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62. Journeys
We have travelled. From staging a comeback to learning about failure. We have learnt from this season of the podcast that we are always embarking on a journey with its successes, losses, pains and pleasures. In this episode, we think about journeys. What is a journey and does it have a destination? What lessons are…
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61. Failure
As humans, we often want to take charge of situations, highlighting our competence and ensuring our actions are in alignment with our goals. In these laudable quests, we are often confronted with challenging moments of failure. In this episode, we explore the unsettling and often painful experience of not living up to our or others…
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60. Breathing
In the latest episode, Breath is life. We explore how breathing helps our mental and physical well-being while advocating for clean air which has an impact on our cities and on our health. Dr Ela Manga is an integrated medical doctor who is focused on bringing heart back into the art of medicine. Her focus…
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59. Ancestors
The past informs the present while the past and the present inform the future. In this episode, our academic citizens help us trace the importance of knowing the events and memories that inform our heritage, identities and guide our spirituality. Dr Sven Ouzman is an archaeologist, rock art researcher and heritage specialist working in northern Australia,…
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58. Blue
The deep colour blue: often associated with vastness, the fear of the unknown yet calming, enduring and complete. Continuing from the last episode where we explored the colour Green, our three academic citizens help us explore and expand our understanding behind the symbolism of the colour blue. Dr Meghan Judge is an animator, researcher, visual…
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57. Green
Colour symbolises the beginning, middle and the end of a journey. It can representthe importance of a cause but simultaneously representing undue competition that ruins the heart and soul of a thriving academic environment. In this episode, along with our three academic citizens, we explore the symbolism of the colour green through three lenses: the importance of indigenous knowledge, the relationship between…
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56. MONEY
A World Bank report released on 9 March 2022, re-affirmed South Africa’s distressing position of being the most unequal country in the world. Using the Gini coefficient metric which measures income and consumption disparities, South Africa had scored 60% which is considered highly unequal (Stoddard, 2022). While there are many factors that have contributed to…
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55. COMEBACKS
THE ACADEMIC CITIZEN RELAUNCHES The Academic Citizen · Comebacks “You cannot come back to the same thing. You can’t step into the same river twice.” Dr. Carla Tsampiras This 6th season is being curated into inter-disciplinary themed conversations in each episode. We begin the season by honoring the memory of our previous producer Simbarashe Honde…
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Back Soon
The Academic Citizen will be back soon, with a new season of podcasts exploring various aspects of higher education in South Africa, Africa and beyond. Stay tuned for our first episode due out on 24 March! The aims of our podcast are: Create a space for wide and deep discussion about key issues animating higher…
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