In this edition of the Between the Lines podcast I talk to Dr. Eve Hayes de Kalaf about her book “Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner” In this important new book the author examines the complex and contradictory nature of state ID systems and challenges the assumption that the provision of “legal identity for all” will lead to the inclusion of all citizens…
In this episode of the IDS podcast series Between the Lines I discuss with Professor Phillip Howard his latest book ‘Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives’
In this episode of the IDS Between the Lines podcast, I speak to Serena Natile to discuss her book, ‘The Exclusionary Politics of Digital Financial Inclusion: mobile money, gendered walls’, in which she uses the example of Kenya’s extremely popular mPesa programme to critique mobile money more generally as part of a historical succession of finance solutionism. Serena proposes an alternative strategy for gender equality in the form of a politics of redistribution to guide future digital financial inclusion projects…
In this episode of of the IDS “Between The Lines”, podcast I spoke to Kenyan journalist and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola, about her book ‘Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Politics in Kenya’. The book focuses on how social media has impacted Kenyan politics both positively and negatively, and the consequences for democracy…