Jamal is a fourth year PhD student at the Department of Anthropology at SOAS: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff115652.php

Dr Alina Apostu completed her PhD at the Department of Anthropology at SOAS, and successfully defended her viva in November 2018: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff97216.php

To see Jimi Hendrix playing the acoustic guitar, as described by Alina in this episode, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzL7G0jItzU

This week we are speaking with Griff Ferris from Big Brother Watch about exactly Who Should Have The Right To Watch Over You? Big Brother Watch aims to expose and challenge threats to our privacy, our freedoms and our civil liberties at a time of enormous technological change in the UK. Their work includes research around facial recognition and biometrics, access to  communications data, and digital surveillance. Their most recent campaign #FREESPEECHONLINE focuses on the risks of censorship online.

Discover more on our website: https://www.soascodingclub.com/soas-radio-episode-3-big-brother-watch

SOAS Radio hosting Sudha Bhuchar and Neela Doleẑalová the team behind 'Decolonising the Curriculum', a new verbatim theatre project to be made in residence at SOAS by Bhuchar Boulevard theatre company.

https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem135509.html

Editor: Mai Weisz

Co-host and photographer: Lena Naassana

Welcome to the 2nd episode of our 10 part series on consent.

This time we give some answers to the question ‘Where can I go?’ signposting help and resources available at SOAS and in the wider community, for those of you who have experienced sexual violence or want to support a loved one. We are also joined by SOAS Academic and Welfare case worker Susanna who tells us about her work, what support is available and how SOAS can do more to support its students.

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Produced by Mary Holditch and SOAS Radio.

Featuring Zaynab Siddiqui, Indigo Lilburn- Quick and Susanna Momtazuddin.

We speak with Soum Paul about Cultural Nuances & India’s Digital Economy. Soum is the CoFounder and CEO of Homescreen Network, a television network venture built for the smartphone era. Over the last two decades, he’s played instrumental roles in a series of disruptive startups - Knowlarity, State.com, Mixercast. He’s also a writer, and his books Topper Prepares andFlight of the Unicorns have both been published by Harper Collins India. When in between projects, he spends his time trotting the globe and developing his photography and filmmaking skills.

Discover more on our website: https://www.soascodingclub.com/soas-radio-episode-2-soum-paul

This Episode of Regional Spotlights Middle East features an exclusive interview with the directors of 'About a War' a documentary film exploring violence and social change through interviews with ex-fighters from the Lebanese Civil War.

https://www.curzoncinemas.com/soho/film-info/about-a-war

Editor: Mai Weisz

Contributor and photographer: Lena Naassana

Doing a PhD is not an isolated activity: to progress with our careers whilst staying sane (and funded!) we often have to do a range of other things. In this month's discussion, we hear from two expert multitaskers on how to achieve a work-life balance, and how to cope when things can start to feel overwhelming.

About the guests:

Karla Cervantes Barrón is currently doing her PhD in Engineering at the University of Cambridge, looking at Energy Services across different countries: http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/kc512. Apart from doing her PhD, she is currently finishing her year as President of Corpus Christi MCR, organising events as Head of Workshops for CUSPE and tries to keep active in sports and in social life.

Marcello Francioni is a 4th year Anthropology student at SOAS: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff118101.php. When he's not trying to unravel the mysteries of the service business of Tokyo's gay bars, selling some expensive organic skincare product, or teaching the (SOAS undergrad) kids how anthropology is done, he mostly sleeps or watches Netflix. Often both at the same time.

To watch past episodes of UNHhhh: https://worldofwonder.vhx.tv/unhhhh

DanDana returns in full force with special guest Hazem Jamjoum, who’s writing his PhD on Arabic Music and previously ran radio shows in Canada and New York.

In this episode we discuss the Cairo Congress on Arab Music held in 1938, the history and politics around it and who attended the conference. We delve deep into details about what was going on behind the scenes, while we explore the rich musical recordings that ensued from the conference.

Towards the end of the episode we invite you to attend the screening of Jumana Manna’s film A Magical Substance Flows into Me, being screened on Thursday 22nd of November 2018 at the ICA as part of the London Palestine Film Festival (https://www.ica.art/on/films/ayny-magical-substance-flows-me).

We are speaking with Lecturer Matti Pohjonen about Research & Technology in Hard to Reach Locations. Matti is an academic at the intersection of digital anthropology, philosophy and data science. His work developing innovative research methods for hard-to-reach populations has taken him from Kenya and Ethiopia, to India. Now back at SOAS he is a Lecturer in Global Digital Media.

Tune in every 2 weeks for conversations on the future of digital technologies and their global impact.

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This podcast examines why it's important to use innovative approaches to evaluate development programmes and evidence. In recent years, there’s been increased scrutiny of international development and particularly foreign aid. For example, the UK’s Department of International Development (DFID) regularly faces criticisms regarding the effectiveness of its aid programmes from publications such as the Daily Mail and Sunday Express. At the same time, the Sustainable Development Goals have helped create an ambitious and multi-layered development agenda. Development practitioners are increasingly required to plan and work systematically. They also have to manage in a chaotic and dynamic world.

In this podcast, we explore why robust evaluation of development programmes is more important than ever. We also consider the work of the Centre of Excellence in Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL), which is administered through the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and hosted at the London International Development Centre (LIDC). The speakers are Marcella Vigneri, Research Fellow at CEDIL, and Dr. Matthew Jukes, Fellow and Senior Education Evaluation Specialist at RTI International.