From Poverty to Power
This is a conversation podcast by Duncan Green, strategic adviser for Oxfam GB, author of ‘How Change Happens’ and Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics. This personal reflection is not intended as a comprehensive statement of the agreed policies of either Oxfam or the LSE. https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/
From Poverty to Power
Life as a feminist academic in Pakistan: Ayesha Khan
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From Poverty to Power
Ayesha Khan works with the Collective for Social Science Research in Karachi, Pakistan. She is author of The Women's Movement in Pakistan: Activism, Islam and Democracy (2018). Her post on that book here. In this podcast she:
- Tells us about your work on feminism and politics in Pakistan
- Discusses the dangers of being a feminist academic
- Looks at the importance of Open Access publishing: 3 years on, her book has still not been published in Pakistan!
- Explains her current work on a PhD by publication – what’s the benefit? Why isn’t it a bigger thing?
- Finally, the link to the decolonization of academia