Polis Project Conversation Series Podcast
1) Technologies of Genocide: Suchitra Vijayan in Conversation with Abduweli Ayup
Suchitra Vijayan speaks with Abduweli Ayup, writer, linguist, and one of the most significant chroniclers of the Uyghur genocide. Their conversation traces how China’s “People’s War on Terror” in Xinj...Show More
2) Technologies Of Genocide X Abdullahi Halakhe
Suchitra Vijayan speaks with Abdullahi Boru Halakhe in a conversation that traces the longue durée of exploitation and violence in the Congo from the colonial atrocities of King Leopold II to the reso...Show More
3) The Trial of Julian Assange: A conversation with Stella Assange
Since 11 April 2019, Julian Assange has been held in the UK’s notorious Belmarsh prison that was once known as Britain’s Guantanamo Bay. This year marks his fourth year inside Belmarsh for revealing t...Show More
4) Technologies of Genocide: Suchitra Vijayan in Conversation with Tech Global Institute, Bangladesh
Suchitra Vijayan speaks with Sabhanaz Rashid Diya, Sams Wahid Shahat, Mohammad Arafat and Apon Das of the Tech Global Institute. They unpack the aftermath of Bangladesh’s July 2024 uprising, which end...Show More
5) Technologies of Genocide: Suchitra Vijayan in Conversation with 7amleh
Suchitra Vijayan speaks with Eric Sype and Jalal Abukhater from 7amleh, The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media. They interrogate how Israel’s assault on Palestinians is enabled by global ...Show More
6) UK’s racialized immigration policies: Francesca Recchia in conversation with Helidah Ogude Chambert
In this podcast, Francesca Recchia sits down with Helidah Ogude Chambert to discuss the racism and xenophobia inherent in the United Kingdom’s immigration policies, where it stems from and which commu...Show More
7) The Genocidal Gaze: A conversation with Elizabeth Baer
Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Elizabeth Baer about her book "The Genocidal Gaze." The first genocide of the twentieth century, though not well known, was committed by Germans between 1904–190...Show More
8) Terror Capitalism - A conversation with Darren Byler
Suchitra Vijayan speaks to Darren Byler about his book Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City. In Terror Capitalism anthropologist Darren Byler theorizes the conte...Show More
9) How home disappeared: Twenty years after the Gujarat pogrom
Twenty years after the Gujarat pogrom, Suchitra Vijayan speaks to Zahir Janmohamed about the moment, his experience on the ground and his work since. The conversation delves into the deep seated anti-...Show More
10) Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India: A conversation with Mytheli Sreenivas
In this conversation, Urvi Khaitan sits down with Mytheli Sreenivas to discuss her book, "Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India'. The book explores colonial administrators, postcolonial...Show More