Fieldnotes - The Anthropology Podcast
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Podcast Overview
<p>Fieldnotes is a new initiative from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sussex. Each episode opens a window into the worlds our faculty move through – social, visual and cultural anthropology in all their messy, thoughtful, field-based forms.</p><p>We sit with anthropologists as they reflect on their journeys, the moments that shaped them, the ideas that keep them awake at night and the questions they continue to carry into their research. From sensory encounters in the field to the politics of representation, memory and everyday life, Fieldnotes brings you conversations that are intimate, grounded and curious.</p><p>This is a space for students, researchers and anyone who wants to understand how anthropology actually happens – through lived experience, careful listening and the slow work of paying attention.</p><p>Join us as we follow the threads of stories, archives, images and relationships that make anthropology at Sussex what it is: open, critical, creative and deeply human.</p>
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June 16, 2026
Engaged Anthropology, Development and the Meanings of Violence with Dr Lyndsay McLean
<p>In this episode of Field Notes: The Sussex Anthropology Podcast, Sana Batool speaks with Dr Lyndsay McLean about engaged anthropology, international development, feminist research and social justice.</p><p>Drawing on more than two decades of work across academic, practitioner and consultancy spaces, Lyndsay reflects on what anthropology can bring to development practice: a deeper attention to context, lived experience, language, power and the meanings people give to violence, harm and recovery. The conversation moves through her own non-linear route into anthropology, her work in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the importance of participatory research when working on sensitive subjects such as gender-based violence, discrimination and wellbeing.</p><p>Together, Sana and Lyndsay ask what it means to do anthropology that is critical but also useful; careful but engaged; rooted in people’s everyday worlds rather than only in institutional categories or donor language.</p>
May 11, 2026
Visual Storytelling, Memory and Afghanistan with Moska Najib
<p>In this episode of Field Notes, the Sussex Anthropology Podcast, Dr Syeda Sana Batool, Assistant Professor of Visual Anthropology at University of Sussex speaks with <strong>Moska Najib</strong>, a writer, photographer, editor and communications professional whose work moves across journalism, multimedia production, visual storytelling and public communication. Born in Afghanistan and educated in India and Switzerland, Moska reflects on how movement, exile and diaspora have shaped her understanding of identity, belonging and narrative responsibility.</p><p>The conversation explores what visual storytelling can hold that conventional reporting often misses: memory, texture, ambiguity, dignity and the quieter afterlives of conflict. Moska speaks about Afghanistan beyond the dominant frames of war, crisis and geopolitics, asking what it means for Afghans to tell their own stories and why narrative ownership matters.</p><p>The episode also discusses the ethics of representation, the role of photography in producing knowledge differently, and Moska’s recent work as part of the <strong>Afterlives of Non-Muslim Asia</strong> project, including the visual strand <strong>Belonging Flexibly</strong>.</p><p>You can explore Moska Najib’s visual work from the project here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.belongingflexibly.com/about"><strong>Belonging Flexibly</strong></a></p>
April 28, 2026
Labour, Inequality and the Human Lives Behind Global Fashion with Dr Rebecca Prentice
<p>In this episode of Fieldnotes: The Sussex Anthropology Podcast, Dr Syeda Sana Batool speaks with Dr Rebecca Prentice, Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Development at the University of Sussex, about labour, inequality and the global garment industry.</p><p>Drawing on her research in Bangladesh, Dr Prentice discusses what anthropology reveals about garment work that is often missed in economics, policy and media coverage: the everyday lives, voices and political agency of workers. The conversation explores the long aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, the limits of compensation and transnational labour regulation, and why justice for workers cannot be separated from worker power on the ground.</p><p>The episode also turns to Dr Prentice’s recent work on climate change and “just transition” in the garment sector, asking who is included — and who is left out — when industries move towards greener futures. Through questions of embodiment, precarity and radical empathy, the conversation shows why anthropology remains vital for understanding global supply chains, labour injustice and the human experiences behind the clothes we wear every day.</p>
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- What is Fieldnotes - The Anthropology Podcast?
<p>Fieldnotes is a new initiative from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sussex. Each episode opens a window into the worlds our faculty move through – social, visual and cultural anthropology in all their messy, thoughtful, field-based forms.</p><p>We sit with anthropologists as they reflect on their journeys, the moments that shaped them, the ideas that keep them awake at night and the questions they continue to carry into their research. From sensory encounters in the field to the politics of representation, memory and everyday life, Fieldnotes brings you conversations that are intimate, grounded and curious.</p><p>This is a space for students, researchers and anyone who wants to understand how anthropology actually happens – through lived experience, careful listening and the slow work of paying attention.</p><p>Join us as we follow the threads of stories, archives, images and relationships that make anthropology at Sussex what it is: open, critical, creative and deeply human.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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