In the MEANtime
In the MEANtime
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Welcome to In the MEANtime, a podcast where academic research becomes accessible, engaging, and relevant. Based in Greenwich, home of Greenwich Mean Time, we dive into the exciting projects shaping our world, offering a glimpse into the "meantime" of academic exploration. Each episode brings complex ideas down to earth, spotlighting real-world impacts and insights from leading researchers. Whether you're a researcher, student, professional, or just curious, In the MEANtime delivers meaningful conversations that bridge academia and everyday understanding.
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The podcast covers themes such as consumer behavior trends, gender inequality, digital detox, literary tourism, social media's influence on travel, and passport power. Episodes feature discussions like inconspicuous consumption in Buenos Aires, women's workplace rights in India's tech sector, and the impact of social media on travel habits, providing insights into how these issues affect everyday life.
Welcome to In the MEANtime, a podcast where academic research becomes accessible, engaging, and relevant. Based in Greenwich, home of Greenwich Mean Time, we dive into the exciting projects shaping our world, offering a glimpse into the “meantime” of academic exploration. Each episode brings complex ideas down to earth, spotlighting real-world impacts and insights from leading researchers. Whether you’re a researcher, student, professional, or just curious, In the MEANtime delivers meaningful conversations that bridge academia and everyday understanding.
In this episode, hosts Dr. Lauren Siegel and Dr. Ram Shamseen interview Dr. Pamela Zigomo about critical event theory, which examines underlying power relationships in event spaces and how event design can reproduce or disrupt inequalities. Zigomo discusses “entertainization,” describing how charities use popular entertainment to embed social messages, citing Global Citizen Festival’s model of requiring advocacy actions for access. She critiques past cause-related mega-events like Live Aid and Human Rights Now, noting research on limited long-term impact, Western-centric definitions of “top-selling” artists that excluded African performers, and “poverty porn” imagery that left audiences with distorted perceptions of the Global South. She previews her forthcoming book on third-sector event design beyond fundraising and shares post-colonial research on Southern African polo events and fan-community dynamics in fantasy football (FPL), highlighting recurring cycles of reproduced power structures.
00:30 Meet the Hosts
01:17 Critical Event Studies
03:30 Global Citizen Example
05:34 Entertainization Explained
09:57 New Book on Third Sector
11:42 Charity Events Beyond Fundraising
14:39 Live Aid Critique and Poverty Porn
19:17 Participation and Representation
22:07 Polo Events and Postcolonial Mimicry
28:33 Fantasy Football Fan Communities
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