Surviving Society Productions

TW: mental health Chantelle and Ez talk through their own journeys with mental health; how the global pandemic might be impacting young Black and brown women and critically engage with the discourse around mental health week. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic. Useful links- https://open.spotify.com/show/61NN9bklzhHZs5YvR0jyoT https://black...

How can academics use social media in a meaningful way? Is there a way of us working against neo-liberal habits in our use of it as academics? Mark Carrigan helps us think through epistemology, scholarship and labour. This episode was recorded as part Politics of Representation Collective conference - The Visual and Critical Representation in an Age of Impact supported by the Sociological Review a...

This week Michaela Benson joined us to talk about her Discover Society article about who is considered 'the good citizen' in pandemic times. Together, we repeat how important it is to be clear on how unevenly felt and experienced both the lockdown and Covid-19 is. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic. Useful links- https://discoversociety.org...

Amber joined us to talk us through her PhD and the radical possibilities of Black feminism in literature. We also talk about including Black man taking part in conversations on Black feminism and our complicated relationship with academic heroes! Reference list - Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition (London: Zed, 1980) Simon Gikandi's chapter in Eva Rask Knudse...

Adam Elliot-Cooper breaks down *what should be* our collective concerns about the increase in police powers during and beyond the global pandemic. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic. Useful links- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIIaJmJ4zng&feature=youtu.be

This week Fiyory helped us return to a topic we covered a few years ago – how the personal training/gym industry exploits workers. Fiyory talks of how frustrating the health, nutrition and fitness sector is and how through her scholarship she is trying to get adults and young people to think more critically about training and nutrition. Useful links- https://hypekcl.com/

Secondary school teacher, scholar & lecturer Julia Toppin joined us to talk about how unevenly felt the global pandemic is for children and young people living on the margins of society. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic.

*Listener discretion advised for this episode (domestic violence and sexual harassment)* Sister Uncut, domestic violence and austerity: Aviah breaks down how the combination of austerity and the hostile environment have impacted women’s access to domestic violence services. Chantelle also gets some home truths from Aviah on how we recover from the general election result…

This week we were joined by journalist and radio host Afua Adom to give some advice on parenting through the pandemic. Tissot ends with a discussion on the anti-Chinese racism we are witnessing both online and interpersonally as a result of Covid-19. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic.

Karim joined us to discuss his PhD research focused on Muslim communities in Scotland and the impact(s) of systemic, institutional an interpersonal racism (particularly islamophobia) on mental health. Useful links- https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/karim-mitha

Nasar joined us to talk about the often hidden and unprotected refugee populations in camps in Europe and across the world. We also discuss the evolution of nationalism(s) during this time. Useful links- https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/coronavirus-we-are-risking-covid-19-tragedy-europes-refugee-camps-nasar-meer-2532139

Education specialist, Sofia joined us to talk through the Insider/Outsider report and how we all must continue putting pressure on the sector to change and move towards both direct and positive action to challenge racist inequitable structures. Useful links- https://www.gold.ac.uk/racial-justice/insider-outsider/

*Warning* - this episode contains 3 angry Black people!!! This week we were joined by Jade LB from The Echo Chamber podcast to discuss the racialised and classed unevenness of the impact of Covid-19. Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic. Useful links - -The title of the episode is from Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter's new book - Reactionary...

How do we find solidarities on the left in this current moment (2020)? John Narayan joined us to talk through how we can learn from the Black Panthers and Black British Power movement as we seek to move towards a class politics which is anti-racist, anti imperialist and anti-capitalist! Useful links- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026119845550 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/me...

Podcast alumni Dr Yusef Bakkali joined us to talk about the eurocentric nature of the 5G conspiracies and whether lessons will be learnt about the toxicity of capitalism post covid-19 Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic.

PhD researcher, scholar and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner Carl Mallet joined us to discuss the politics of the sport and how race is reproduced in community spaces in the West Midlands.

*Apologies for the sound quality* Weekly sociological reflections with Tissot and Chantelle during the COVID19 global pandemic.

The body and austerity: Amelia and Chantelle continue Surviving Society Alternative to Woman’s hour regular discussion on body image and how we feel about our complex relationship with weight and exercise. Amelia talks through the connections between class, fat-shaming and austerity. Useful links- https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030136697)

Journalist Luke Butterly joined us to break down who the gilet noirs are and how they are using direct action to seek justice for undocumented migrants in France. Useful links- https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/black-vests-gilets-noirs-190813084140464.html https://lukejbutterly.contently.com/

Following in the footsteps of the plethora of British South Asian creative expression, Adeeb joined us to introduce a new collective of SA artists – Juice. We discuss how his music, poetry and artistic expression have been informed by his multiple identities (The East End of London, Britishness, India, Kerala and Islam) and we all agree on the need to do better in explaining who we mean when we sa...

Guest Hosts - Dr Debbie Bargallie is a descendent of the Kamilaroi and Wonnarua peoples of the North-West and Upper Hunter Valley regions of New South Wales, Australia. Her doctoral thesis is the 2019 winner of the prestigious Stanner Award, and will be published by Aboriginal Studies Press in 2020 as Unmasking the Racial Contract: Indigenous voices on racism in the Australian Public Service. She...

Guest hosts: Shirley Anne Tate is Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Feminism and Intersectionality at the University of Alberta, Edmonton in the Department of Sociology. As a Cultural Sociologist, she is a qualitative researcher interested in intersectional thinking. In her writing, research and teaching she draws on Black feminist, gender, critical ‘race’, queer, post colonial and Caribbean decolon...

Guest hosts: Jalia L. Joseph is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University, additionally obtaining a graduate certificate in Africana Studies with specializations in race/ethnicity, social movements, feminisms, and critical race theory. Their current research address how social movement literature obscures race in the contextualization of race-based social movements....

Guest hosts: Nobubele Phuza is a Research Assistant in the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET). Over the past three years, she has been immersed in women and gender-focused research and action. Her research brings post structural and postcolonial feminist perspectives on the body, space and time to sport and social justice movements. Dr Jason Arday is assistant...

Guest hosts: Rianna Walcott is an LAHP-funded PhD candidate at King’s College London researching black identity formation in digital spaces, and a graduate twiceover from the University of Edinburgh. She co-founded projectmyopia.com, a website that promotes diversity in academia and a decolonised curriculum. She frequently writes and interviews about feminism, race and literature for publications...