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The podcast to understand power relations in cities. The podcast welcomes a new guest every time to talk about the struggles at play in cities. A wide range of topics are discussed: race, sport, nationalism, migration, tourism, architecture, surveillance etc.
Mélodine hosts Struggles in the city, a society show with 18 episodes published.
In this episode, I talk to Linda Kopitz (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) about her work on the mediated construction and re-imagination of cities. This episode explores the interplay of urban and media studies
In this episode, I talk to Helen Morgan Parmett. She works as Associate Professor at The University of Vermont in the United States. Drawing on her long-time work and book “Stadium City” published this Fall 2025, we look
In this episode, I talk with Patty Doran who is working at Manchester University and part of the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group. Drawing on her extensive work, within and outside of university, Patty helps us und
In this episode, I talk with Sigrid Merx, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at Utrecht University (the Netherlands) about creative urban methods. Sigrid is co-organizer of the research group Urban Interfaces at Utre
In this episode, I talk with Linda Hyökki, Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor at ECCAR, the European Coalition of Cities Against Racism. Linda coordinates the ECCAR Working Groups on anti-Muslim racism and antisemitism a
In this episode, I talk to Romit Chowdhury, Assistant Professor of Sociology (Erasmus University College, the Netherlands) about masculinities in cities based on his book “City of Men: Masculinities and Everyday Morality
In this episode, I talk to Dr. Amani Hassani, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow who works at Brunel University London. Our conversation focuses on Muslim urban life based on the comparative ethnographic work she conducted i
In this episode, I talk to Isabelle Anguelovski (Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability) and James Connolly (University of British Columbia), editors of the book The Green City and Social Injust
In this episode, I talk to Polo Moji, Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. We talk about the intersection of gender and race in cities drawing for the greatest part on Polo Moji’s book Gend
In this episode, I talk to Vivien Butot, Associate Lector in Social Media, Security and Justice at Inholland University of Applied Sciences in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). about smart cities and smart urban safety. Drawi
In this episode, I talk to Mori Ram, Lecturer in Politics of the Global South at Newcastle University about urban apartheid in Jerusalem. Our discussion draws for the most part on the chapter written by our guest, Mori R
In this episode, I talk to Yecid Ortega (Queen’s University Belfast) about his ongoing research project on “Soundscapes of the diver[city]”. Yecid talks about the conceptual framework and methodology guiding his work as
In this episode, I talk to Tuomo Hiippala, Associate Professor in English Language and Digital Humanities at the University of Helsinki (Finland) about languages in cities. We approach that topic through Tuomo’s ongoing
In this episode, I talk to Derek Ruez, Academy Research Fellow at the University of Tampere (Finland). Derek’s current research project examines the politics of migration in Nordic queer spaces with a focus on two cities
In this episode, I talk to Shirley Nieuwland, independent researcher and consultant, about urban tourism and sustainability. Shirley has written her dissertation on those topics by researching sustainable tourism devel
In this episode, I talk to Julia Martínez-Ariño, Assistant Professor of Sociology of Religion at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) about religion in cities. Julia’s research focuses on religion and secularism
In this episode, I talk to Delia Dumitrica (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) about the way the nation is represented, or flagged, in cities, and how that is often done in ways that are mundane or taken for
In this episode, I talk with Isabel Awad (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) about what makes cities such an interesting venue to examine and what they can help us understand. Isabel is part of the Vital Citi
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