In this month’s episode, we are joined by Thi Bogossian, a Brazilian geographer who recently passed their viva at the University of Surrey’s Sociology department. Thi’s ethnographic PhD focused on experiences and perceptions of Polish schoolchildren in the socio-political context of post-Brexit Britain. The project’s findings make for a fascinating conversation, which spans the themes of migration, belonging, navigating multiple identities, relating to more-than-human materialities, and creative participatory methods that can capture children’s lifeworlds.
Towards the end of our conversation, we delve into critical pedagogies that have left Thi particularly inspired to create change in the classroom. We address the current state of the neoliberal academic landscape and try to envision how it could be shaped by collective resistance.
Listen now on Spotify.
Guest: Dr Thi Bogossian
https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/thi-bogossian
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This episode was recorded in June 2024.
Logo credits: Alma Hummelsberger
Editor: Eden Igwe
Music: Matthew Lewis (@matthewlewy on Spotify)
Let’s Step Outside (LSO) is a podcast series bringing urban-related activism and exciting research outside the walls of Academia and one step closer to people who don’t fancy talking with jargon. LSO’s episodes feature mainly women researchers/speakers at all stages of their career, as well as a range of activists engaged with all things urban. Delicious food for thought delivered to your ears.
