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This podcast series explores various potential channels of antibiotic resistance transmission in Sri Lanka with the focus on wildlife, socio-economic drivers and culture based on the findings from the latest research projects funded by Bloomsbury SET UK.

Following the previous podcast on antibiotic resistance & wildlife, we will further discuss socio-economic drivers of antibiotic resistance today. We learnt in the last podcast that the antibiotic resistance transmission is caused not only due to its over-use in healthcare facilities, but the underlying causes are much more complex, such as wildlife, contributing to antibiotic resistance spread through waterways through various channels. This means even without over-using antibiotics, there is a potential threat of antibiotic resistance spread via water contamination because of various factors such as poor sanitation, waste management. We will closely look into this indirect pathway in detail today.

This week, we are speaking to Samuel Olaniran, and Dr Stephanie Diepeveen, who have worked on the article, “Demystifying the COVID-19 infodemic: Conspiracies, context and the agency of users,” which has just been published in Social Media & Society.

Samuel Olaniran is a PhD Candidate in the department of media studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, and has lectured at Plateau State University in Nigeria. His research focuses on digital dis/misinformation, social media and politics, computational propaganda and digital culture.

Dr Stephanie Diepeveen is a Research Fellow at ODI and a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, where she also obtained a PhD in Politics and International Studies. Her work focuses on the social and political implications of the increasingly digital world.

Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera

Researcher: Deirbhile Ni Bhranain

Editor: Eliza Bacon

Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare

Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis

Discover more about this interview on our website: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-31-demystifying-conspiracies

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This week we are joined by Paromita Vohra to talk about her platform, Agents of Ishq. Paromita is a filmmaker and writer whose work focuses on gender, feminism, urban life, love, desire and popular culture. It spans many forms, including documentary, fiction, print, video and sound installation. She is the founder of Agents of Ishq, a multi-media online project about sex education and sexual culture in India which platforms discussions and materials around sex, love and desire.

Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera

Researcher: Eliza Bacon

Editor: Deirbhile Ni Bhranain

Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare

Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis

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This week we are joined by Darlington Akogo to speak about Global Dynamics of AI in Healthcare. Darlington Akogo is the Founder and Director of Artificial Intelligence at GUDRA, and its subsidiaries; including minoHealth, an AI Healthtech company and minoHealth AI Lab, an AI Healthcare, Biotech and Biomedical Research Lab.

Darlington is the also lead for TG-AI4 Radiology under the United Nations ITU and World Health Organization's Focus Group on 'Artificial Intelligence for Health' (AI4H). He is also an Advisory Board Member and Ambassador to West Africa at AI Expo Africa, the largest business focused AI community in Africa. He is a member of MIT Tech Review Global Panel, and he's a Global Shaper under the World Economic Forum's initiative.

Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera

Researcher: Eliza Bacon

Editor & Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare

Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis

Discover more about this interview on our website here.

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This week we are joined by Hannah Metcalfe to speak about Mobile for Development in Tanzania. Hannah has had an 8 year career in mobile for development and technology for development. Since 2017 she has been working for Viamo, and since 2019 she has been the Country Director in Tanzania. Viamo is a technology for development organisation with a platform capable of reaching anyone in the world, with a mobile phone. Viamo partners with a wide range of NGOs and other organisations. They can tailor excellent behaviour change communication campaigns, hotlines, infolines and subscription services, as well as providing the data analysis and visualisation to go with it.

Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera

Researcher: Eliza Bacon

Editor: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin

Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare

Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis

Discover more about this interview on our website here: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-28-mobile-4-development

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On this episode we are speaking to Tais Koshino and Amelie Maia, co-founders of the DiverseNFTArt initiative which aims to provide a community for Women, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ NFT artists.

Tais Koshino is a digital artist from Brazil whose work is featured on Hic et Nunc.

Amelie Maia is an artist and senior creative developer currently based in Toronto, Canada.

Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera

Researcher: Deirbhile Ní Bhranáin

Editor: Eliza Bacon

Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare

Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis

Discover more about this interview on our website here: https://www.globaldigitalfutures.com/episode-27-nft-digital-art

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A mix of future beats, bass and London sounds.

Panjab In My Eye Episode 14, giving exposure to various Panjabi sound aesthetics. Featuring artists such as Panjabi MC, LL Cool Singh and Ishu Dhillon.

Panj Dareyavaan Da Bass - Bass of the 5 rivers

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There is before August 4th 2020 and after August 4th in the history of Lebanon. But there is also music and sound. What is the music scene like in Beirut? What artists and venues are there? And how has history been scored into the sound of a city exploded due to corruption and negligence?

Beirut and Beyond’s director Amani Semaan joins DanDana’s Christina Hazboun in an intimate, deep and honest conversation about the music scene in Beirut and the latest Beirut 20/21 compilation.

With an experience spanning a decade in the music scene in West Asia and North Africa, Amani Semaan recalls the events of the October Revolution, the exceptional, homegrown edition of Beirut and Beyond’s showcase festival in February 2020 and takes listeners through the last twelve months on the music scene in Lebanon.

From an intersectional socio-political and mainly musical perspective, you will hear about Beirut’s indie scene and how a whole community of artists, festivals and cultural operators came together to release a sonic postcard of the time of Beirut 20/21.

Take a seat and choose a quite corner to soak in events unfolding within the music of Lebanon.

For the full compilation visit: https://beirutandbeyond.bandcamp.com/album/beirut-20-21

Panj Daryavaan Da Bass - Bass of the 5 Rivers

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