THE UNIVERSITY OF THE UNDERGROUND PODCAST CONTINUES WITH EPISODE THREE, listen back on Worldwide fm!

episode three/
title: Border? Border! A letter to 2050 (Part 2)

Welcome to Down Down Radio. We are produced by the researchers at the New Politics and Afrofuturism Programme at the charity University of the Underground. This tuition free programme- which ran from October 2020 to March 2021 – was calling for Black Radical imagination and pop-culture as powerful vehicles for propelling progressive social justice narratives to mainstream audiences, with a focus on afrofuturism, black activism, climate justice along with political theory and practice. As a part of the programme led by former mayor of Sheffield and European MeP -Magid Magid- the selected students have worked together on producing meaningful experiences and interventions answering: What would a world where both people and the planet thrive look like? What would the values, systems and culture of that world be? Together they explored constellations of new worlds that can shape possible futures. Through interviews, stories and experimental sounds, they explored and played with formats to tell stories that imagined the possibilities for other worlds.

In the second half of this episode, we continue to explore the topics of migration and borders through the works of three of our researchers, Eduardo, Adnan, and Xiaoji.

Featuring:

Eduardo Castillo Vinuesa: Anti-disciplinary architect and researcher, currently in Spain.
Adnan Arif: Multidisciplinary designer, strategies, researcher currently in UAE.
Xiaoji Song: Student, writer, an interdisciplinary researcher in the fields of intersectional feminism, migration, and digital society, currently in Germany.

Produced by Xiaoji Song.

TRACK LIST:
If It Ain’t Breakfast Don’t Fix It – Antiquated Future Records Sampler – 03 Tan Lions
Larkabo – Alors j’ai pris ma Loupe et j’ai regardé le monde – 02 Bla bla bla
Carsick Cars – 3 – Wei Cheng
Omnipotent Youth Society – Qinhuangdao 秦皇島
Letters – Antiquated Future Records Sampler – 07 When You Die (ft. Casey Fuller)