Social Broadcasts

Spirit of Invention - A quick history mashup from the archives of John Logie Baird demonstrating the world's first live working television system in 1926.

Dr Patrick O’Hare, Social Anthropologist at the University of St Andrews, takes Cartonera to Scotland. Cartonera is a publishing movement that grew out of the Argentine economic crisis of 2001. They became known as ‘cartoneros’, after the cartón (cardboard) that they collected on the streets of cities such as Buenos Aires. Since then, the Cartonera model has spread across Latin America and the wor...

As you walk between the two sites listen to a short audio feature exploring how the docks have always been a place of mixing and mingling as workers and goods came from overseas via this gateway into the city. Founder of Poetry vs Colonialism Laila Sumpton, Ansar Ahmed Ullah from the Swadhinata Trust and UCL historian Dr Anna Maguire highlight the Bengali seamen known as Lascars. This series of Au...

Artist Simon Faithfull has been immersed in the fascinating world of bees since he met beekeeper Dale Gibson from Bermondsey Bees. Dr Izzy Bishop from UCL’s Nature Labs reveals how everything in nature is connected and how the river plays a part in this. This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Tea...

Join artist Melanie Manchot and UCL historian Dr Anna Maguire on the day of filming with some of the inspiring local women who joined this female flotilla sailing across the Royal Docks. This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, commissioned by the Royal Docks Team in collaboration with University College London and curated by Inv...

Listen to Monica Narula and Jeebesh Bagchi from Raqs Media Collective, Dr Tristan Smith, researcher at UCL and director of UMAS, shipping historian Maddie Philips and poet Laila Sumpton examine our relationship with the sea and the shipping industry how this is changing in a moment of climate crisis. This series of Audio Postcards is produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of...

Hear how socially engaged artist Dana Olărescu and Associate Professor Julia Tomei from UCL’s Institute of Sustainable Resources worked with members of the Royal Wharf community ESOL class to think about themes of energy supplies and resources and how we can work better as a community.. This series of Audio Postcards was produced by Lucia Scazzocchio from Social Broadcasts as part of Sea Change, c...

The Regent's Park Estate Community Festival (Saturday 6th August 2022) captured through sound with conversations captured from the local residents and organisations. Audio recording and storytelling commissioned by Old Diorama Arts Centre Recorded and edited by Lucia Scazzocchio

Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on...

Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on...

Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on...

Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on...

Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on...

Docklands and the Isle of Dogs has changed dramatically since being established as a busy industrial hub centred around the docks to an industrial wasteland in the 1980's and then an ambitious redevelopment with the arrival of Canary Wharf. The DLR and the infrastructure around this overground railway line has been key to the development of the area. Talking to local people who who live an work on...

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’ A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, wit...

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’ A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, wit...

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’ A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, wit...

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’ A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, wit...

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’ A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, wit...

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’ A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, wit...

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’ A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, wit...

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’ A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, wit...

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’ A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, wit...

This audio documentary is a pilot of the research project Social Distance, Digital Congregation: British Ritual Innovation under COVID-19, hosted at Manchester Metropolitan University and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council https://bric19.mmu.ac.uk.

Social Broadcasts 22 followers22 53 tracks53 Private This track is private. Smart Women's Group Newham share their stories, thoughts, and ideas for the anti-racist city. Hear the voices of the people who took part in the Arup Racial Equity in the City research. Hear their view points and experiences of the city. This conversation is led by communities, with communities, creating a moment for every...