33 min
S2-E4 Cam Chat with Azadeh Akbari Cam Hunters: the podcast
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This week we are pleased to share our mics with the brilliant Azadeh Akbari. In this episode she talks about her desire for a free global internet, especially in relation to Iran's morality police, and their policing of women.
About Azadeh:
My name is Azadeh Akbari, and I am Assistant Professor in Public Administration & Digital Transformation at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. I studied sociology (BA) and journalism in Iran and gender research (MSc) at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. I obtained my PhD in human geography from the University of Heidelberg. I then joined the University of Münster as a postdoctoral research associate in political geography. I have been a journalist for many years and worked as a communication manager and community outreach specialist at the UNHCR, UNICEF, and the British Council. I am a professional amateur in lindy-hop dance, documentary filmmaking, and cooking. I enjoy writing and reading a lot (obviously!) and combine all my skills and passions in being a digital editor for the journals Surveillance & Society and Territory, Politics, Governance. I have founded Surveillance in the Global South Research Network to expand the scope of surveillance studies to include non-Western discourses and practices and create a place for exchange, collaboration, and activism against the undemocratic use of surveillance technologies.
This week we are pleased to share our mics with the brilliant Azadeh Akbari. In this episode she talks about her desire for a free global internet, especially in relation to Iran's morality police, and their policing of women.
About Azadeh:
My name is Azadeh Akbari, and I am Assistant Professor in Public Administration & Digital Transformation at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. I studied sociology (BA) and journalism in Iran and gender research (MSc) at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. I obtained my PhD in human geography from the University of Heidelberg. I then joined the University of Münster as a postdoctoral research associate in political geography. I have been a journalist for many years and worked as a communication manager and community outreach specialist at the UNHCR, UNICEF, and the British Council. I am a professional amateur in lindy-hop dance, documentary filmmaking, and cooking. I enjoy writing and reading a lot (obviously!) and combine all my skills and passions in being a digital editor for the journals Surveillance & Society and Territory, Politics, Governance. I have founded Surveillance in the Global South Research Network to expand the scope of surveillance studies to include non-Western discourses and practices and create a place for exchange, collaboration, and activism against the undemocratic use of surveillance technologies.
33 min