The Disobedience Podcast: Recent Episodes
Princess Anene-Maidoh
This podcast series aims to explore the importance and power of civil resistance through a feminist lens. It seeks to answer the question “What impact does female participation have on the success of civil resistance movements?” Research demonstrates that civil resistance movements are about twice as successful as violent ones and mass participation including meaningful women’s involvement in particular, leads to sustainable peace. To demonstrate the value of women mobilizing, this podcast explores case studies of nonviolent civil resistance movements that have been led by or highly influenced by women. These movements range from protests advocating for women’s issues to demands for national liberation. These cases bring a diverse perspective to women’s organizing in terms of subject matter, location, and historical context.
In this episode, Princess Anene-Maidoh speaks with two Colombian feminist activists Laura Vasquez and Valeria Surc who are part of a feminist network in Bogota called Somos Un Rostro Colectivo (We are a collective face). They discuss the causes the group advocates for, their organizing tactics, and the methods they use in dealing with opposition. This week’s interviewees: Laura Vasquez and Valeria Surc
Laura Vasquez is an anthropologist with a master's degree in Migration. As an activist, she is part of the national campaign for legal abortion and also participates in the feminist collective La creciente feminista. She's been involved in Somos un rostro colectivo (We are a collective face) a network for feminist activists in Bogotá, since its creation in 2019.You can find Somos Un Rostro Colective on Instagram @somosunrostrocolectivo
This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton.Opening music: Paradise Island by MuzaproductionLink: https://pixabay.com/music/island-paradise-island-96456/
In this episode, the Disobedience podcast dives into the Invasion Day protests in Australia. We discuss the role that indigenous women play in the fight for liberation and the power of representation in the media.
This week's interviewee: Chelsea Watego
Chelsea Watego (formerly Bond) is a Munanjahli and South Sea Islander woman with over 20 years of experience working within Indigenous health as a health worker and researcher. Chelsea’s work has drawn attention to the role of race in the production of health inequalities. Her forthcoming book Another Day in the Colony, was published by UQ Press in November 2021 and has been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award (in two categories) and longlisted for The Stella Prize.
This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton.Opening music: Uplifting Corporate by Zachary Valaha
Link: https://pixabay.com/music/corporate-uplifting-corporate-main-9925/
In this episode, the Disobedience podcast explores the Egba women’s revolt a feminist anti-colonial movement that took place in the late 1940s in Abeokuta, a town in southwest Nigeria. We discuss the various tactics used by the women in protesting the British colonial government as well as the erasure of women’s liberation movements in Nigeria.
This week’s interviewee: Lanaire Aderemi
Lanaire Aderemi is a poet, playwright and PhD researcher committed to amplifying and archiving untold stories. Her work on memory has appeared in the Republic, Warwick Arts Centre, Tate Modern, BBC and Lolwe. She can be found on lanaireaderemi.co
This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton.
Opening music: The rhythm of Africa by Zakhar Valaha
Link: https://pixabay.com/music/world-the-rhythm-of-the-africa-wav-8837/