Online Gods
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOnline Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU Network for Ethnographic Theory. Online Gods represents our collective commitment to multimedia diffusion of research in accessible and engaging formats.
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Break and Futures
June 29, 2019 14:55 - 2 minutes - 3.33 MBI hope you’re all doing fine, Ian here from Online Gods. We’ve recently published episode 16 of Online Gods and decided it’s time to take a short break. I hereby declare the close of season one of online gods. We’d like to thank you all for listening to the first season, especially those who’ve been in touch in various ways. After a short break, we’re going to put our heads together in the autumn and think about Season 2, including how and if we can do something a bit different. As ever,...
Technopolitics and the Indian Atheists: Online Gods #16
June 17, 2019 20:02 - 52 minutes - 87.8 MBThis month we're talking with Iginio Gagliardone about Technopolitics and Swati about the Indian Atheists.
News Images and Surveillance: Online Gods #15
April 09, 2019 14:57 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBThis month we’re talking about digital news images with Zeynep Gürsel and online surveillance with Nayantara Ranganathan. What is it that allows certain things to circulate through digital networks and others not? What sort of labour goes into moving certain things along and holding certain things up? How aware are we of the digital architectures through which data – our data – flows? In this episode of Online Gods we explore these questions and related questions across two different t...
Nerd Politics and Gaylaxy: Online Gods #14
March 03, 2019 21:13 - 43 minutes - 60.4 MBThis month we're speaking about Nerd Politics with John Postill and Gaylaxy Magazine with Sukhdeep Singh. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich. We are an official podcast collaborator o...
Religious Nationalism and Political Comics: Online Gods #13
December 22, 2018 19:44 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBThis month we're speaking about Religious Nationalism with Peter van der Veer and Political Comics with Appupen. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich. We are an official podcast collaborato...
The Body and Me Too India: Online Gods #12
October 31, 2018 16:33 - 57 minutes - 131 MBThis month we’re speaking with Marwan Kraidy about the body and with Mahima Kukreja about Me Too India. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich. We are an official podcast collaborator of the ...
Scalable Sociality and The Logical Indian: Online Gods #11
October 12, 2018 13:38 - 53 minutes - 82.1 MBThis month we're speaking with Daniel Miller about scalable sociality and Abhishek Mazumdar about The Logical Indian. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich. We are an official podcast co...
Critiques of the Public Sphere and Fake News Busting: Online Gods #10
September 01, 2018 12:12 - 43 minutes - 72.6 MBThis month we talk with with Francis Cody about the public sphere and Govindraj Ethiraj about fake news busting. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich. We are an official podcast collaborato...
The Digital Age and Instagram My Life: Online Gods #9
May 31, 2018 19:37 - 43 minutes - 46.9 MBThis month we speak to Faye Ginsburg about the digital age and Waseem Shan about his Instagram account Mangalore My Life. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU Netwo...
The Public Sphere and Digital Privacy: Online Gods #8
May 09, 2018 19:29 - 43 minutes - 42.3 MBThis month we speak to Craig Calhoun the public sphere and Sunil Abraham about digital privacy. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU Network for Ethnographic Theory. On...
Lies and Comedy: Online Gods #7
April 02, 2018 19:02 - 47 minutes - 59.7 MBThis month we speak with Carole McGranahan about lies and Atul Khatri about comedy. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU Network for Ethnographic Theory. Online Gods re...
Cyberfeminism and Content Creation: Online Gods #6
March 02, 2018 14:57 - 32 minutes - 56.4 MBThis month we speak with Radhika Gajjala about cyberfeminism and Sofia Ashraf about online content creation. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU Network for Ethnograph...
The Mediated Construction of Reality and E-petitions in India: Online Gods #5
January 31, 2018 19:29 - 51 minutes - 81.4 MBThis month we speak with Nick Couldry about the mediated construction of reality and Nida Hasan about Change.org India Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU Network for ...
Rumours and the Agents of Ishq: Online Gods #4
December 10, 2017 19:56 - 41 minutes - 62.2 MBThis month we speak with Irfan Ahmad about rumour and Paromita Vohra about the Agents of Ishq. Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU Network for Ethnographic Theory. Onl...
Digital Diaspora Politics and a Right Wing Twitter Superstar: : Online Gods #3
October 31, 2017 18:30 - 44 minutes - 81.4 MBThis month we speak with Victoria Bernal about digital diaspora politics & Rishi Bagree about being a right wing twitter superstar Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU...
Media as Religion and Round Table India (Dalit Online Media): Online Gods #2
September 30, 2017 10:18 - 39 minutes - 67.8 MBThis month we speak with Angela Zito about Media as Religion & Kuffir Nalgundwar about Round Table India (Dalit Online Media). Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU Net...
Big Data and The Ladies Finger: Online Gods #1
August 07, 2017 15:22 - 40 minutes - 59.1 MBOnline Gods - A Podcast about Digital Cultures in India and Beyond Online Gods is a monthly podcast on digital cultures and their political ramifications, featuring lively conversations with scholars and activists. Presented by anthropologist Ian M. Cook, the podcast is a key initiative of the five year ERC project ONLINERPOL www.fordigitaldignity.com led by media anthropologist Sahana Udupa at LMU Munich, and cohosted by HAU Network for Ethnographic Theory. Online Gods represents our co...