In today’s episode of Can You Hear Us?, sits down with Andrea Ho, a PhD student specialising in Modern U.S. history at Yale University, a Canadian Fellow at the Organisation of American States, and an activist both on and off campus. She focuses her research on ‘building upon existing community partnership with Indigenous communities and local advocates to continue her commitment to community engaged scholarship’. We discuss the history and indigenous resistance to the carceral state, most notably focusing on the Diné (Navajo) Communities in New Mexico, United States. Tune in to listen to her discuss indigenous self-determination, racial capitalism, her involvement in Yale University’s Racial Capitalism and Carceral State Working Group, and insights into her thesis Freedom Beyond the Prison: Indigenous Incarceration and Resistance in the American West.

Quotes from the interview:

Additional resources:
Guest spotlight: https://history.yale.edu/people/andrea-ho
Zachary Schrag's The Princeton Guide to Historical Research on pages 90-93 has a great explanation of historiography!

Building Community Not Prisons (BCNP) Campaign

Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and women of color (BIWOC). With episodes lasting 30 minutes or less, Can You Hear Us team members join assistant producer, Ragini Puri, on a quick deep-dive into what topic within development is peaking their interest and why it matters.

In this episode, Ragini is joined by Noura Nasser, a lead researcher at CYHU. Noura is a PhD candidate at the LSE and her research looks into urban food practices by and for migrant communities.

What are food maps?

What can we learn about urban migrant communities from food maps?

How can food maps be used as a decolonial and feminist methodology to study urban migrant communities?

We discuss this and a lot more in the eight episode of So We Heard. Tune in to listen!

Resources:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07409710701620243?scroll=top&needAccess=true

Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and women of color (BIWOC). With episodes lasting 30 minutes or less, Can You Hear Us team members join assistant producer, Ragini Puri, on a quick deep-dive into what topic within development is peaking their interest and why it matters.

In the second part of our two-part discussion on China’s Three-Child Policy, host Ragini Puri (CYHU Assistant Producer) and Doris Huang (CYHU and SWH Researcher) discuss how generational attitudes can be shaped by social policy.

Resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHpnceEki30

Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and women of color (BIWOC). With episodes lasting 30 minutes or less, Can You Hear Us team members join assistant producer, Ragini Puri, on a quick deep-dive into what topic within development is peaking their

interest and why it matters.

On this episode, Ragini is joined by Doris, the very team member who voiced her desire for shorter podcasts. They discuss China’s Three-Child Policy and it’s pros and cons.

Why does social policy subordinate economic policy?

What effect could China’s Three-Child Policy have on gender equality?

How could the policy lead to the feminisation of poverty?

We discuss this and a lot more in the sixth episode of So We Heard. Tune in to listen!

Resources:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/22/its-time-abolish-chinas-three-child-policy

https://www.dsb.cn/178629.html

https://www.hengyang.gov.cn/hystjj/hdjl/zjdc/fkjg/20230111/i2910462.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHpnceEki30

In season 4’s debut episode Can You Hear Us?, sits down with Dr. Lama Tawakkol, Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics at the University of Manchester to talk about everything from her research on the Humanitarian Development Nexus in Jordan and Lebanon to her appreciation for definitions and Cairo’s urban revitalization! Tune in to listen to her discuss how power dynamics operate within a capitalist and global economy, including within the politics of development policy and aid. As well as expand on her conceptual framework on how international development and humanitarian aid projects have extended and reproduced Western imperialism.

Quotes from the interview:

Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized, informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and women of color (BIWOC). With episodes lasting 30 minutes or less, Can You Hear Us team members join assistant producer, Ragini Puri, on a quick deep-dive into what topic within development is peaking their

interest and why it matters.

In the first episode of 2024, Monica, a CYHU co-founder, joins Ragini to discuss mentorship. As a young professional, she brings personal insights to the conversation.

How has the nature of mentorship evolved in the twenty-first century?

What, if any, is the ideal mentor-mentee relationship?

How can cultural nuances affect mentorship?

We discuss this and a lot more in the fifth episode of So We Heard. Tune in to listen!

Resources:

Defining mentoring: https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nyas.14176

Prompted by our youngest team member’s desire for shorter podcasts on her regular commute

to and from LSE, Can You Hear Us? is proud to present So We Heard, a series of bite-sized,

informal chats dedicated to exploring academic theories, case studies, and current affairs within

international development through the lens of black, indigenous, and women of color (BIWOC).

With episodes lasting 30 minutes or less, Can You Hear Us team members join assistant

producer, Ragini Puri, on a quick deep-dive into what topic within development is peaking their

interest and why it matters.

Since we are in the middle of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, Madiera, one of CYHU’s founders, joins Ragini to discuss GBV.

Can focussing on women’s vulnerability lead to their essentialisation?

How do we further include men and boys in discussions of gender-based violence?

What happens when GBV permeates a whole new space, like the virtual world?

We discuss this and a lot more in the fourth episode of So We Heard. Tune in to listen!

Resources:

• UNFPA’s virtual is real website: https://www.unfpa.org/thevirtualisreal

In the second part of our two-part discussion on children’s welfare and child-centric development, host Ragin Puri (CYHU Assistant Producer) and Sanjana Sunder (CYHU Assistant Producer) explore the intersections between child-centric development and gender. They dive into how poverty can be passed from generation to generation, leading to intergenerational child poverty. Finally, the discussion reflects on the space accorded to child poverty in International Development.