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The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.
This week, we look at the worldwide popularity of Turkish television dramas, and the way they have interacted with the geopolitics of the Middle East.
With us on this episode is Yasemin Celikkol, researcher at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication.
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This week, we're exploring the built environments around us by investigating the tensions between city-planning and the organic, unplanned life of their inhabitants.
With us on this episode is Witold Rybczynski, Professor Emeritus of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.
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This week, we're looking at science-fiction, its intersections with colonialism, and the exciting ways in which the genre is being pushed forward by Afrofuturists.
With us on this episode is John Rieder (Author, ‘Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction’) and Ytasha Womack (Filmmaker, novelist and the author behind ‘Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture’).
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In this episode, we look at the restaurant culture of 18th Century China, how Chinese-American cuisine has developed over time, and how this has been interwoven with the politics of migration in America.
With us on this episode is Andrew Coe, scholar of culinary history and author of ‘Chop Suey: a Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States’
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In this episode, we unpack the ways in which beauty pageants in the United States and Nigeria have been sites for contesting ideas of womanhood and national identity.
With us on this episode are Margot Mifflin (Professor of English at Lehman College - CUNY), Kemi Balogun (Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Sociology, University of Oregon) and Zehra Abukar (Miss Muslimah 2020).
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In this episode, we talk about the foreign influences that shaped Korean popular music and how the scene evolved into the global phenomenon of K-Pop. To round it all off, we look at what this all means for the way cultural power is mapped between countries.
With us on this episode is Dr. Hyeri Jung, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Eastern University.
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Welcome back to Season Two of the Seasoned Migrant podcast! In this episode, we look at the origins of the study of English literature and it’s strong and unexpected connections to the colonial agenda of British India. With us on this episode is Gauri Viswanathan, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and author of ‘Masks of Conquest’.
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In this episode, we look at memes as a cultural phenomenon. We look at their origins, what makes them so special, and chat with Gabriele de Seta about the different meanings memes take on as they move from country to country.
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In this episode, we talk about the global story of South Asian food. Its ingredients and recipes traveled far and wide to make the cuisine what it is today -- join us as we discuss the origins of various dishes, how the first Indian restaurants in the West came to be, and how this journey changed migrants’ relationship to food.
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The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.