Welcome to our news page, where we disseminate information and stories from leading thinkers in Global South Studies, as well as complementary content from both TWQ and CAS journals.
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Maísa Edwards on Building Cooperation in the South Atlantic and Beyond
Decolonising Access Podcast: Episode Six “Energy security is becoming such a defining feature of strategic planning both national governments and global energy markets… it’s something that we really try to bring to the attention of our readers, just how much countries like Brazil, Nigeria and Angola could potentially work together to strengthen their energy security…
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End of the Indus: An Artistic Exploration of a Decaying Delta
Saba Khan is a visual artist and Associate Lecturer at Chelsea College of Art, London. Her multimedia works traffics into the language of memorial, monument and expeditions around water bodies and infrastructures. This blog post chronicles an expedition (and the resultant exhibition, The Tide Country) in which she led a group of female Pakistani artists…
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A Day of Dialogue & Reflection: 30 years of Democracy in South Africa
Explore highlights from a recent colloquium that delved into South Africa’s post-apartheid journey and its future. Featuring insights from top scholars and journal editors, the launch of a new book series and a powerful presentation by intellectual and activist Nomboniso Gasa, the event (co-organised by the Global Souths Hub) sparked vital conversations on the country’s…
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Behind the Scenes: Research Notes for Central Asian Survey
What are Research Notes? Hear from Central Asian Survey Associate Editor and Senior Research and Teaching Associate at University of Zurich’s Department of Communication and Media Research, Switzerland, Jasmin Dall’Agnola. Since its inception eight months ago, the journey with the new Research Notes project for the journal, Central Asian Survey, has been both exciting and…
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Heloise Weber on Global Development Inequalities & Injustices
In this edition of our Meet the Editor’s series, we speak with TWQ Academic Editor Heloise Weber. She currently works in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland. Her research is animated by an interest in the historical and contemporary politics of inequalities in global development. Heloise says her…
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Health Communication Insights from Egypt: Why doctor-influencers avoid academic citations
Noha Atef is a journalism lecturer, scholar, and trainer from Egypt, specialising in digital media and emerging forms of journalism. Her research focuses on digital communities and social media. In this short blog post, Noha discusses her recent work into Egyptian doctor-influencers vlogs and how to make health content more accessible. Noha is currently a…
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Digital Activism and Memory at ECREA 2024
Hear from Silas Udenze, a scholar activist from Enugu State, Nigeria and an interdisciplinary postdoctoral researcher at the Open University of Catalunya. In this piece, Silas shares his research and insights from the 10th European Communication Research and Education Association. Which conference did you attend? I attended the 10th European Communication Research and Education Association…
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Understanding the Everyday Experiences of the Ahmadi Community
Umtul Aleem Kokab, a final year doctoral candidate at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, recently attended the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) annual conference. Here, she blogs about her experience at the conference and why it has been valuable to her work. I recently attended…
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South Africa Reflects: Colloquium Event
On November 4, 2024, scholars, researchers, activists, thinkers, and artists will gather at the University of Johannesburg for an significant one-day colloquium titled “South Africa Reflects: 30 Years of Democracy” followed by a reception at Gallery MOMO. The one-day colloquium reflects on South Africa’s fight for freedom and discusses the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.…
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No Country for Old Men: Digital Development and Accessibility in the Global South
In this blog post, Rajashri Kamat, a fourth-year undergraduate law student from Mumbai in India, discusses the digital divide in India and in other regions in the Global South. Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is an Indian smartphone technology, which allows individuals to make payments digitally within seconds. It is something that would have been inconceivable…
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Towards a Wellbeing Economy with Feminist Economist Naila Kabeer
Image sourced from Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) website “We are finally hearing people questioning the growth paradigm that has dominated our lives, our politics, our vision of the future. If growth is not contributing to the sum total of our wellbeing, to our sense of fairness, to our safety in the streets,…
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