Lifeworlds of Leadership

Lifeworlds of Leadership

In this podcast, researcher Rich Thornton and entrepreneur Mainak Roy meet some of India’s most emotionally sensitive and subtly powerful leaders of education development. Using academic lenses and on-ground experience, we bust myths around ‘leadership’ and gain insights into what motivates, sustains, and inspires people to keep working towards social justice and social change.

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June 28, 2024 19 mins

Hosts Rich and Roy are put in the hot seat as Roy’s partner Artika interviews them about why they are interested in leadership, and why they launched the podcast.

https://lifeworldsofleadership.podbean.com/

 

https://www.simpleeducationfoundation.org/

 

Rich’s PhD Thesis: Purposed-leadership: neoliberal subjectivity and India’s education social entrepreneurs

This podcast is produced and co-hosted by Rich Thornton, an anthropolog...

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Hosts Rich and Mainak meet The Community Library Project founder and community organiser Mridula Koshy, and learn about the politics of reading and inclusion in India, anti-caste mobilisation, the potential of libraries, and how anger is a fuel to hope.

https://www.thecommunitylibraryproject.org/

linktr.ee/TCLP_Insta

This podcast is produced and co-hosted by Rich Thornton, an anthropologist based at SOAS, University of London (http...

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Hosts Rich and Mainak meet Aagaaz Theatre Trust founder and artistic director Sanyukta, and learn how good leadership is about encouraging dissent, using the values of improv theatre, and allowing oneself to feel the magic and keep the hope. 

 

https://www.aagaaztheatre.org/

 

linktr.ee/AagaazTheatre 

 

This podcast is produced and co-hosted by Rich Thornton, an anthropologist based at SOAS, University of London (https://www.soas.a...

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Hosts Rich and Mainak meet Riya Biswas, founder of mental health NGO Mantavya, who shares how her own struggles with mental health have inspired her to use self-reflection, active listening, and arts-based methods in her community-focused on-ground practice 

 

Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/mantavya_foundation

Linked: In https://www.linkedin.com/company/mantavya-for-mental-health-foundation/

 

Credits:

 

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Hosts Rich and Mainak meet India Youth Jam facilitator and certified clown, Sukhmani Kohli and learn how good leadership is all about intuitive listening, knowing when to have difficult conversations, and centralising play.

Find out more about Sukhmani ...

Facilitation and Clowning: https://www.purplemangoes.com/

India Youth Jam (Yes Jams): yesworld.org

Instagram: @nanabacana @jamsinindia @yesjworldjams

 

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