Countersign

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Countersign is a podcast hosted by Stewart Motha, Professor of Law at Birkbeck. Stewart and guests discuss books, films, and other materials from across disciplines to consider new perspectives on law, difference, and being in common.

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What is the Matter with New Materialism?

Feat. Richard A. Lee Jr. 23 May 23 1h 11m Information

Climate Wreckage, Pagan Vitalities, and Truth

Feat. William E. Connolly 29 Mar 23 1h 4m Information

Provincializing the Anthropocene

Feat. Dipesh Chakrabarty 23 Dec 22 1h 4m Information

Corporations are Psychopaths

Feat. Joel Bakan 20 Oct 22 1h 8m Information

EcoLaw

Feat. Margaret Davies 14 Aug 22 1h 10m Information

Earthbound in the Anthropocene

Feat. Daniel Matthews 28 Jun 22 1h 8m Information

Border Mentality

Feat. Behrouz Boochani 29 May 21 36m Information
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The Day After Independence

Feat. Naeem Mohaiemen 24th June 2020 1h 2m

Discussing Mohaiemen’s film ‘Two Meetings and a Funeral’ which revisits the Non-Aligned Movement, decolonisation of the 1960-70s, and the legacy of the hopes and disappointments of these political movements.

BIO Naeem Mohaiemen was born in London and works in Dhaka and New York. He combines essays, films, drawings, and installations to research failed insurgencies and incomplete decolonisation. Naeem was a finalist for the 2018 Turner Prize, and is Mellon Research Scholar at the Society of Fellows, Columbia University, New York.

CAPTION Video still, Naeem Mohaiemen
CAPTION Naeem’s father, Mohammad Abdul Mohaiemen