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70. Music As Science The Academic Citizen
Welcome to: The Academic Citizen
Where ideas ignite and conversations inspire!
This podcast is a space for interdisciplinary exchange, connecting researchers, educators, and change-makers. We aim to showcase how podcasts can be a powerful platform for scientists and academics to engage diverse audiences, share their stories, and learn from each other. By amplifying voices and fostering dialogue, we champion the role of science in advancing social justice and shaping a better future.
Dive in and join the conversation!
Latest Episodes
Stay up to date with the newest episodes from The Academic Citizen. This section features the latest podcasts from the current season, covering fresh perspectives and timely discussions and beyond. Tune in to hear the voices shaping the conversation right now.
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Season Playlist
Explore the intersection of each season with The Academic Citizen. Each season section highlights the voices and stakeholders, delving into the policies and debates shaping academia. Join in the conversation as we unpack the challenges and opportunities in higher education today.
How to Listen
The podcast uploads a new episode regularly every season.
- You can listen to episodes straight from this website. Click The Play buttons on the website or navigate to the Soundcloud player.
- Want to listen later? Just click the ‘Download’ button on the Soundcloud player. The file will automatically be downloaded to your device.
- Listen using your smartphone or tablet computer with the Podcasts app for iOS or Pocket Casts app for Android. If you like the podcast please subscribe and review so that others can find us too.
- You can also add this podcast to your favourite RSS feed.
About Us
An academic citizen sees their work in higher education as a public project, both in terms of being partially funded by taxpayer money, and in terms of the contributions they wish to make to the world around them.
Although citizenship implies an exclusive form of belonging, here we use it to signal the role of academic work in collective life in a non-exclusionary way, and to anchor it in a public project to which all humanity belongs.
We create knowledge not only for our individual benefit but for the benefit of all.
The Academic Citizen is an independent podcast series produced and funded by the South African Research Chair in Science Communication since 2022. It was originally supported by the Academic Staff Association of Wits University (ASAWU) when it was first established in 2016.
The podcast is hosted and written by Prof Mehita Iqani and Dr Nosipho Mngomezulu. It is produced and marketed by Fumani Jwara, and edited by Andri Burnett. The theme song was created and produced by Victoria De La Harpe.
We gratefully acknowledge the important contributions made by former host Kholeka B. Shange, and former producers, Simabrashe Honde and Balungile Mbenyane.
Our Goals
The goals of The Academic Citizen podcast are:
Exchange Space
Create a space for interdisciplinary exchange for academic researchers and educators.
Best-practice
Create a best-practice example of how the podcast can be used as a format for scientists and researchers.
Help tell stories
Help researchers, educators and scientists to tell their stories, and listen to and learn from each other.
Social Justice
Create a space for science (in all forms) to be communicated in order to serve social justice.
If we can help you with any of the above, or if you have any feedback or an idea to share about a future guest or show, please get in touch.
We also post on SoundCloud
Explore playlists from The Academic Citizen on SoundCloud.
Dive into thought-provoking episodes that spark conversations about higher education, politics, and social justice—all in one place.
Contact Us
If we can help you with any of the above, or if you have any feedback or an idea to share about a future guest or show, please get in touch.
