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Politics and Pedagogy

Madeleine Le Bourdon and Louise Pears

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Frequency: 1 episode/145d. Total Eps: 15

Welcome to “Politics and Pedagogy” a podcast run by the Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship in Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. In this podcast we speak to scholars, educators and pedagogical practitioners about all things teaching and learning for political studies.

The podcast hosts are Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon Associate Professor in Political Pedagogy and Dr Louise Pears Associate Professor in Global Security Challenges.

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Student Voice: English for Academic Purposes Support

Season 3 · Episode 2

Monday, November 18, 2024 • Duration 49:30

Season 3: We are back for Season 3 which is all centered on Students Voice. This season we will hear from students studying or graduating from Politics and International Studies programmes.

Episode 2: In this episode we welcome Dr Gary Hernandez, Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes, and Hafizh Armaghani, who is studying a MA in International Relations, both at the University of Leeds. The conversation reflects on the intersection of language and disciplinary knowledge, inclusive teaching for international students, and how to create belonging beyond the classroom.

Podcast: The Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship (CTIS) are delighted to launch the first series of “Politics and Pedagogy” a podcast run by the Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship in Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. The podcast hosts are Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development and Dr Louise Pears Lecturer in Global Security Challenges.

Follow us! @CTISLeeds @DrMLeBourdon @LouiseKPears

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Creativity within and beyond the classroom

Season 2 · Episode 2

Friday, February 23, 2024 • Duration 53:44

Welcome back to Season 2! This season we will explore ideas of Criticality, Creativity and Care.

Episode: In this episode we are joined by Dr Maha Rafi Atal Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Glasgow, Dr Rhys Crilley Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Glasgow, and Prof. Jack Holland Professor of Global Security Challenges at the University of Leeds. In this episode we talk all things creative- from walking tours to performance art to comedy. Maha, Rhys and Jack provide inspiration for innovative pedagogical practices that can shape affective learning experience.

Follow us! @CTISLeeds @DrMLeBourdon @LouiseKPears

Questioning ideas of criticality

Season 2 · Episode 1

Friday, November 10, 2023 • Duration 51:56

Welcome back to Season 2! This season we will explore ideas of Criticality, Creativity and Care.

In this first episode we invite Dr Ida Birkvad, Fellow in Political Theory in the Department of International Relations at LSE, and Dr Alexander Stoffel, Lecturer in International Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London, to discuss the idea of criticality. This episode was inspired by their article "Abstractions in International Relations: on the mystification of trans, queer, and subaltern life in critical knowledge production" in the European Journal of International Relations and subsequent blog piece in E-International Relations.

Suggestions from Ida and Alex:

Histories of the Transgender Child, Gill-Peterson, J.

Podcast: The Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship (CTIS) are delighted to launch the first series of “Politics and Pedagogy” a podcast run by the Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship in Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. The podcast hosts are Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development and Lecturer in Global Security Challenges. It is produced by both Post-doctoral researchers in the Centre for Global Security Challenges.

Reflections and takeaways: white fragility, positionally & community

Season 1 · Episode 4

Friday, September 15, 2023 • Duration 23:35

In this mini episode Louise and Madeleine discuss their key (un)learnings and takeaways from Season One. Reflecting on their positionality they examine where their own white fragility came up in the series, intellectualizing vs practicing reflexivity and the importance of community.

Season Two is coming soon! If you have an idea for an episode please get in touch with Madeleine or Louise.

Episode mentions:

Maria Barros Hoffman

Madeleine's article on privileges and positionality

Skunk Anasie- Intellectualise My Blackness

“Politics and Pedagogy” a podcast run by the Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship in Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. This first series is funded by The COST Action DecolDEV which takes on the challenge to reconstruct the concept and practice of development after its deconstruction. This series showcases conversations from academics in Politics, International Relations and Development as they reflect on decolonial practices in education. The podcast hosts are Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development and Dr Louise Pears Lecturer in Global Security Challenges. It is produced by Dr Marine Guéguin and Dr Harrison Swinhoe both Post-doctoral researchers in the Centre for Global Security Challenges.

What is the distinction between good pedagogy and decolonial pedagogy?

Season 1 · Episode 3

Friday, July 21, 2023 • Duration 53:56

Episode Three: For the last our conversations we welcome to the podcast Prof. Robbie Shilliam, Professor in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University and Dr Olivia U. Rutazibwa, Assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics at London School of Economics. In this episode we explore the difference between good pedagogy and decolonial pedagogy, hierarchies in the classroom, as well as Beyonce's Superbowl performance as a stimuli for teaching International Relations theory. Podcast: The Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship (CTIS) are delighted to launch the first series of “Politics and Pedagogy” a podcast run by the Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship in Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. This first series is funded by The COST Action DecolDEV which takes on the challenge to reconstruct the concept and practice of development after its deconstruction. This series showcases conversations from academics in Politics, International Relations and Development as they reflect on decolonial practices in education. The podcast hosts are Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development and Lecturer in Global Security Challenges. It is produced by both Post-doctoral researchers in the Centre for Global Security Challenges. This podcast is funded by the EU's Cost Action Decolonising Development (CA19129): . The Action works towards a resetting and diversification of the structures, institutions and spaces in which knowledge about and for development is produced, shared, contested and put into practice. Decolonisation of knowledge about ‘development’ cannot mean to maintain a paternalist binary of those already developed and those less developed but must scrutinize the structures and institutions that maintain power imbalances and the ideas that support paternalistic relations and assumptions of superiority according to intersectional (read: gendered, racialized, classed etc.) objectification of the Other.

Confronting Coloniality

Season 1 · Episode 2

Friday, June 2, 2023 • Duration 01:08:23

Episode Two: For our second episode we are joined by Dr Sharon Stein Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, and Dalila P. Coelho a Ph.D researcher at the University of Porto. In this episode we ask if 'confronting coloniality' provides a better framing for our pedagogical work, what we can (un)learn from the field of Global Education and explore the importance of language in teaching on global challenges.

.Podcast: The Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship (CTIS) are delighted to launch the first series of “Politics and Pedagogy” a podcast run by the Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship in Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. This first series is funded by The COST Action DecolDEV which takes on the challenge to reconstruct the concept and practice of development after its deconstruction. This series showcases conversations from academics in Politics, International Relations and Development as they reflect on decolonial practices in education. The podcast hosts are Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development and Dr Louise Pears Lecturer in Global Security Challenges. It is produced by Dr Marine Guéguin and Dr Harrison Swinhoe both Post-doctoral researchers in the Centre for Global Security Challenges.

Follow us! @CTISLeeds @DrMLeBourdon @LouiseKPears

Funding Provider: This podcast is funded by the EU's Cost Action Decolonising Development (CA19129): . The Action works towards a resetting and diversification of the structures, institutions and spaces in which knowledge about and for development is produced, shared, contested and put into practice. Decolonisation of knowledge about ‘development’ cannot mean to maintain a paternalist binary of those already developed and those less developed but must scrutinize the structures and institutions that maintain power imbalances and the ideas that support paternalistic relations and assumptions of superiority according to intersectional (read: gendered, racialized, classed etc.) objectification of the Other.

Decolonial Approaches in Higher Education

Season 1 · Episode 1

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 • Duration 01:00:27

Episode one: In our first episode we are joined by Dr Lata Narayanaswamy Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development at the University of Leeds and Dr Sayan Dey Postdoctoral Fellow at WITS Centre for Diversity Studies, University of Witwatersrand who generously share their thoughts on the possibilities and limits of decolonial approaches to education, the value of silence and reflection in the classroom and the need to open up and hold spaces for decolonial potential.Podcast: We are delighted to launch the first series of “Politics and Pedagogy” a podcast run by the Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship in Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. This first series is funded by The COST Action DecolDEV which takes on the challenge to reconstruct the concept and practice of development after its deconstruction. This series showcases conversations from academics in Politics, International Relations and Development as they reflect on decolonial practices in education.The podcast hosts are Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development and Dr Louise Pears Lecturer in Global Security Challenges. It is produced by Dr Marine Guéguin and Dr Harrison Swinhoe both Post-doctoral researchers in the Centre for Global Security Challenges.@CTISLeedsFunding Provider: This podcast is funded by the EU's Cost Action Decolonising Development (CA19129): www.cost.eu. The Action works towards a resetting and diversification of the structures, institutions and spaces in which knowledge about and for development is produced, shared, contested and put into practice. Decolonisation of knowledge about ‘development’ cannot mean to maintain a paternalist binary of those already developed and those less developed but must scrutinize the structures and institutions that maintain power imbalances and the ideas that support paternalistic relations and assumptions of superiority according to intersectional (read: gendered, racialized, classed etc.) objectification of the Other.

Student Voice: Student-led pedagogy 'Thinking inside the box'

Season 3 · Episode 3

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 • Duration 50:31

Season 3: Season 3 all centered on Students Voice. This season we will hear from students studying or graduating from Politics and International Studies programmes.

Episode 3: In this episode we welcome Dr Anna Grimaldi, a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Leeds, alongside POLIS graduates Elisa Martinez Relano and Caroline Tonglet. In this episode they share their experience of participating in 'Thinking inside the box', a student-led exhibition project co-founded by Anna. The episode highlights the power in student-led pedagogy, providing depth, agency and connection.

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