Latest Ict for development Podcast Episodes
Demystifying Conspiracies & Infodemics
Global Digital Futures - September 29, 2021 09:53 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis 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 de...
Multiple Feminisms, Multiple Internets
Global Digital Futures - September 17, 2021 08:13 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis 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....
Global Dynamics of AI in Healthcare
Global Digital Futures - September 01, 2021 17:58 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis 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 ...
Mobile for Development in Tanzania
Global Digital Futures - August 18, 2021 17:44 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis 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 i...
NFTs & Digital Art Production
Global Digital Futures - August 04, 2021 15:58 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn 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 ...
Online Activism & Digital Freedom
Global Digital Futures - July 07, 2021 15:16 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we are speaking to Bhavjit Singh, the founder of the Twitter account @Tractor2twitr. The account was set up to support the Indian Farmers’ Protests and counter the narrative being promoted by the mainstream media and the IT cells of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by President N...
Extreme Speech & Content Moderation Online
Global Digital Futures - June 23, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Dr. Matti Pohjonen to speak about Extreme Speech & Content Moderation Online. For the past 10 years, Matti has developed critical-comparative research approaches for understanding digital cultures globally. This has included work on international news and blogging in I...
Social Transgressions & the Digital Influencer Trajectory in Brazil
Global Digital Futures - June 09, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Thaysa Costa do Nascimento to speak about Social Transgressions & the Digital Influencer Trajectory in Brazil. Thaysa is a Doctoral student in Business Administration at COPPEAD Graduate School of Business of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her phD research f...
Social Media & the Changing Election Landscape in Zimbabwe
Global Digital Futures - May 26, 2021 15:45 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are speaking to Dr. Admire Mare on Social Media & the Changing Election Landscape in Zimbabwe. Dr. Mare is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Univers...
Truth, Information & Synthetic Realities in Sri Lanka
Global Digital Futures - May 12, 2021 12:29 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we are speaking to Craig Ryder, a PhD researcher at SOAS, University of London on Truth, Information & Synthetic Realities in Sri Lanka. Craig is a digital anthropologist concerned with disinformation, social media and the nascent technology of synthetic media. Building on his journal...
Media Spectacle & Democracy in the Philippines
Global Digital Futures - October 30, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we are speaking to the esteemed journalist Veronica Pedrosa on Media Spectacle & Democracy in the Philippines. Veronica is an award-winning presenter with experience in news reporting, production and presenting. As a journalist she has worked at Al Jazeera English, CNN International...
What AI Told Us About Covid-19
Global Digital Futures - October 10, 2020 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we are speaking to Quilt.AI Founder and Chief Product Officer, Dr. Angad Chowdhry on What AI Told Us About COVID-19. Quilt.AI describe the internet as “a repository of human behaviour, opinions, preferences, and social interactions.” Their team of Anthropologists, semioticians, d...
Online Influencers & Irregular Migration in North Africa
Global Digital Futures - September 25, 2020 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Amine Ghoulidi to speak about Online Influencers & Irregular Migration in North Africa. Amine is a researcher at King’s College London currently focusing on European security. A career political risk consultant, Amine advises leading multinational corporations on rep...
Designing Chatbots for Social Development
Global Digital Futures - September 11, 2020 04:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Isabelle Amazon-Brown to speak about Designing Chatbots for Social Development. With ten years experience in 'mobiles for development', working on projects funded by UNICEF, DfID, USAID and the World Bank . She started out running and designing feature-phone friendly m...
The Politics of Language Online
Global Digital Futures - August 28, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we are speaking to Marie Thaut, a student at SOAS. A conversation we had at one of the Coding Club workshops presented the perfect opportunity to discuss The Politics of Language Online. There are more than 7,000 languages on Earth, yet half of the world’s 7.6 billion people speak jus...
Landscapes of Journalistic Practice in the Middle East
Global Digital Futures - August 14, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Aida Al-Kaisy to speak about Landscapes of Journalistic Practice in the Middle East. Aida is a Media Reform Advisor and has worked extensively on media development projects across the MENA region including in Iraq, Palestine and Jordan. She is currently working on a ...
Dynamic Solutions for Healthcare in the Global South
Global Digital Futures - August 23, 2019 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are joined by Dr. Rainer Tan to speak about Dynamic Solutions for Healthcare in the Global South. Rainer is Swiss, Malaysian and Canadian. He grew up in Canada and finished med school at the university of Lausanne, Switzerland in 2014. He was the Field Coordinator in Tanzania for t...
Navigating Online & Offline: Social Activism in China
Global Digital Futures - August 02, 2019 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we welcome Zhang Leilei to speak about Navigating Online & Offline: Social Activism in China. The media and information landscapes in China present unique challenges for social activism. Zhang Leilei is a Chinese feminist activist whose strategic campaigns have effected profound chang...
Media for Development in Bangladesh
Global Digital Futures - July 19, 2019 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are speaking with BBC Media Action Bangladesh about Media for Development in Bangladesh. Joining us is Richard Lace, the Country Director in Bangladesh. Richard has worked in media and development for 15 years, in Europe and Africa as well as Bangladesh. He has been leading the BB...
The Rohingya Crisis and the Role of Media in Conflict
Global Digital Futures - June 21, 2019 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we welcome Ronan Lee to speak about The Rohingya Crisis and the Role of Media in Conflict. Ronan is an Irish-Australian political advisor and completed his PhD at Deakin University researching Rohingya history and identity. Ronan has travelled extensively in Myanmar, first visiting...
Mobile Phones & Educating the Girl Child in Kenya
Global Digital Futures - June 07, 2019 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we welcome Dr. Ronda Zelezny-Green to speak about Mobile Phones & Educating the Girl Child in Kenya. Ronda is a mobile technologist, educator, and researcher, whose professional experience spans the public, private, and civil society sectors. She specialises in educational technology ...
Digital Strategies for Counter Narratives
Global Digital Futures - May 03, 2019 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we welcome Dr. Dounia Mahlouly to speak about Digital Strategies for Counter Narratives. Dr. Mahlouly is lecturing at SOAS Centre for Global Media and Communications. She conducted her PhD research at the University of Glasgow, in partnership with the American University in Cairo and ...
Molka & Online Violations of Women in South Korea
Global Digital Futures - March 22, 2019 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we welcome Dr. Yenn Lee, to speak about Molka & Online Violations of Women in South Korea. Yenn is an active researcher in the field of digital culture and politics, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. At SOAS she also designs and delivers an institution-wide training programme f...
AI for Social Good
Global Digital Futures - March 08, 2019 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we welcome Angad Chowdhry and Anurag Banerjee, the co-founders of Quilt.AI, the company using big data to understand people better. We speak to them about AI for Social Good. Dr Angad Chowdhry completed his PhD from SOAS, the University of London. His academic specialization is an...
World Radio Day 2019 Special with RadioActive
Global Digital Futures - February 22, 2019 04:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingListen to our World Radio Day Special with Max Graef of Radioactive. Max started RadioActive in 2004 to support independent radio. They provide technical assistance and equipment to independent radio stations around the world, and believe in the power of radio as a tool for communication, sharin...
Technologies of Financial Inclusion in Low Income Countries
Global Digital Futures - February 08, 2019 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we speak about Technologies of Financial Inclusion in Low Income Countries. a key focus for the Centre for Global Finance at SOAS, run by Professor Victor Murinde. Professor Victor Murinde is a financial economist, with more than 25 years’ expertise, mainly in academia, policy and co...
Queering the Internet, LGBTQ Representation Online
Global Digital Futures - January 25, 2019 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we have 2 guests in the studio to talk about Queering the Internet, LGBTQ Representation Online. Following the repealing of section 377 in India. A law which gives hope for LGBT communities by making homophobia illegal. In this episode we explore the realities and how queer identity ca...
Online Spaces & Overcoming Government Censorship
Global Digital Futures - January 12, 2019 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we are speaking with 2 SOAS students from Egypt about Online Spaces & Overcoming Government Censorship. Hossam Fazulla is a researcher and writer from Cairo. He has spent the last 7 years bridging the gap between art and human rights as Director of Freedom of Artistic Creation at the A...
Who Should Have The Right to Watch Over You?
Global Digital Futures - December 14, 2018 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis 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 wo...
Cultural Nuances & India’s Digital Economy
Global Digital Futures - November 30, 2018 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe 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, Sta...
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