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New Episode: Music, Philosophy & the Art of Public Engagement

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The final podcast of 2025 brings a positive note to the art and science of academic public engagement.

Yes, it is our final episode of the Exchanges Discourse 2024, and we’re going out on an extremely positive note. In this episode I talk with recent Exchanges author Giulia Lorenzi (University of Warwick). We talk through her career as a philosopher and musical scholar, with a particular attention on her paper dealing with public engagement with academic research. A topic you can be sure is near to the heart of many academic editors such as myself.

Listen in here:https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HeLf9SdLS74qyFdtinRYX

In her paper, ‘Musical Reflections’: An experience with public engagement (Vol 12.1) Giulia explored the challenges and inspirations which arise when scholars seek to engage disparate members of the public with academic research and discourse. Far from meeting disinterest or disengagement, Guilia discovered that she had an amazingly positive experience, which in part helped to reinvigorate the joy of research for her. Certainly, it is an experience Giulia notes that she wishes more academics could experience or have such positive encounters with the public.

As has been our long tradition, we also chat about her publishing experiences with other journals, and especially the impact that editor and reviewer comments can have authors – for better or for worse. We close out our discussions with some advice for other newer authors in the early career and post graduate researcher community too.

If you want to skip to the key parts of the episode – here’s the time-index for it.

Timecodes

00:00 – Start

00:44 – Introductions

03:18 – Discussing the paper

10:40 – Public engagement challenges

16:40 – Key messages from engagement

18:35 – Future research publications

20:12 – Academic publishing experiences

26:02 – Advice to early career authors

30:44 – Outro (end)

So, that’s it for podcasts for this year, and after a very slow start I’m delighted to say we picked up the pace over the summer and our recent special issues to bring you a goodly number of episodes. In fact, this year has seen the second most episodes and the second longest amount of new content in our five-year history. 14 episodes, lasting a grand total of 6hrs 41 minutes – oh so close to our record output of 2022 at 6hrs and 48 minutes. The good news is I’ve already two podcast recording slots pencilled in for January and February, and hopefully the next in our series of guest episodes from our Irish collaborators to come too.

So, I’d just like to close out this year of podcasts to thank all my guests for their chat and their time. Naturally, if you’re a past author of Exchanges and haven’t appeared on the podcast as of yet, the door is always open! See you for a slightly revamped series 6 in 2025 then!

Gareth Johnson : 11 Dec 2024 14:04 |  Tags: Engagement Episode Music Philsophy Podcast Public |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

New (Guest) Episode: Poetry, Power & the Wind

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Ruminations on renewable energy, poetry and the Irish perspective make for an exciting new podcast episode.

A new episode of the Exchanges Discourse is now live, but it’s a little different to our usual ones. You see, this has been produced in association with the MaREI research centre and University College Cork on the theme of ‘Energy Poetry’. Which means Fionn Rogan and Paul Deane take centre stage, along with a special guest, and other than a brief introduction you won’t hear much from me for once.

Listen in here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1yFcuGuwP0kR7z1t86A70O

This is actually the first in a short mini-series of episodes which the MaREI team will be sharing through our platform, so there will be more to come in the months ahead which you will be able to enjoy. This very first episode, entitled Harnessing the Wind, features discussions on and around the poetry of Derek Mahon along with a lengthy interview with Brendan Tuohy (EirGrid) on how poetry informs his work today. Around this there is an informed discussion on energy generation in Ireland, especially as it pertains to wind power, along with considerations of course of its relationship to poetry.

It really is a beautiful, lyrical listen that I’m sure lovers of poetry and scientific/arts collaboration will be fascinated to hear. I certainly enjoyed it on a number of levels, not least because it was the easiest podcast episode in a long time to edit.[1] Incidentally, when Evan Boyle first approached me a few months ago to see if we’d like to showcase their work in this area, I felt the science and arts cross-over felt like a great example of interdisciplinarity. I also perceived it was a good opportunity to collaborate and promote something a little more experimental in Exchanges ‘ ‘publishing’ activities.

Now, that doesn’t mean we’re going to switch away from the journal to be a podcast publisher for a myriad of other people – this is very much a toe in the water, a pilot programme really. Anything more regular than this occasional series would require a re-examination of our priorities and re-tasking of ever-slim staffing resource from other activities. But it does at least feel that there is a viable potential to share spoken word materials alongside the Exchanges brand, within our mission. That, I am pleased to say, seems to validate my decision to work on this collaboration. Naturally, what this means for the future, we shall just have to see in the fullness of time.

In the meanwhile, I hope listeners will agree, this collaboration has more than paid off - it is a glorious episode, well worth your time to listen to. I am certainly looking forward to helping produce and share the next episode(s) in the coming months. Thanks to Evan and the whole team for their hard work in collating this too!

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Endnotes

[1] Don’t get me started on my hours long battle with the Spotify for Creators interface which steadfastly refused to make the episode live yesterday. Thankfully, today the system finally worked as it should!

Gareth Johnson : 28 Nov 2024 10:11 |  Tags: Collaboration Episode Guest Interdisciplinary Marei Podcast Poetry Power Wind |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

New Podcast Episodes Focus in on Researcher Development

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It’s a two for one deal as two new episodes consider issues around developing researchers and experiences with peer-reviewers too.

I was rather fortunate to be able to host not one but two guests on recent episodes of the Exchanges Discourse podcast, and even more delighted to discover the episodes rather complimented each other. I would like to pretend this was clever planning, but I don’t think anyone actually would be fooled!

In the first episode I talk with Anna Fancett (Warwick) about her varied and exciting international career, as well as her current work at the University of Warwick where she’s helping to develop postgraduate researchers’ writing skills: a topic close to my editorial heart! Alongside looking into the paper she authored on this topic for our Research Culture special issue, we also consider the lessons which can be drawn from developing effective workshops. Anna also talks about her thoughts on engaging positively with the peer-review process. We touch particularly here on issues of dealing with more negative feedback and of course our own thoughts on how we approaching reviewing ourselves.

In the other episode, out today, I chat to Taryn Bell (Leeds) about her life as an archaeology academic, but mainly about her work with colleagues in Leeds and York in developing researchers. Again, centred around a paper in our Research Culture issue, we exchange thoughts on the tricky matter of offering focused, bespoke workshops suitable for particular career stages, versus the emergent benefits in getting scholars across the board to exchange experiences. We even touch a little on the issue of agism – why, for example, do so many universities seem to assume all PhD students and early career researchers are ‘young’? And does this speak to some concerning biases which we need to challenge in our own thinking and development planning? Similarly to Anna’s episode, we talk about peer-review and getting the most out of it and thankfully uncover some more positive examples along the way.

Both episodes of course contain our signature discussions concerning advice for new authors looking to publish, from experienced authors who’ve known the growing pains themselves.

You can listen to the episodes here:

Anna: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/L1K8f0VFuOb

Taryn: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/40VKqZVFuOb

Or to catch up with all the past episodes of the podcast – and there’ve been a lot lately – visit:

https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exchanges/podcast

We’ll be taking a short break from new episodes now – but hopefully will have one or two more to round out the year/season in the coming weeks.

Gareth Johnson : 13 Nov 2024 15:11 |  Tags: Developing Episodes New Peer-Reviewers Podcast Postgraduates Researchers |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

New Episode: Celebrating the MRC at 50

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Two guests in one episode reflect back on the ground breaking Modern Records Centre’s first fifty years

Delighted to report another in our series of recent podcast episodes, which this time takes a look at both the special issue and events which celebrated the Modern Records Centre (MRC) at 50 years old. Talking with Pierre Bothcherby and Rachel MacGregor we use the framing of their lead article in the issue as a stepping stone to consider what the issue and symposium has to tell us about the famous archive. Along the way we touch on what are our favourite talks and papers in the issue – although acknowledging that we secretly have a soft spot for them all. We also take the chance to look forward to what’s next for the MRC, and while we can’t look at what’s going to happen in 2073 for the centennial, at least we look to the next big date for the university!

Listen in here:

• https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/xBHEom268Nb[34:36]

Gareth Johnson : 05 Nov 2024 13:47 |  Tags: Anniversary Centre Episode Modern Mrc Podcast Records |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

New Episode: Teacher Practitioners as Researchers

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A second episode promoted by the research culture special issue of the podcast is released.

After many months of it being rather quiet on the podcasting front, I’m genuinely pleased we seem to have moved into a fruitful period of production. With the third episode in as many weeks now live, listeners have a chance to take a deeper diver into the paper by Elizabeth Hidson (Faculty of Education and Society, University of Sunderland) which featured in our research culture special issue just over a month ago. Elizabeth, or Liz as she prefers, works in the area of educational research and teacher training, with a particular interest in international teaching experiences.

Listen in here: International Teacher Practitioners as Researchers: In Conversation with Elizabeth Hidson [24:21]

Her paper (Developing a Research Culture with Trainee Teachers on International Initial Teacher Training Programmes) talks about ideas of installing research culture ideas into a community of practitioners who might not normally consider themselves as ‘researchers’. As such, our conversation looks at the challenges she and her students face, not least of which come from the changing environments, perceptions and insights which arise when we step outside our western educational cultural norms.

We move on then to talk about some of Liz’s other work and forthcoming publications, touching on I’m pleased to say ideas around the benefits of open access publishing – to authors and readers around the world. Naturally, we also explore some of Liz’s experiences in publishing, and the advice she has to offer others approaching their earliest formal publications: not least of which being her suggestion to ‘find your tribe’ in creating an effective research discourse.

I hope you enjoy the episode, because I’m recording three more episodes next week – so there’s plenty more to come this year in terms of episodes. And naturally, if you’re a past author of Exchanges and keen to appear as a guest to talk about your work and publications, then get in touch, as we’d love to have you on the podcast show!

Gareth Johnson : 09 Oct 2024 15:20 |  Tags: Culture Episode New Podcast Practitioners Research Researchers Teachers |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

New Episode: Being an Effective Academic Citizen

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Our second new episode takes a lengthy look at the changing field of academic publishing and how it relates to post-graduate researcher training.

I sat down to talk with Dr Jonathan Vickery (School of Arts, Warwick) a couple of weeks ago in the School’s custom podcast recording studio for a chat. Jonathan is more than one of our recent Exchanges authors, in that he is also editor of the Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development – one our fellow Warwick based titles. As a result we were able to have quite a lengthy chat around the themes of his paper - Critical Reflections on Universities, Publishing, and the Early Career Experience. The paper itself was born from a pair of IAS panel workshops I chaired earlier in 2024, at which Jonathan was one of my gracious panel members.

• Listen in here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exchangesias/episodes/Being-an-Effective-Academic-Citizen-in-the-Republic-of-Knowledge-In-Conversation-with-Jonathan-Vickery-e2p3mlg/a-abibrlj[59:58]

Without wanting to spoil anything ahead of listeners experiencing this episode, I think it is fair to say that we touched on a variety of very interesting and highly relevant areas for post-graduate researchers and indeed anyone involved in their development. We considered the technologically-driven evolution of academic publishing, and Jonathan in particular feels we’re either on the cusp or in the middle of a genuine phase change not seen since the introduction of movable type. Touching on ideas of knowledge economy, academic enterprise and collaboration vs competition in the academy though, there’s plenty of food for thought throughout the episode. For my own part it was fantastic to use the recording equipment – and I’ll note my particular thanks here to the technical staff who got it set up for us. It was even more of a pleasure though to have unfettered access to a scholar like Jonathan to talk about a topic very close to my own heart.

Hopefully we’ll be brining you a few more episodes shortly – although I suspect they might not run quite so long as this discussion. But then again, you never know!

• Previous episodes of The Exchanges Discourse can of course be found here: https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exchanges/podcast

Gareth Johnson : 02 Oct 2024 07:47 |  Tags: Academic Economy Episode Knowledge Labour Podcast Production Publishing |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

New Episode: In Conversation with Simona Di Martino

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After a break the first in a new series of Exchanges podcast episodes goes live.

It’s been a while since our last episode – mainly because I’ve been focussed in supporting our numerous special issues and editors over this time, and also because we’ve been awaiting a new issue of the journal. Now that’s out, I’ve been chatting informally with a few of the authors about coming onto the podcast to talk about their lives, research and publications – so hopefully a few more episodes are on their way.

Before that though, I was delighted to be approached by one of the IAS’ associate fellows to talk about a conference she was recently involved in hosting. While for once this isn’t directly related to any publications or issues of Exchanges, I think you’ll find there’s a strong resonance with a number of the projects we’ve got underway for future special issues.

Listen in here (or on most major podcast platforms):

Voices of Transnational Girlhood(s) on Identity, Gender, and Culture: In Conversation with Simona Di Martino [22:23]

This episode we talk with Associate Fellow ⁠Simona Di Martino⁠ (⁠@SimoDiMa1⁠) about the ⁠recent conference event⁠ she organised at Warwick which tackled questions of girlhood, transnationalism, identify, gender and culture. We talk about the challenges and delights of hosting such an event, and Simona reflects on the emergent themes and key messages discussed by the participants. Girlhood is, Simona argues, a neglected area of study, making an event such as this not just a crucial forum for current scholars, but a way to energise and enthuse the next generation of researchers in the topic.

Podcasts of the conference talks will be coming soon on the conference site.

Gareth Johnson : 08 May 2024 09:25 |  Tags: Conference Episode Girlhood New Podcast |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

New Episode: Biochar, Artificial Pollination & Multispecies Justice

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A new year sees a new season of the Exchanges Discourse podcast launch

It hasn’t even been a month since our last episode went live, and here we are back again with more academic chat. This time our first episode of 2024 sees a return of an old friend of the journal and podcast, as geography academic Catherine Price (University of Nottingham, UK) talks about her contributions to Exchanges. Regular readers of this blog and Exchanges will recall Catherine’s not only been on the podcast before, but was our key collaborator on the Anthropocene and More-Than-Human Special issue which we published last March. She’s such a busy scholar that it’s taken us until January to find time when we could both sit down for this chat!

Listen in here:

• Biochar, Artificial Pollination & Multispecies Justice: In Conversation with Catherine Price [25:24]

In the episode the start by talking about Catherine’s conversation article with Sophie Chao entitled Multispecies, More-Than-Human, Nonhuman, Other-Than-Human: Reimagining idioms of animacy in an age of planetary unmaking. Incidentally, this paper was one of our most downloaded ones of 2023, and has even recently been republished in the Spanish language. If you’ve not read it yet, why not listen to Catherine’s over view of the debates it covers.

Moving on from this we then turn to Catherine’s other paper in that issue which was concerned with the question Do we need Artificial Pollination if we have Multispecies Justice in the Anthropocene? You’ll notice I manage to slide in a Black Mirror reference here – and if you know the series, you’ll know exactly which episode I’m talking about! We also take a moment to reflect back on the reception for Anthropocene and More-Than-Human-World special issue of Exchanges from last March, which was very warmly received by readers. Naturally we also talk about Catherine’s future work and, as always, close with some pointers and advice for would-be academic authors.

For more on publishing with Exchanges, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or to read Catherine’s articles, visit: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v10i2

To help you navigate the episode – here’s the index card for when we get to each part of the discussion:

• Timecode
• 0:00 Opening
• 0:47 Introductions
• 5:19 Multispecies Paper
• 11:30 Artificial Pollinators Paper
• 15:15 Special Issue Reception
• 17:40 Future Research
• 18:55 Advice for Authors
• 24:28 Closing & Outro

Gareth Johnson : 16 Jan 2024 16:49 |  Tags: Anthropocene Author Biochar Discussions More-Than-Human Podcast |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Exploring the Queerness as Strength Call for Papers

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One last podcast for 2023 looks at our exciting new special issue call

There’s always room for one more – podcast episode that is! Bringing 2023 to a close I am pleased to say we have a fabulous conversation to share with you between the highly energised Jacob Thomas (Monash University, Australia) and myself. Jacob’s our newest Editorial Board member, but they are also the special issue lead for our Queerness as Strength future issue which we announced a week or so ago. At the time I promised you a behind the scenes look at the issue – and here it is! Listen in to our conversations here:

• Queerness as Strength: Getting Involved & Contributing [27:12]
• https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/on1PQGPyGFb

So, in this episode we talk about Jacob’s life, work and passions and how these have informed their proposed special issue call. As such we explore the ideas and hopes behind the call, along with considering some of the areas of discussion and insight we hope to see coming from contributors. Naturally, Jacob and myself both of us expected to be surprised, challenged and delighted by the variety of topics authors will be choosing to tackle.

We talk too about our concerns in making sure how members of the ‘global majority’ and other marginalised voices can find a place in our pages – ideally aiding in rebalancing some of the prevailing global north narratives or experiences. Our conversation also touches on how the issue resonates with Exchanges mission to bring forth and celebrate emerging debate, discussion and insights, in a thrilling way.

Naturally, the episode includes some guidance on how to get involved with the call and submit your expressions of interest by the deadline. You could of course just read the call for expressions of interest via the link below, but I think you’ll find it comes to life far more when you read in and listen to the podcast too!

To skip to the most relevant part of the episode – here’s an index to our discussions.

Timecode

• 0:00 Opening
• 0:50 Introductions
• 3:38 Exploring the Call
• 4:55 Inspirations & Origins
• 8:05 Alignment with Exchanges’ Mission
• 11:47 Globality & Representation
• 14:45 Why Submit to this Issue?
• 17:58 Authentic Lives & Experiences
• 22:17 Practicalities & Deadlines
• 26:06 Closing & Outro

For more on publishing with Exchanges generally, see our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠online guide for authors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

And I’ll see you all back here tomorrow for an end of year wrap up post – bring games and snacks, it’s the last working day of 2023!

Gareth Johnson : 20 Dec 2023 14:56 |  Tags: Call Issue Papers Podcast Queerness Special |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

New Episode: Conceptual Association, Advertising & Hydropathy

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The third podcast from Exchanges 10th birthday issue gets into the water cure and historical advertising

Today I’m bringing you the third in our series of 10th birthday issue celebration conversations over on the Exchanges Discourse podcast. This episode sees me in conversation with linguist, cultural historian and conceptual association scholar Constance de Silva (School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, Australia) about her recent paper and ongoing research. We had a few technical challenges so the recording is considerably shorter than Constance and my actual full conversation – although you still get well over 20 minutes of considered content! [1]

Listen in here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/mBJlx1mJwFb

In the episode we begin by discussing Constance’s beautifully illustrated article The Rise of Conceptual Association and Linguistic Register as Advertiser Persuasive Instruments: An Australian study of press artefacts 1800s–1950s, which was in Vol 11.1 of Exchanges. There’s a lot to say and we touching along the way on elements [2] from the rise of the water cure (hydropathy) to emerging new concepts and meanings within advertising and every day language. Constance also graciously provides some related insights from her work into the changing roles and perceptions of women in medicine too. As always, the conversation moves along to discuss her ongoing publishing activities and plans for future papers, before we close with a range of advice for fellow authors on getting published.

To help you skip around the episode – here’s guide to our discussions:

Timecode

• 0:00 Opening
• 0:51 Introductions & Context
• 3.34 Exploring the Article
• 13:06 New Words, New Meanings
• 15:44 Hydropathy, Women & Future Papers
• 18:52 Publishing Advice
• 22:30 Closing & Outro

This isn’t the last podcast for the year – surprisingly – as I recorded one earlier this week, which I hope to bring you before the Exchanges HQ closes for Christmas next week. I think you’ll find it an exhilarating listen, so stay tuned.

And of course, catch up with every episode of The Exchanges Discourse podcast, via our series index here:

https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exchanges/podcast

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Endnotes

[1] For those keeping score, we actually chatted for about 90 minutes, and got into some really interesting areas of thought and research after we stopped the recording.

[2] No pun intended!

Gareth Johnson : 14 Dec 2023 16:10 |  Tags: Advertising Author Hydropathy Interview Medical Podcast Research Water |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem