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This is a conclusion to parts 1 & 2 of  Carceral Casteism. It is one of two, and you can listen to either or both, in any order as you please. I know I usually give these huge show-notes/accountings/missives for each episode, but, to be honest, you've all been following along, and they're both pretty conclusive, as listening experiences go.


So, I'm just going to use this time + space to make my acknowledgements, and give thanks.

This series would not at all have been possible without the time & work that Nikita Sonavane, Sanjana Meshram & Rev Dr John Boopalan do. By this, I mean their scholarship & writings that I think everyone should read, and also their generosity in agreeing to share their expertise for this series. I really hope I was able to do their learning & labour justice.


I'm a total newbie to audio in the sense of formal training, but it's a medium that I also find to be really generative, & also shows the sheer breadth & depth of knowledge, media, art, analysis & conversations that influence  & guide my thinking & my convictions.

 

Music + Anthems

@lemonstandboys for RAKSHEESH

The call to prayer from Jama Masjid in Delhi & the doxology from some cc audio I found.

The Prince of Egypt's 'Deliver Us' performed by the excellent National Taiwan University Chorus. The story of the Prince with a Thousand Enemies from the Watership Down film.

Omair Bhat for letting me use his poem 'We Don't Fear Death Anymore'. Snehashish Das for the brilliant analysis in their wire article quoted here. @thecaravanmagazine journalist Sagar for his stellar piece on M*di's weaponised use of the gita as a symbol. @butchanarchy for their comprehensive essay Against Liberal Abolition. Tarushi Aswani @article14live interview of Comrade Sharjeel Imam. Begumpura (words & vision) by Sant Ravidas. Ursula le Guin as always. Scholar Mathew Kuriakose for his Dalit Marxism piece I quoted from. Theologians Emmanuel Levinas & Rubem Alves that Rev John introduced me to. Zia Sardar for his TWOTE 2009 forward, Achille Mbembe & @thetricontinental  dossier on Frantz Fanon.


Frantz Fanon texts drawn (lived, breathed, resuscitated) from:The Wretched of the Earth & Black Skin, White Masks


Ambedkar Texts drawn from: Waiting for a Visa, Untouchables & Untouchability, Ranade, Jinnah & Gandhi, What Path to Salvation, his speech to SC Federation Workers in Guddigam, Constituent Assembly Debates (17 Dec 1946) & a section from BAWS volume 17 part 2.

CREDITS

Experts: Rev. Dr John Boopalan

I made the episode art; big up to the Commons

Opening theme & additional score: @jide_o


"ENDURE PAIN, FIND JOY & MAKE YOUR OWN MEANING BECAUSE THE UNIVERSE CERTAINLY ISN'T GOING TO SUPPLY IT. ALWAYS BE A MOVING TARGET. LIVE. LIVE. LIVE".

- Lois McMaster Bujold, Cordelia's Honour

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This is a conclusion to parts 1 &amp; 2 of&nbsp; Carceral Casteism. It is one of two, and you can listen to either or both, in any order as you please. I know I usually give these huge show-notes/accountings/missives for each episode, but, to be honest, you've all been following along, and they're both pretty conclusive, as listening experiences go. 
 
So, I'm just going to use this time + space to make my acknowledgements, and give thanks. 
This series would not at all have been possible without the time &amp; work that Nikita Sonavane, Sanjana Meshram &amp; Rev Dr John Boopalan do. By this, I mean their scholarship &amp; writings that I think everyone should read, and also their generosity in agreeing to share their expertise for this series. I really hope I was able to do their learning &amp; labour justice. 
 
I'm a total newbie to audio in the sense of formal training, but it's a medium that I also find to be really generative, &amp; also shows the sheer breadth &amp; depth of knowledge, media, art, analysis &amp; conversations that influence&nbsp; &amp; guide my thinking &amp; my convictions. 
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Music + Anthems 
@lemonstandboys for RAKSHEESH 
The call to prayer from Jama Masjid in Delhi &amp; the doxology from some cc audio I found. 
The Prince of Egypt's 'Deliver Us' performed by the excellent National Taiwan University Chorus. The story of the Prince with a Thousand Enemies from the Watership Down film. 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/omairbhat/">Omair Bhat</a> for letting me use his poem 'We Don't Fear Death Anymore'. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_snehashish/">Snehashish Das</a> for the brilliant analysis in their wire article quoted here. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecaravanmagazine/">@thecaravanmagazine</a> journalist Sagar for his stellar piece on M*di's weaponised use of the gita as a symbol. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/butchanarchy/">@butchanarchy</a> for their comprehensive essay Against Liberal Abolition. Tarushi Aswani <a href="https://www.instagram.com/article14live/">@article14live</a> interview of Comrade Sharjeel Imam. Begumpura (words &amp; vision) by Sant Ravidas. Ursula le Guin as always. Scholar Mathew Kuriakose for his<a href="https://www.facebook.com/DalitMarxists"> Dalit Marxism</a> piece I quoted from. Theologians Emmanuel Levinas &amp; Rubem Alves that Rev John introduced me to. Zia Sardar for his TWOTE 2009 forward, Achille Mbembe &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thetricontinental">@thetricontinental</a>&nbsp; dossier on Frantz Fanon. 
 
Frantz Fanon texts drawn (lived, breathed, resuscitated) from:The Wretched of the Earth &amp; Black Skin, White Masks 
 
Ambedkar Texts drawn from: Waiting for a Visa, Untouchables &amp; Untouchability, Ranade, Jinnah &amp; Gandhi, What Path to Salvation, his speech to SC Federation Workers in Guddigam, Constituent Assembly Debates (17 Dec 1946) &amp; a section from BAWS volume 17 part 2.
CREDITS 
Experts: Rev. Dr John Boopalan 
I made the episode art; big up to the Commons 
Opening theme &amp; additional score: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jide_oj_/">@jide_o</a> 
 
"ENDURE PAIN, FIND JOY &amp; MAKE YOUR OWN MEANING BECAUSE THE UNIVERSE CERTAINLY ISN'T GOING TO SUPPLY IT. ALWAYS BE A MOVING TARGET. LIVE. LIVE. LIVE". 
- Lois McMaster Bujold, Cordelia's Honour

As India descends into a genocidal frenzy, amidst the clamour & din, one legacy emerged from the margins to the mainstream. But outside of the spaces where he has always been remembered, not much is known about Dr B.R. Ambedkar. Riya Talitha, an aspiring journalist, in her final year at UBC, facilitated a for-credit course about the man best credited as the architect of India's Constitution. Clear Blue Skies is Riya's attempt to archive the discussions, analysis and discourse that her seminar, Experiencing Ambedkar, prompted. Along with experts, classmates & friends, Riya will explore Babasaheb Ambedkar's politics & philosophy; its influence on anti-caste movements then and now, and the living (breathing, fighting, roaring) inheritance that he has left in India.

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