As a team, we engage with our peers and wider communities about storytelling, inclusion in education and more. In the podcasts below, we explore these topics with others and we include a range of experts and informants who have helped gain further insight into our work.
10 November 2023
Based on experiences and lessons from the Southern African Rurality in Higher Education (SAHiRE) project, this is the third episode of a three-part series reflecting on the potential of co-creative methodology to contribute to decolonial research approaches. Hosted by Jennifer Agbaire (Ibali researcher and Project Manager), members of the SAHiRE team engage in further conversation exploring broader challenges around power – including the negotiation of funding regimes and multiple partnerships. This episode features Nathi Madondo (Academic Literacy lecturer) of Mangosuthu University of Technology and Kibbie Naidoo (Director of the Centre for Academic Staff Development in the Division for Teaching Excellence) of the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. It also features Sheila Trahar (Professor Emerita of International Higher Education), Lisa Lucas (Associate Professor in Higher Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Higher Education Transformations) and Sue Timmis (Associate Professor in Education) of the University of Bristol in the UK. The podcast series was produced by Jennifer Agbaire and Motunrayo Oladeji. For more about the SAHiRE project, visit SARiHE – Southern African Rurality in Higher Education. For other engagement activities from Ibali, visit Knowledge Hub | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (open.ac.uk).
10 November 2023
Welcome to the second of a three-episode series with Ibali researcher and Project Manager, Jennifer Agbaire, in conversation with five team members of the Southern African Rurality in Higher Education (SARiHE) project from the UK and South Africa - Sue Timmis (Associate Professor in Education), Sheila Trahar (Professor Emerita of International Higher Education) and Lisa Lucas (Associate Professor in Higher Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Higher Education Transformations) of the University of Bristol as well as Kibbie Naidoo (Director of the Centre for Academic Staff Development in the Division for Teaching Excellence) of the University of Johannesburg and Nathi Madondo (Academic Literacy lecturer) of Mangosuthu University of Technology. Leading from the first episode on the background and decolonial perspectives informing the SARiHE project, this episode focuses on the research design of working with participants as ‘co-researchers’. The conversation highlights issues around access and power as well as the processes of navigating important ethical implications and managing data analysis in context. This podcast series was produced by Jennifer Agbaire and Motunrayo Oladeji. For more about the SARiHE project, visit SARiHE – Southern African Rurality in Higher Education. For other engagement activities from Ibali, visit Knowledge Hub | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (open.ac.uk).
10 November 2023
Thank you for listening to Talking Story with Ibali. We are excited to bring you a series of this podcast hosted by Ibali researcher and Project Manager, Jennifer Agbaire. In this three-part series, Jennifer is joined by a dynamic team of researchers and scholars in South Africa and the UK - Kibbie Naidoo (Director of the Centre for Academic Staff Development in the Division for Teaching Excellence) of the University of Johannesburg and Nathi Madondo (Academic Literacy lecturer) of Mangosuthu University of Technology in South Africa as well as Sue Timmis (Associate Professor in Education), Sheila Trahar (Professor Emerita of International Higher Education) and Lisa Lucas (Associate Professor in Higher Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Higher Education Transformations) of the University of Bristol. Throughout the series, the team shares experiences and lessons from their innovative project, titled Southern African Rurality in Higher Education (SARiHE). This introductory episode highlights the background and decolonial aims of SARiHE. The team also introduces their interesting positioning of student participants as ‘co-researchers’ within an eclectic methodological approach involving storytelling. You can find out more about SAHiRE on SARiHE – Southern African Rurality in Higher Education. For other engagement activities from Ibali, visit Knowledge Hub | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (open.ac.uk). This podcast series was produced by Jennifer Agbaire and Motunrayo Oladeji.
2 August 2023
This is the second of a two-episode series featuring Carmen Martinez Vargas in conversation with Ibali researcher, Faith Mkwananzi. The series was produced by Jennifer Agbaire and Motunrayo Oladeji. Carmen is a transdisciplinary scholar whose work is focused on the politics of knowledge and knowledge inequalities embedded in higher education practices, especially focusing on participatory research and the Capability Approach. Her research and writing are rooted in a lifelong ongoing conversation between Western and Southern thinkers but especially embedded in recent years within decolonial, cultural hybridity and intersectional lines of thought. In this episode, Carmen shares her thoughts on sustainability in relation to storytelling and participatory approaches. You can get in touch with Carmen by sending a message to martinezvargas.carmen@gmail.com.
2 August 2023
We bring to you a two-episode series of Talking Story with Ibali, involving a conversation between Ibali researcher, Faith Mkwananzi, and Carmen Martinez Vargas. Carmen is a transdisciplinary scholar whose work is focused on the politics of knowledge and knowledge inequalities embedded in higher education practices, especially focusing on participatory research and the Capability Approach. Her research and writing are rooted in a lifelong ongoing conversation between Western and Southern thinkers but especially embedded in recent years within decolonial, cultural hybridity and intersectional lines of thought. In this first episode, she talks about the transdisciplinary potential of storytelling work. If you would like to continue the conversation, you can drop Carmen a message: martinezvargas.carmen@gmail.com. This series was produced by Jennifer Agbaire and Motunrayo Oladeji.
2 February 2023
Hosted by Alison Buckler and produced by Motunrayo Oladeji and Jennifer Agbaire, this episode of Talking Story with Ibali features Baeletsi Tsatsi, a South Africa-based storyteller, facilitator and writer. Baeletsi’s stories are distributed by FunDza, Cover2Cover and Book Dash. In 2020, she was a storyteller in residence at Play Africa's African Storytelling Project, happening in collaboration with ASSITEJ SA.
15 October 2022
This episode explores the use of storytelling in education research through conversation with the Ibali project research team.
Originally published in the BAICE student podcast, exploring issues of interest to students studying international and comparative education.