We are very happy to host for the first time a podcast in our series ‘COVID-19 from the Margins’/BigDataSur.

The world we want is a 30′ podcast created by three students at the University of Amsterdam in the framework of the course Digital Activism taught by Lonneke van der Velden, Maxigas and Stefania Milan. In this podcast, Gavin, Lucínia and Veerle discuss ‘other’ epistemologies and in particular the indigenous social philosophy of Buen Vivir (“good living”). The podcast discusses how and what Western democracies can learn from the ‘global South’ in terms of de-westernisation, the environment, and COVID-19. Furthermore, this podcast looks at the relationship between big data, media and the South.

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About the authors

Gavin Ashcroft-Dinnning is an MA Film Studies student at the University of Amsterdam with an interest in Queer Theory and French Cinema. His work is focused on queer temporality and queer world-building in fashion films.

Lucínia Philip is an MA Film Studies student at the University of Amsterdam with an interest in South Korean cinema and pop culture. Her work involves the discussion and representation of (post-)colonialism, gender and sexuality in South Korean cinema.

Veerle Gieling is an MA Television and Cross-Media Culture student at the University of Amsterdam with an interest in representation studies. Her work involves intersectional representation research and a master thesis on the representation of Down Syndrome in Dutch media.