Builders of the Broken Bazaar
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Redefining entrepreneurship through the realities of the informal, the resettled, and the overlooked. When systems collapse, people still build.Hosted by Dr. Tabish Zaman, Builders of the Broken Bazaar explores refugee entrepreneurship, necessity entrepreneurship, and migrant entrepreneurship in the face of displacement, inequality, and digital disruption. From refugee camps and conflict zones to neglected high streets, hear stories of grassroots innovators, social entrepreneurs, and informal economy builders creating for survival, dignity, and community resilience. We uncover the human cost of AI on marginalised communities, the realities of crisis-driven enterprise, and the power of dignity-based economies that exist far from Silicon Valley myths.🎙 “This podcast isn’t for unicorn founders. It’s for those who build quietly, in the margins—because they have no other choice.”Subscribe and join us in rewriting the story of entrepreneurship for those who build under pressure.
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The show focuses on refugee entrepreneurship, necessity entrepreneurship, and migrant entrepreneurship, examining topics like the impact of aids in crisis situations, the intersection of AI and human labor, and the realities of survival-driven business models, with episode highlights including discussions on mutual aid and grassroots resilience against systemic neglect.
Redefining entrepreneurship through the realities of the informal, the resettled, and the overlooked. When systems collapse, people still build.Hosted by Dr. Tabish Zaman, Builders of the Broken Bazaar explores refugee entrepreneurship, necessity entrepreneurship, and migrant entrepreneurship in the face of displacement, inequality, and digital disruption. From refugee camps and conflict zones to neglected high streets, hear stories of grassroots innovators, social entrepreneurs, and informal economy builders creating for survival, dignity, and community resilience. We uncover the human cost of AI on marginalised communities, the realities of crisis-driven enterprise, and the power of dignity-based economies that exist far from Silicon Valley myths.
🎙 “This podcast isn’t for unicorn founders. It’s for those who build quietly, in the margins—because they have no other choice.”
Subscribe and join us in rewriting the story of entrepreneurship for those who build under pressure.
Displacement is too often called a crisis. But what if it’s actually a system — one built to manage people, not empower them? In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman speaks with Dr. Philip Proudfoot, political anthropologist and author of Rebel Populism, about how exile has become permanent, how aid budgets follow politics more than need, and why dignity in displacement is fought for in everyday acts of resistance. From Lebanon’s construction sites to Gaza’s blockade, Proudfoot shows how survival itself becomes deeply political — and why accountability in humanitarianism must mean more than feedback forms.
🎙 “Displacement is not about movement — it’s about rights.”
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